Author: James Garza

James Garza (he/him/his) currently serves as a Leadership and DE&I Consultant at GP Strategies. With 20 years in leadership, organizational, and content development, James helps organizations and leaders first understand the power behind belonging, fulfillment, and purpose at work, and then supports their journey in creating environments that produce those same ideas. He follows a fully consultative approach by clearly understanding current organizational objectives and identifying ways to align those goals against culture and leadership development, process efficiency, and overall future potential. Starting out in operational training, James has held leadership and consultant positions in the areas of customer experience, employee engagement, technical training, leadership development, and quality assurance. He has assisted companies in creating global leadership development programs from the ground up, with a continuous focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I). James has led organizational DE&I initiatives related to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), diversity and inclusion training, policy and procedure equity review, and executive communication and coaching. He recently designed the GP Strategies DE&I product portfolio in partnership with a peer expert, Dwight Bailey, Owner of FirstServe Leaders, and most recently designed and hosted webinars on the topics of: Bias & Microaggressions, Impact of Racism, and Creating an Anti-Racist Organization. He brings a unique perspective to the world of DE&I as a gay, bi-racial man who is also a father to two special needs sons. Those life experiences motivate him to always work with others using empathy and kindness, believing that we are all more alike than we are different.