Yvette Steele

About Yvette Steele

Culture has a P&L and most companies are bleeding from it without a single line item to show where the money went. Disengagement, turnover, and manager misalignment don\'t show up as \"culture costs\" in anyone\'s budget. They hide inside payroll, replacement spend, and management overhead. By the time leadership feels the drag, the cost has already compounded. HR leaders see it clearly. The challenge has never been awareness but building the financial case that gets culture work funded. I spent over 30 years of my career watching this pattern repeat. Teams underperformed because the systems around them were never designed with the same rigor as the strategy they were supposed to execute. The cost was real, viewed in abstract terms and never had a number attached to it. That\'s the problem I built Amplify Talent Advisors to solve. Our Culture Cost Calculator gives HR leaders and finance teams a shared, research-backed number: the annual cost of culture misalignment already embedded in their P&L. From there, we build the pathway to recover it through three practice areas — each a different entry point into the same culture operating system. AmplifyIE assesses where misalignment is showing up and implements solutions that connect culture conditions directly to business performance. Not a report. Co-built, co-implemented, measured. Career Ignite is cohort-based workforce development that builds confidence, readiness, and strategic thinking in emerging and transitioning talent before the promotion, not after. Faster time-to-productivity, stronger retention, a bench that\'s ready. ERG Strategy transforms employee resource groups from social cohorts into business partners connecting ERG leadership to talent pipeline development, market insight, and measurable outcomes. These aren\'t separate services. They\'re how culture becomes recoverable: through the systems that develop people, the structures that retain them, and the conditions that let both happen at scale. This approach has contributed to 18% revenue growth, a 45% reduction in turnover, and double-digit gains in engagement and NPS.> Author: Impactful Inclusion Toolkit (Wiley)> LinkedIn Top Voice > Insights featured in The Wall Street Journal > Work applied by Y-USA, the United States Department of Labor, and the National Urban League I work with leaders who are done treating culture as an initiative and ready to treat it as a financial reality, who are honest about current conditions and committed to measurable change. If that\'s you, let\'s talk.

Experience

1. Principal, Chief Talent Amplification Officer

   Amplify Talent Advisors

   Oct 2020 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Amplify Talent Advisors (formerly DEI Insider) helps organizations build high-performing cultures through talent development grounded in inclusive excellence - a business anchored, legally sound approach that moves beyond traditional DEI to align people, performance, and risk. Using our proprietary AMPLIFY methodology, we help clients diagnose culture and talent challenges, design people-centric, data-driven solutions, and execute with shared accountability across the organization. Drawing on over a decade of experience integrating inclusive practices into the employee lifecycle, operating systems and marketplace strategies, we fortify your success for the long term. Through targeted advisory and capability building, we empower your teams to navigate future challenges and ensure the impact of our work is both lasting and adaptable. We partner with CHROs, HR and culture leaders, and ERG executive sponsors to connect talent development with core business objectives so culture becomes infrastructure. What We Do: • Develop leaders at all levels from potential to performance• Equip and align ERGs with business goals• Engineer cultures where talent delivers measurable resultsHow We Do It:Leadership & Career Coaching: Strategic coaching pathways for emerging and mid-level leaders to build influence, readiness, and impact in critical rolesERG Development: Labs and workshops that transform ERGs from “nice-to-have” into strategically aligned partners with clear metrics and executive-ready business cases Inclusive Excellence Consulting (AmplifyIE): Assessment, strategy, and implementation support to design high-performing cultures where inclusion, talent, and business strategy move in the same directionWe are your partner in transforming culture into your competitive advantage.

Education

• Chicago State University

  BS

• Harvard Business School Online

  Certificate of Completion

• Cornell University

  Certificate

• Roosevelt University

  Master of Arts

Skills

• Direct Sales
• Business Development
• Online Marketing
• Search Engine Marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Budgets
• Sales Process
• Salesforce.com
• Market Planning
• Sem
• Lead Generation
• Advertising
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Operations
• Selling
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• Solution Selling
• SEO
• Retail Operations
• Training
• New Business Development
• Crm
• Team Leadership
• Coaching
• Reputation Management
• Retail
• B2b
• Direct Marketing
• Sales Trainer
• Social Media
• Mobile Marketing
• Budgeting
• Online Advertising
• Account Management
• Strategy
• Sales
• Marketing
• Forecasting