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Dr. Kyla Latrice Tennin, DM(Hons), LSSWB™, PMEC™, MBA, BA

Course Instructor / Adjunct Professor

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Dr. Tennin ("Dr.K") has been affiliated with Coursera for many years and is a Coursera learner, beta tester, peer-reviewer, course designer, and course instructor, during her free time and in between time. Some of her additional courses for entrepreneurs, business owners, consumers, academic institutions, corporations, and student's can be found here (https://www.DrKylaLatrice.com). She is the Chair of the Board, President, and Global CEO of her own global conglomerate corporation, operating on 6 continents, with various subsidiary corporations, and the main enterprise being an organizational development consultancy to help businesses recover, grow, expand, and/or advance. From start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations. She has over 23 years of industry experience, is highly skilled in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research and data analyses for corporate, experiential, cosmeceutical, and product development inquiry, and is the recipient of 30+ organizational awards. Her speaking categories are within the areas of corporate, start-up, and colleges & universities. She posses expertise in (1) organizations/business/ management-leadership, (2) entrepreneurship & start-ups, and (3) financial services, with work experience in higher education, retail, hospitality, restaurant, automotive, healthcare, consumer products/beauty, and nonprofit industries. Dr. Tennin is known for being cross-functional, detailed, operating in integrity and excellence, and following a personal mission statement of “to use my gift of leadership to serve as a determined and dependable leader who shows equality and compassion to others around the world, especially women and girls”. Some of her firms global corporate clients are: P&G, Macy's, L’Oréal International, Belk, EY Parthenon (Health Benefits), Kmart, GroupM, Medicaid, ESSENCE Communications, Optum, UnitedHealth Group, and foreign governments. Including being a registered diverse supplier for Coty, Inc., Nordstrom, T-Mobile, Intel, The Limited Brands, airlines and airports, municipalities, & corporates in various nations. Last, Dr. Tennin has a high interest in organizational diagnosis, change, implementation, intervention, and management initiatives to improve organizational practices and strategies. Her value proposition is deep expertise in organizational infrastructure and business administration-executive office to solve corporate structure, organizational development, and administration complexities with an objective of resurrecting financial and operational output to accomplish profitable and sustainable growth for businesses. Doctorate Dissertation (550-pgs): Regional Executive Leadership Turnover in Multinational Corporations: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study. (North America, Singapore, & Dubai) Scholarship and Practice Interests: Organizational Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Corporate & Board Governance, Change Management, Multinational & Global Corporations, Strategy, Well-Being, Women, & Leadership.