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Executive Advisory

A confidential thought partner for senior executives

Last updated: November 2026

What does an executive advisor do for a senior leader?

An executive advisor gives a senior leader a confidential, experienced sounding board for decisions about leadership, culture, talent, and organizational change. At CRW Diversity, that advisor is Celeste Warren, who spent 28 years inside a Fortune 100 company, including a decade as Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

Executive advisory is the part of a leadership development program built for the people at the top. It is where leaders examine both sides of the equation: how they lead and how their organization operates.

Talk with Celeste
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Celeste Warren brings experience from inside the room to every advisory conversation.

Executive advisory at a glance

What CRW Diversity executive advisory is

CRW Diversity executive advisory is a confidential thought partnership for executives navigating complex leadership, culture, talent, and organizational challenges. It is not a packaged course. It starts with your situation: what you are trying to accomplish and what may be standing in the way.

Conversations look past individual behavior to the systems around it. Policies, practices, access to opportunity, leadership decisions, and unwritten norms all shape the culture your people experience.

Why senior executives choose an advisor with inside experience

Celeste Warren spent nearly three decades inside a Fortune 100 company. Throughout her career she worked with executives, managers, and teams around the world on complex issues involving people, leadership, culture, and organizational change.

Today, as founder of Celeste Warren Consulting, LLC, she brings that experience to organizations that want practical solutions, not buzzwords or performative approaches. She is also a TEDx speaker and the author of two books on equity and inclusion.

Questions executives bring to advisory

Is our culture helping people succeed or getting in their way?

This is the question at the center of Celeste's work. Advisory sessions help executives look at the decisions and systems that either enable progress or quietly restrict it, the theme of her TEDx talk The Cost of Standing Still.

How do we move from good intentions to visible action?

The Equity in Action Model gives executives a practical structure: Awareness, Access, Advocacy, Action, Accountability, and Empowerment. Accountability, in particular, asks leaders to look beyond intentions and pay attention to outcomes.

How executive advisory works

  1. Initial conversation

    Share the challenge, who is involved, and what you have tried. Celeste listens first.

  2. Shape the partnership

    Agree on the focus areas, confidentiality, and cadence that fit your role and timing.

  3. Examine people and systems

    Work through leadership decisions alongside the policies and norms that shape them.

  4. Extend when ready

    Carry the work to your leadership team through briefings, workshops, or manager mini-modules.

CRW Diversity does not publish prices or fixed timelines for executive advisory; both are set after the first conversation. Advisory is one part of the wider leadership development programs for companies described on this site.

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Common questions

  • What is executive advisory with Celeste Warren?

    Executive advisory is a confidential thought partnership for executives navigating complex leadership, culture, talent, and organizational challenges. Celeste Warren brings the perspective of a former C-suite leader who spent nearly three decades inside a Fortune 100 company, working with executives, managers, and teams around the world.

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  • Who is executive advisory designed for?

    Executive advisory is designed for senior executives who are responsible for leadership, culture, and talent outcomes and want a confidential sounding board. It suits leaders facing organizational change, culture concerns, or talent questions where they want practical solutions instead of buzzwords. To confirm fit for your situation, contact Celeste directly.

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  • Is executive advisory confidential?

    Yes. CRW Diversity describes its executive advisory as a confidential thought partnership. That matters for senior leaders working through sensitive talent, culture, or organizational decisions. Specific confidentiality terms are set when an engagement is agreed, so ask about them during your first conversation.

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  • Why work with an advisor who was a corporate executive?

    An advisor who has led inside a large company understands the pressures executives face. Celeste Warren spent 28 years at a Fortune 100 company, including a decade as Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. She calls it experience from inside the room, applied to practical solutions for leaders.

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  • Can executive advisory be combined with workshops?

    Yes. Many organizations start with senior leaders and then extend learning to managers. Celeste Warren offers executive advisory, leadership and organizational development workshops, and speaking and executive briefings, so a program can begin with the executive team and continue with workshops or the Equity in Action for Managers mini-modules.

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  • How much do CRW Diversity leadership programs cost?

    CRW Diversity does not publish prices for executive advisory, workshops, or speaking. Each engagement begins by understanding where your organization is and what you want to accomplish, so scope shapes cost. The fastest way to get a figure is to contact Celeste Warren with your goals, audience size, and timing.

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Leading through a culture, talent, or leadership challenge?

Start with a conversation. Celeste begins by understanding where your organization is and what may be standing in the way.

Contact Celeste Warren