Vision & Values
Our vision is to create a platform for meaningful conversation about our differences, and how they create opportunity to have a positive impact on the organization. With a commitment to building stronger communities, our values intersect at the corner of passion and purpose. We engage people to understand, respect, and value opinions, perspectives, and cultures that are different from our own. This enhances key performance factors that contribute to improved bottom line results.
We advise on effective ways to break down racial and ethnic barriers, stereotypes for women and minorities, and other individuals from these underrepresented groups, and how to promote multi-cultural sensitivities to tactfully and professionally move the needle among all employees. This is supported by our proud reputation for collaboration, communication, knowledge, character, and positive engagement style up, down, and across organizations.
The Expert
Wayne Snow is Vice President of Snow Business Solutions, LLC, a Diversity & Inclusion Consulting Company providing strategic culture and learning solutions for businesses, educational institutions, not-for-profit, and public organizations. Wayne is an accomplished business leader who has shaped high-performing cultures at top media companies across the country. As a Certified Diversity & Inclusion Coach and Facilitator, he has earned a reputation as a provocative thought leader, an effective collaborator up, down and across organizations, and a dynamic presenter and speaker.
Wayne leverages his expertise to create ‘safe spaces’ for difficult diversity conversation steeped in today’s reality, to coach organizational leaders, and engage employees in open and honest sharing and learning cultures. He works closely with leadership to develop and implement innovative D&I solutions. His collaborative workshops are designed to assist C-Suite, senior executives, leaders, and employees, achieve a broad level of acceptance and understanding, to create and/or maintain an inclusive culture, and develop measurable business results tied to it.
Wayne planned, coordinated, presented, and facilitated effective diversity & inclusion training, for a 3,000+ employee company, recognizing company-wide demographic data differences, driving effective sharing, listening and learning activities, resulting in increased value of respect for different cultures, perspectives, attitudes, etc., and measurement of employee productivity, retention, and business culture improvement.
Wayne was recognized by the American Press Institute and Newspaper Association of America, for his 13 years facilitating workshops for media executives, and was appointed by the Governor’s Appointment to the Cabinet for Economic Development in 2008, collaborating with other appointees to train and keep Kentucky’s business competitive in the global economy through the Skills Training Investment Credit (STIC).
Wayne is an Army veteran, and earned a B.S. in Business from Florida State University. Some of Wayne’s significant voluntary work is as a board member of the YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, and other board and advisory commitments have been to the Kentucky Press Assoc. Board, American Press Institute Advertising Advisory Board, United Way of Dade County Executive Liaison, United Way Cabinet Leader, Newspaper Association of America Classified Federation Board, Newspaper Association of America Recruitment Committee, Jr Achievement Board, 500 Role Models of Excellence, and Habitat for Humanity.