For senior executives
Executive advisory on culture and talent decisions
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Executive advisory from CRW Diversity is a confidential thought partnership for executives navigating complex leadership, culture, talent, and organizational challenges, with Celeste Warren as the advisor. It suits leaders who need an experienced sounding board over time, not a single session.
When should an executive choose advisory over a briefing?
Choose CRW Diversity’s executive advisory when the challenge is ongoing, sensitive, or personal to your role, and you need private counsel as it unfolds. Choose an executive briefing when your whole team needs a shared view of one issue. Many leaders start with a briefing, then continue in advisory.
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What executive advisory involves
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A confidential thought partnership
Executive advisory is one of CRW Diversity’s three core services, alongside leadership and organizational development and speaking and executive briefings. It is private and centered on one leader’s decisions: how to handle a culture problem that has reached the executive level, how to lead through a talent risk, or how to change a system without losing the people who depend on it.
Because every organization is different, advisory begins by understanding where you are, what you are trying to accomplish, and what may be standing in the way. The Equity in Action Model gives the conversation structure when it helps, and stays in the background when it does not.
Experience
Why this advisor
- Nearly four decades in human resources and organizational leadership
- 28 years inside a Fortune 100 company
- A decade as Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
- TEDx speaker, The Cost of Standing Still
- Author of The Truth About Equity and How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador
Celeste Warren has sat in the executive meetings where these decisions are made. That shared experience is the core of the advisory relationship.
Use cases
Challenges executives bring to advisory
Executives tend to seek advisory when the stakes are high and the path is unclear. Typical situations include leading a culture shift that has stalled, deciding how to respond when talented people are ready to move forward but the systems around them are not, rethinking how opportunity is distributed after policy changes, and preparing to brief a board on culture or talent risk.
These are the kinds of complex people, leadership, culture, and organizational change issues Celeste Warren worked on with executives, managers, and teams around the world during her Fortune 100 career. If your challenge is urgent and team-wide, start with the guide to short briefings for urgent culture risks.
In their words
What leaders say about Celeste Warren
"The guide for creating cultures where everyone feels welcomed and empowered."
Kenneth FrazierFormer Executive Chairman, Merck & Co., Inc. "Celeste is a phenomenal leader. A true natural communicator who speaks with candor, passion, and lived experience. We have welcomed Celeste as a leading authority to speak at our DIAL Global Virtual summits as she truly epitomizes authenticity through her passion for positive affirmative change."
Leila McKenzie-DelisFounder & CEO, DIAL Global
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FAQ
Common questions
- Are executive culture briefings meant for senior executives?
- Yes. Senior executives are the primary audience, because they own the decisions and systems that shape culture. Celeste Warren speaks from inside the room: she was a Fortune 100 Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for a decade, so briefings address the trade-offs executives actually face rather than theory.
- See this answer in the full FAQ
- How much does an executive briefing on culture cost?
- CRW Diversity does not publish prices. Fees for executive briefings, advisory, and workshops depend on scope, audience, format, and preparation involved, so the only accurate figure comes from a conversation about your needs. Use the contact form at crwdiversity.com to describe your situation and request a proposal for your organization.
- See this answer in the full FAQ
- How do I book an executive briefing?
- Book through the contact form on CRW Diversity’s main website at crwdiversity.com. Include your organization, the audience (for example, executive team or board), the issue prompting the request, and any timing constraints. Every engagement starts by understanding where you are, what you are trying to accomplish, and what may be standing in the way.
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- Why focus on systems instead of individual behavior?
- Both matter, but individual change rarely lasts if the systems around people stay the same. After nearly four decades in HR and organizational leadership, Celeste Warren asks what inside the organization helps people succeed and what gets in their way: policies, practices, access to opportunity, leadership decisions, and unwritten norms.
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- What does a diversity equity and inclusion consultant do?
- A diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant helps organizations examine how leadership, policies, and practices affect people’s access to opportunity, then helps leaders act on what they find. Celeste Warren’s work combines executive advisory, workshops, and briefings, informed by 10 years leading global diversity and inclusion at a Fortune 100 company.
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- What is organizational culture consulting?
- Organizational culture consulting helps leaders understand the beliefs, norms, and systems that shape how work gets done, and change the parts that hold people back. CRW Diversity approaches culture by examining both how people lead and how organizations operate, including unwritten norms and leadership decisions that determine who gets to contribute and grow.
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