Shamis Pitts
Championing organizational health and business readiness
Shamis Pitts is PLC’s Founder and CEO. She has operated at the intersection of strategy, people management and leadership, and operations for 25+ years within various industries. She holds an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, concentrating in leadership and strategy, and a BA in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Shamis is an ICF-Certified Professional Coach at the PCC level, a SHRM-SCP, an ATD member, and holds other DEI and coaching-specific certifications.
Shamis has contributed articles to National Career Development Association’s Career Convergence, The Executive Leadership Council’s Institute for Leadership Development and Research, Thrive Global and HR Jolt Magazine. She has been featured in Employee Benefit News and in Authority Magazine, and is also a Featured Expert in the Growth Leadership course within The Bank of America Institute for Women's Entrepreneurship at Cornell online certification. Shamis was awarded a Bronze Stevie for “Mentor or Coach of the Year – Business” at the 21st annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business and was also selected by Profiles in Diversity Journal® as a 2024 Women Worth Watching® in Leadership.
Shamis currently serves on the President’s Council for The Acceleration Project, an innovative, award-winning consulting firm focused on under-resourced and underfunded small businesses, particularly women and minority-owned enterprises. She is passionate about mentoring early and mid-career women of color, playing golf with her spouse and watching Columbo reruns.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
Be a Leadership R.E.I.G.nmaker
How to sustain high performance over time and have the ability to adapt to changes, opportunities and disruptions while engaging employees along the way.
Leading from the Seat You’re In
How to influence and drive engagement based on your role.
Your Wellbeing Matters: Be empowered by giving and receiving
How to amplify resilience to effectively lead self, leads others and lead organizations.
Overcoming Imposter Phenomenon: You have the right to be here
How to bust the myth that you’re not enough and advocate for self to feel empowered at work and in life.
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