Dr. Lauren Tucker: Let’s Do What Matters
In this episode of Championship Leadership, we are highly honored to interview Dr. Lauren Tucker, a founder and CEO of Do What Matters – a strategic management consultancy designed to help organizations and people leaders to go beyond DEI to discover, practice, and implement transformative talent management solutions for the 21st-century knowledge, information, and service-driven economy.
After the tragic murder of George Floyd, Dr. Tucker decided that something has to do about it and with the help of her years of experience in an advertising agency she was able to establish an organization that helps companies intentionally and focuses on inclusion management that drives growth and impact thus the creation of Do What Matters.
Today, Dr. Lauren Tucker is sharing her expertise and doing the hard yards in transforming corporate culture, one organization at a time.
Listen to her journey!
In This Episode:
[1:04] What does Championship Leadership mean to Dr. Lauren?
[4:00] Who is Dr. Lauren Tucker and what brought her to where she is today?
[24:09] Leaders that have influenced her.
[28:06] A turning point in her life.
[31:54] Episode takeaways.
Important Quotes:
“We need champions, and those are the people that get in the game and help us when it requires sometimes social capital, cultural capital, political capital, and even financial capital.”
“Champions are the folks that get in there, and they make the plays, they make the way, run and make the goal, and then they step aside and allow you to enjoy that success.”
“My relentless optimism has oftentimes crashed into ruthless reality.”
“What we have found is that when people have the opportunity to work at great places with great jobs they won’t focus on the money.”
“We should all be learning. We should all be on that lifelong learning journey.”
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