Empowered Leadership
Leading Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces with Omark Holmes, Chief Marketing Officer at Visit Huntington Beach
May 18, 2023
In this episode of Empowered Leadership, host Alexandra Reese is joined by Omark Holmes, Chief Marketing Officer at Visit Huntington Beach. Together, they delve into how leaders can build diverse and inclusive teams that outperform the competition, as well as why managers should use the Socratic method every chance they get.

In this episode of Empowered Leadership, host Alexandra Reese is joined by Omark Holmes, Chief Marketing Officer at Visit Huntington Beach.


Omark Holmes is the Chief Marketing Officer at Visit Huntington Beach, the Destination marketing organization that helps bring 4 million visitors to  Huntington Beach every year. Previously, he was the Director of Marketing at Santa Monica Travel & Tourism, and the Director of Communications for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transport Authority. 


Join them as they discuss:


- Why great leaders are hyper-focused on the individual

- How to cultivate authentic vulnerability as a leader–without crossing the line

- How to utilize the Socratic method to improve performance

- Why the best leaders are students, and how stagnation in learning leads to irrelevance

- How Omark’s personal experience being “the only one of” fundamentally shaped his leadership

- How to cultivate employee ownership over a healthy workplace culture

- The trickle down effect that leaders have on organizations, both good and bad


And more!


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