175: Learn How to Leverage Your Differences with Heather Cox, President of Certify My Company

Written By Rhodes Perry

Heather Cox is a business executive, seminar director, public speaker and tireless advocate for diversity. She co-founded Certify My Company after her own frustrating experiences with certifying her own business. This experience opened her eyes to the challenges facing small, diverse businesses. Today she serves as the President of her company helping diverse business owners increase their visibility in supplier markets.

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      What is supplier diversity and how did you get involved with this work?

·      Why is Heather passionate about working with LGBTQ+ businesses?

·      Why should LGBTQ+ business owners certify their businesses?

·      How might certification help small businesses during these difficult times?

·      How can LGBTQ+ small businesses land their first million dollar contract?

·      What is the Billion Dollar Roundtable & what are it’s commitments to LGBTQ+ businesses?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Visit the Certify My Company Website

·      Follow Certify My Company on Twitter

·      Connect with Certify My Company on LinkedIn

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

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