DeLisa Alexander

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Red Hat

DeLisa Alexander | DeLisa is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Red Hat. Under her leadership, this team focuses on acquiring, developing, and retaining talent and enhancing the Red Hat culture and brand. In her nearly 15 years with the company, DeLisa has also worked in the Office of General Counsel, where she wrote Red Hat's first subscription agreement and closed the first deals with its OEMs. Today in leading the company's global human resources and employment branding teams, DeLisa is especially interested in encouraging programs spotlighting women and diversity. Outside of the office, she enjoys boating with her family and wine tasting, particularly if there's a Napa cabernet to be had.

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Authored Content

What our research taught us about scaling open culture

To learn more about Red Hat's unique culture, we talked to associates directly. This is what we discovered.

Scaling an open culture and getting it right

Your organization's culture can create a strategic advantage. Scale it carefully.

Making open decisions at scale

Two compelling case studies demonstrate the benefits of open decision-making.

2 tools for transforming senior management into open leaders

Follow these steps to locate your "leadership multiplier."

4 stages of open leadership development

Leaders work differently in open organizations. So how can you cultivate them?

Developing open leaders

"Off-the-shelf" leadership training can't sufficiently groom tomorrow's organizational leaders. Here's how we're doing it.

Authored Comments

DeLisa

9 Jun 2010

We can accomplish more by sharing

Thanks for the feedback and for the book recommendation. Great title for a book!

My second post will be out in the next couple of weeks.

DeLisa

7 Jun 2010

Trust: the catalyst of the open source way

I agree Chris.
If "being the change you want to see" doesn't influence others to change then, sometimes you do have to let it go and try another time. As John Wooden said: "Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."