About Redia Anderson

Redia is a certified executive coach and a nationally recognized senior executive with over 20 years’ experience in human resources and inclusion management. She has successfully led and engaged organizations in enterprise-wide change efforts focused on the development, advancement and retention of top performing talent. Her expertise includes executive coaching, women’s leadership development, change management, diversity & inclusion (including strategy design, implementation and metrics and accountability), and speaking.

As a leader in the field of inclusion & diversity and change management, Redia has worked closely and coached a select cadre of senior executives and leaders at Deloitte, Shell, PwC, Mary Kay, AT&T, AonHewitt, University of Houston, ExxonMobil, KPMG and several other organizations. Redia is an outcome focused executive coach who enjoys engaging highly talented leaders in positive behavioral shifts which tightly align talent, performance and business results. Redia has helped executives gain greater insight into their strengths, learning edges and skills which impact their ability to succeed in driving global business results.

Representative Assignments

• Increasing Leadership Effectiveness through Increased Collaboration. SVP for global oil and gas company, responsible for 40% of the exploration business, to improve relationships with his peers who were critical to his success.
• Increasing Leadership Effectiveness through Enhanced Credibility. CEO of a small, but global, family run cosmetics company to take ownership of her decisions, improve her credibility and leadership skills and prevent the possible loss of her boss’s support.
• Building Cultural Awareness in the context of Leadership Skills. VP of global renewable energy company to improve his leadership and relationship skills with his global team.
• Positioning for the next assignment. Director of Big 4 global financial services organization to execute a plan for obtaining critical feedback and exposure to remote decision makers who impacted his career advancement.
• Enhancing Strategic Influence and Developing Leadership Agility. Director of Procurement for nationally branded food company to expand and improve her communications effectiveness with highly competitive peers.
• Making the Transition. Former partner in a small global consulting firm to accelerate her transition from the firm, build her own practice, and learn to blend the many new roles into her new personal life.

Additional Experience and Approach

Redia served as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for BP. She also served as the CDIO for Deloitte, EquivaServices (JV between Shell, Texaco, and Saudi Aramco), and Abbott Laboratories.

Redia is a member of the Hudson Institute of Coaching Leadership Team and an Independent Leadership Coach with The Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. She is the author of Trailblazers: How Top Business Leaders Are Accelerating Results through Inclusion and Diversity. Redia is based in Houston, Texas.