Lenroy Jones, Lifting Up

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What are the responsibilities of both a mentor and a protege? Lenroy touches on these differences and provides the same encouraging call-to-action from his Amazon best-selling book, Lifting Up. Lenroy also explains his journey from career-services departments in universities to establishing his own business, Lenroy Jones Enterprise. Listen to it Now!
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Bio: Lenroy Jones
Lenroy’s commitment to diversity is best translated by the following statement: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is doing the right thing for all people and respecting each other. Lenroy’s life mission has been clear and consistent over the years: to make a difference - one client at a time. Diversity is more than race or ethnicity. A diverse workplace is comprised of employees with varied characteristics, varied challenges, and varied needs.”

Lenroy Jones is a change agent, diversity leader, and visionary leader. As a diversity leader, he provides leadership and executive direction to integrate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) at all levels of an agency's workforce. As a change agent, he develops and integrates workforce diversity strategies for hiring and developing diverse talent, fostering an inclusive work environment, and ensuring management accountability. He also provides expert advice to organizations’ leadership on a variety of equal opportunity, civil rights, diversity, inclusion, and human resource policies and issues impacting their complex and diverse workforce. Lenroy’s life mission has been clear and consistent over the years: to make a difference.

Blending a formal background in the career services industry, with a strong passion for DE&I, he desires to transition to a new career that focuses on shaping the commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. He holds a Master of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science in Interpersonal and Public Communications. His previous roles include Executive Director, Career Services at Ashland University and Florida International, and Associate Director and Manager at the University of Kentucky and Michigan State. He has been active in several board-of-director roles with American Association for Employment in Education, The Lighthouse Ministries, Inc. and Ohio Career Development Association. Also, he enjoys spending time fishing, actively included with Toastmasters International and a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated. He’s currently the President and Chief Consultant with LJ Enterprise and resides in Decatur, Georgia.

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