Victoria Tucker
Victoria Tucker is a community architect and organizational development leader with nearly four decades of experience designing and strengthening corporate communities across global organizations. As the Founder of ZBglobal LLC, she partnered with executive teams across industries to improve collaboration, engagement, and long-term organizational culture, guiding more than 30,000 professionals through leadership development and transformation initiatives. Her work has consistently centered on helping organizations move beyond structure alone and toward intentional, sustainable communities where people contribute meaningfully and stay connected.
Building on this foundation, she created Tea with the Dames™, a storytelling and publishing platform dedicated to elevating women’s voices across generations. Through curated bookazine volumes, essays, and shared “table wisdom,” she captures lived experiences, life lessons, and cultural narratives that highlight the depth of intergenerational insight. What began as a pivot from corporate advisory work has evolved into a growing platform that blends storytelling, reflection, and community-building, offering space for women to be heard, celebrated, and remembered through their words and wisdom.
Across both corporate and creative work, her philosophy remains rooted in the belief that meaningful community changes how people lead, communicate, and live. She emphasizes clarity, connection, and intentional communication—often describing language as something that “carries table manners” and shapes relationships. Today, she continues to build spaces where voices are valued and shared, inviting others to engage in thoughtful conversation around leadership, legacy, and women’s wisdom across generations.
• University of Phoenix - M.S.
• Guest Speaker National HR Association (Orange County)
• Guest Speaker
• Guest Speaker City of Hope
• 2017 Speaker City of Hope
• 2016 Speaker City of Hope
• 2014 Moderator for Athena Panel: Women in Technology (held at Sony)
• 2013 Athena Pinnacle Award Nominee
• 2013 MC for International BioInspiration Conference
• 2012 Athena Pinnacle Award Nominee
• Athena
• UCI Extended Studies - Extended Studies Division
• The Honor Foundation
• Athena San Diego
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to the guidance and examples of quiet yet impactful voices throughout my life—men and women alike—who lived intentionally. They demonstrated the importance of having a purpose and actively living it out. For me, the lesson was never about striving for perfection, but about being genuinely useful and making a meaningful contribution. My grandmother was a profound inspiration in this regard. She came of age before women even had the right to vote, and her resilience and intentionality have stayed with me ever since.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I’ve ever received is to focus not on being perfect, but on being useful. I’ve also carried with me the lesson to live and work with purpose. Those words have stayed with me throughout my career and continue to guide the way I approach my work.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
My advice to young women entering this industry is to seek out the lessons learned by other women and be open to truly listening. It’s not about positioning yourself to be competitive; it’s about positioning yourself to gain wisdom and guidance that can help you grow.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
One of the biggest challenges in my field is the persistent pushback women face, including troubling declines in wages relative to men. This highlights the urgent need for a global focus on women’s rights and education. At the same time, there is a tremendous opportunity to collect and share generational wisdom from women, using it to inspire, support, and empower others to move forward in their careers and lives.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The values that guide me in both my work and personal life are living with purpose, prioritizing usefulness over perfection, and fostering community through supporting women’s advancement and education.