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Leigh Burgess

CEO & FounderBold Industries Group, Inc.

Boston, MA

Member Since January 2022

Skills

Creative Strategy
Consulting
Problem Solving

About

With over 20 years of experience in business, healthcare and education and a MHA, MEd, and MA, Leigh is an executive with deep experience in project management, communications, new business and technology initiatives, and she is committed to helping you take big swings of bold, so you and your organization can thrive.

Published content

11 ways businesses can contribute and stay connected to BIPOC communities

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Business experts weigh in on the best ways to make a real difference in underserved neighborhoods. When a well-known or promising company comes to the area, it can be a win-win for businesses and community residents, especially if the establishment is located in an underrepresented neighborhood of people who may be struggling. It's more than just gaining the ability to target an untapped market or provide job opportunities to help people feed their families and develop a clear shot at professional growth; it's also about creating connections and providing education to build loyalty and trust.  With that said, there are plenty of ways for an organization to support underserved BIPOC communities—whether it's a few blocks away or miles apart. Below, 11 experts from Fast Company Executive Board offer their best practices for company leaders who want to contribute to BIPOC communities through workforce training initiatives, financial assistance, and entrepreneurial development programs.

15 ways to stand up and out on the issues your brand is backing

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Transparency paired with a consistent message on your company vision and values goes a long way in building brand awareness and trust. When it comes to building community and laying the foundation for creating long-term customer and stakeholder relationships that you can count on, it's important to let people know where you stand on current issues to maintain genuine transparency and real authenticity. Below, 15 experts of Fast Company Executive Board each share one factor for leaders to consider if they want their brand to become known for its community activism—beyond the products and services it provides.

Redefining boldness: A leadership perspective

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Here's how business leaders can adopt a bold approach to impactful leadership. 

15 ways leaders can increase equity and transparency in their performance review process 

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Amid performance review season, I understand the importance of embracing a holistic strategy that not only values individual contributions but also prioritizes fairness, open communication, and continuous improvement.  To cultivate this for our organization, we refactored our system of growth from being a linear promotion process to one that allowed for more divergent growth paths. Having an "up or out" model didn't work for our company culture. Having a lattice-based (rather than a ladder-based) approach gave people more autonomy in the course of their careers. And we made our promotion logic more equitable by transparently naming the conditions for growth. To help other leaders, I asked members of the Company Culture Group of Fast Company Executive Board, a community I lead, how they improve equity and transparency in their review process. Here are important steps that they take and the impact they’ve seen from doing so.

Here's how to end the WFH vs. return-to-work debate here and now

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Leading experts share 20 tips to help managers and their employees find a reasonable work-life balance that gets the job done.  Even before the COVID-19 crisis took the world by storm in 2020, managers at most companies were not promoting the idea of a remote or hybrid work culture environment. But when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a shelter-in-place mandate, employers had to quickly adjust their traditional policy.  Realizing the cost-effectiveness on both sides of the aisle, some companies have fully leaned into the idea of enabling employees to WFH and have never looked back while others continue to resist the idea when their staff members question whether they must commute from home just to sit inside a cubicle space. Below, 20 Fast Company Executive Board members weigh in on how employers can work with employees to find common ground and implement the right policies—aside from the current standard hybrid solution.

What does the future of work look like across industries?

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Leading business professionals offer advice to the next generation. In a changing world market and tough economy, no one can predict what the future of work will look like in the short term or 10 years from now. One way or the other, what people are realizing in the new norm is that although technological innovations are being elevated every day, companies need to embrace them if they don't want to be left behind. However, these business leaders also agree that the human touch is still essential to ensure smart decisions are being executed for the growth and success of organizations. Below, 14 experts from Fast Company Executive Board discuss how specific industries are currently being impacted and what the next generation of leaders should do to prepare for the unknown.

Company details

Bold Industries Group, Inc.

Company bio

Bold Industries Group is a multi-faceted organization that specializes in consulting, coaching, and curated events. Through the Bold Performance Formula, our consulting and coaching offers our clients the opportunity to assess and analyze where they are and to design the best plan for them to move forward and achieve extraordinary results. Our curated events include The Bold Retreat, a multiday strategic wellness retreat for female executives to reset and realign their personal and professional goals, and The Bold Table, an elevated networking dinner event for executives to expand their community in an intimate energized atmosphere with special guest speakers.

Industry

Corporate leadership

Area of focus

Consulting
Creative Problem Solving
Curated Experiences

Company size

2 - 10