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Keith Wyche

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Change Accelerator, Best Selling Author and Speaker

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About

Gender: Male

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Languages: English

Travels from: United States

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Biography Highlights

Gain solutions on your organization’s DE&I program development from a results driven, practicing C-suite executive. Keith pulls stories from his exceptional record of leading successful transformation initiatives in many industries undergoing rapid change including technology, manufacturing, outsourced services, and grocery retail. Author of the 2022 NAACP Image Award nominated book, Diversity is Not Enough.

Biography

All About Keith Wyche

With more than 30 years of experience, earning bottom-line results for some of America’s best known corporations including Walmart, Ameritech, Convergys, AT&T, IBM, Pitney Bowes and SuperValu. Keith Wyche has risen to become a successful corporate president and one of the highest-ranking African-American executives in the U.S. Keith understands the rules for success, rules he now shares as an author, speaker, and thought leader.

A Snapshot of Keith

Active corporate executive, speaker and author in the areas of: Change Management, Executive Development, Leadership, Business, Career Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Transformation, and Innovation.
30+ years of experience earning serious results for some of America’s best-known corporations including Walmart, AT&T, IBM, Pitney Bowes, Ameritech, SuperValu, and Convergys.
One of the highest ranking African-American executives in the U.S
Currently, Vice President of Community Engagement and Support at Walmart.
Exceptional record of leading successful transformation initiatives in industries undergoing rapid change including technology, manufacturing, outsourced services, and grocery retail.
Author of Corner Office Rules and Good Is Not Enough, which was an Amazon bestseller and nominated for the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, as well as his 2022 NAACP Image Award nominated, Diversity is Not Enough
Named one of the top 100 African American executives by both Black Enterprise and Savoy Magazine.
Served on the Corporate Board of Directors of WMS Industries (a gaming company) and the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Brinks Company.
Honored as a Man of Distinction by the National Urban League.
2010 Executive of the Year by the Executive 50 Organization.
2008 Inductee into the Martin Luther King Jr. International Board of Renaissance Leaders at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
2007 Diversity MBA Magazine Top 50 Under 50 African-American MBAs.

Corporate Transformation Leader

Keith Wyche knows first-hand how to lead an organization through change and with intentional DEI development. As President of Cub Foods (a division of SuperValu), a $3 billion grocery chain with more than 8,000 employees, Keith led the division to double-digit sales growth in his first year. After successfully turning around Cub Foods, SuperValu needed Keith to turn around Acme Markets (a larger division of SuperValu with 113 grocery and pharmacy stores and 11,000 associates) that had been on a downward spiral as sales and profits had declined for the prior five years. Within a year as President, Keith had reversed that trend and led the chain to growth for the first time in a half a decade. Before joining Supervalu, Keith was President of U.S. Operations for Pitney Bowes. There he turned around an organization that was losing clients, seeing its competition eat its market share, and suffering from a demoralized workforce.

Keith began his career in sales, marketing and management with AT&T and IBM. Currently, he is Vice President of Community Engagement and Support at Walmart, responsible for developing the operational strategy to support the overall plans to leverage business, government and community organizations in major metropolitan areas in which the company serves. Previously, he served on the Corporate Board of Directors of WMS Industries (a gaming company) and the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and is currently serves on the Board of Directors for Brinks Company.

Nationally Recognized Leader

Keith has been recognized for his achievements, both in the corner office and outside. His awards and honors include:

Named one of the top 100 African American executives by both Black Enterprise and Savoy Magazine.
Honored as a Man of Distinction by the National Urban League.
2010 Executive of the Year by the Executive 50 Organization.
2008 Inductee into the Martin Luther King Jr. International Board of Renaissance Leaders at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
2007 Diversity MBA Magazine Top 50 Under 50 African-American MBAs.

Bestselling Author

Keith is the bestselling author of four books on how to supercharge your performance and reach the top of the corporate world. Corner Office Rules: The 10 Realities of Executive Life, (Kandelle Enterprises) opens the door to the often hidden world of the C-suite. Keith’s first book, Good Is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals (Portfolio, a division of Penguin Random House), was an Amazon bestseller and was nominated for the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. His book, Swag Is Not Enough: Career Advice for the Serious Millennial was co-authored with his daughter Alana. Keith’s newest book, Diversity is Not Enough, is a 2022 NAACP Image Award nominated book.

Personal Life

Keith was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his BBA from Cleveland State University and his MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College.

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Leveraging Change: “How to WIN During Times of Uncertainty”

Insights for Leading Successful Transformations

Over his career, Keith Wyche has built a reputation as the ultimate “Transformation Leader”.

Keith has taken the learnings, challenges, and best practices from these and other organizations undergoing significant change and transformation and shares them in this presentation. After hearing Keith speak on this subject, audiences will learn about the challenges and difficulties in leading change, and how to WIN in spite of them.

With an eye on both the clients/customers and internal associates, Keith will share the:

Relevance and Case for Change
Readiness for Change
Robustness for Change
Responsiveness of Change

Available: Virtually

Navigating Your Career: Keys to Climbing to the Top

How to Leverage your Performance, Exposure, and Brand

Many diverse professionals already understand that “good is not enough” for advancement. You still must be better at your job than your majority peers to gain the same rewards and recognition. However, even exemplary performance alone is not enough to advance in your career.

In this session, Keith explains the importance of public perceptions, personal branding, and visibility, networking, mentoring, developing a long-term career plan, and identifying potential career killers. His tips are valuable not only to his targeted readers – diverse mid-level managers– but also to their majority counterparts.

With an eye on both the diverse and majority associates, Keith will share the:

You need a thorough understanding of your company’s culture to succeed.
How others perceive you has a tremendous influence on your career trajectory.
If you want higher-ups to consider you for promotions and choice assignments, you must be visible to them.
Consider your long-term career goals when you contemplate a promotion, lateral move, or a job with another company.
Be intellectually curious, and a continuous learner. Stay current to remain relevant.
Senior leaders need executive-level skills, such as superior communication abilities, problem-solving techniques, and the ability to execute.
Effort is appreciated, but you are measured on your results
Mentors and sponsors are essential to help you advance in your career.

Available: Virtually

Jumpstarting Your DEI Initiatives: Diversity is NOT Enough

The Importance of Inclusion and Equity in Creating Systems Change

As a DEI consultant and thought leader for over twenty years, Keith has been hired by numerous Fortune 500 companies and organizations to help them evaluate, re-imagine, and improve the outcomes of their DEI initiatives. In this presentation, Keith shares the missteps, challenges, and best practices from these engagements to provide insights into how your organization can jumpstart your DEI efforts.

After hearing Keith speak on this subject, audiences will learn how to create a culture of inclusion and make DEI an enterprise-wide effort.

Keith will provide insight into:

“How We Got Here” (Why DEI is even necessary?
DEI Myths vs. Reality
Manager and Employee Disconnects and Responsibilities
Best Practices for Successful DEI Implementation

Available: Virtually

Books

Diversity Is Not Enough: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America

Are you a CEO wanting a greater ROI on your investment in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)? Are you a People Leader concerned about the lack of retention and engagement of your Black associates? Are you a Chief Diversity Officer feeling the pressure of delivering results without the adequate resources, support and influence required? Then this book is for you! Diversity Is Not Enough: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America provides real, actionable steps for those who are “serious” about DEI, and looking for solutions to improve the experience of their Black employees, colleagues and leaders within their organization. By sharing a collection of best practices, vetted by over 40 years of working as a corporate board member, senior executive and DEI consultant, Keith Wyche imparts knowledge, research and strategies to organizations committed to doing better. IN THIS BOOK YOU’LL DISCOVER: – The real reasons your DEI efforts aren’t delivering the desired results. – The importance of having a Systems Change approach to DEI. – The disconnects between you and your Black associates that cause distrust and lead to poor engagement and retention. – Best Practices you can implement NOW to provide a level playing field.

Good Is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals

A no-nonsense guide for minorities in business who want to make it to senior management In recent decades, corporate America has gotten better at recruiting minority talent. But despite their education and hard work, too many African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans still find unique obstacles on the path to senior management. And there are too few minority mentors available to help them understand and overcome these challenges. Keith R. Wyche, a division president at a Fortune 500 company, is the perfect mentor for ambitious minority businesspeople at all levels. His book is filled with thought-provoking insights and practical advice based on his own experiences and those of the many people he has counseled. He discusses the importance of: – Understanding corporate culture—and the impact it has on your career – Being visible—because you can’t get ahead if nobody knows who you are – Staying current—why minorities must be continuous learners Good Is Not Enough also includes anecdotes from prominent CEOs such as Ken Chenault of American Express, Richard Parsons of Time Warner, and Alwyn Lewis of Kmart.

Corner Office Rules: The 10 Realities of Executive Life

Corner Office Rules is essential reading for anyone who thinks they’ve got what it takes to rise to the top of the corporate ladder. Through an engaging series of real life stories told by today’s top professionals, readers will learn the tools they need to work their way from middle level management to that always envied executive leadership position. Welcome to the world of senior leadership! As you negotiate the often treacherous territory of corporate responsibility, Corner Office Rules provides the guidance you need to become the kind of leader you expect.