Holli Holliday

I've been in my field since 1996, about 30 years now. My main area of expertise is workplace culture and change management. I typically work with people at the section where they are experiencing crisis - something bad happens, there needs to be an immediate response, and my part of managing the response is around the human workforce. I work with senior leadership and sometimes middle management to ensure that teams have a sense of safety and an understanding that there is leadership and a plan in formation. When change is happening, either planned or as part of a crisis, change breeds a lot of organizational insecurity born out of uncertainty and fear. Having someone who can help manage and prepare for those situations ensures the continued and successful operation of the organization or business. I primarily work with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and occasionally get tapped to deal with political organizations as well. The class of experiences that I most enjoy is being able to help historic new leadership enter into and be successful within an organization - I've had the privilege of helping the first women hold roles as presidents, and the first Black something, or the first Latina. People who are coming into roles that are a historic change or shift in an organization are definitely at the top of the list of things that I love.