Todd ''Bowtie'' Jenkins
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Lead at J.B. Hunt Transport, Chief Diversity Executive and Consultant at Bowtie Leadership & Development
Dr. Todd Jenkins, Global Inclusion Leader, Strategist, Speaker, & Author, also known as Dr. "Bowtie" Todd, is the Founder and CEO of Bowtie Leadership and Development, Inc., a global leadership management training and coaching firm with a focus on bringing diverse people together to increase individual or organizational productivity and performance.
Dr. Jenkins is a certified Leadership Management International Facilitator, Coach, and Speaker with more than ten years of training and development, leadership development, and diversity and inclusion work experience. He is an award-winning chef diversity executive, trainer, and strategist. He has worked with several clients, 1:1, small and large businesses and organizations throughout Europe, South America, Asia, and North America. He has spoken to crowds as large as 30,000 and trains groups inside fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities and various non-profits. He spends his life dedicated to helping others see their greatness through education, exposure, and best practices. His inspiration, energy and motivation have been said to move mountains.
Dr. Jenkins continues to explore his strong passions through research and practices in leadership training and development for individuals and organizations, inclusion services and development, and intercultural conversations. Todd’s doctoral dissertation focuses on Management, Leadership, Supervision, and Retention as it relates to the Minority and Millennium Professionals. Today. he furthers his post-doctoral studies at Harvard University focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Outside of work, he is active in his community, host of the Bowtie Convo podcast, an international traveler, and spends his time enjoying his wife, family, and friends. Dr. Jenkins motto is inspired by St. Augustine; “The world is like a book… those who do not engage, unravel, and connect to better one’s self and others through conversations, only read one page”.
Takes part in
How to Eliminate Racial, Disability, and Gender Biases in Recruitment and Hiring Practices?
- How to differentiate the policies that work from the well-intentioned policies that fail to increase workplace diversity
- How to expand your candidate pool and promote gender and racial equity in the hiring process
- How to develop and implement an interview rubric designed to mitigate bias
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Todd ''Bowtie'' Jenkins
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