Trump’s DEI Executive Orders

Much Ado About Nothing?

In the first 48 hours of his second term, President Trump signed 4 Executive Orders designed to eliminate “illegal DEI programs and restore merit based practices” within the Federal Government and to an extent, the private sector as well. This raises the question, to what extent does this impact the diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belongingness initiatives in your organization? Perhaps, not as much as you think.

In fact, for many organizations it will have little to no impact whatsoever provided they are engaged in 3 specific practices. This highly interactive session will describe these practices and offer specific examples of activities that will improve performance as well as bulletproof your organization against claims of “illegal DEI.” In addition, we'll discuss a new paradigm you can use to diminish the controversy and conflict that can arise when it comes to concepts like equity, inclusion and diversity.

As a result of this session, each participant will be able to do the following:

• Better understand the core focus of the 4 DEI Executive Orders.
• Describe and successfully apply 3 steps that will ensure compliance with new law and enhance the quality of current DEI practices.
• Apply a simple paradigm that will reduce the controversy inherent in DEI discussions.

Speaker Info

Dr. Tyrone A. Holmes, Ed.D

President and Owner, T.A.H. Performance Consultants, LLC

Dr. Tyrone A. Holmes is a professional speaker and consultant who has spent more than two decades teaching thousands of people to build powerful relationships in diverse settings. He received his bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Education and master’s degree in Counselor Education from Penn State University. Dr. Holmes received a second master’s degree in Business Management from the State University of New York, before earning a perfect 4.0 GPA in his Counselor Education doctoral program at Penn State.

As the owner of T.A.H. Performance Consultants, he has facilitated more than 1,500 keynotes, training seminars and virtual workshops that have taught participants to connect with others despite their differences, to effectively articulate their messages, to connect with diverse audiences and groups, and to reduce the negative impact of unconscious bias. Dr. Holmes served as a full-time faculty member at Eastern Michigan University in the Department of Leadership and Counseling, and at Wayne State University in the Department of Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations.