DEI Died, Leadership Lives: What CEOs Need to Understand | Michelle Edwards

The Workforce Alchemy Show · Oct 30, 2026 · 47m

Did corporate DEI initiatives fail because the mission was wrong, or because leadership failed to deliver?

Companies invested in diversity training, inclusion programs, and public commitments to workplace fairness. But did those efforts actually improve employee retention, workplace culture, and business performance?

In this episode of the Workforce Alchemy Show, Mason interviews Michelle Edwards, author of DEI Died, Leadership Lives, about why meaningful workplace change requires more than corporate slogans, policies, and good intentions.

Michelle shares how she helped build an agency three…