WBG Monthly Meeting With Trish Walker & Speed Networking
Fri, Sep 13
|Virtual Event
Our WBG Connects monthly speakers meeting is an opportunity to learn, expand your business contacts, find inspiration, and share your expertise with others. Nonmembers are welcome to attend two events before applying for membership.
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2024, 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
Virtual Event
About The Event
This Month's Topic:
"Moving Forward When Feeling Stuck"
About Trish Walker
Patricia (Trish) Walker is a transformational leader with 30+ years in c-suite and consulting roles sustainably transforming businesses. She used that experience to pivot to being an entrepreneur as the founder of My Daily Dash (www.mydaily-dash.com), providing coaching and wellness services to support individual transformations. Patricia also serves on several corporate and non-profit boards.
Patricia served as President of Home and Services at Best Buy from April of 2016 to March 2020. In this role Patricia had responsibility for all services in-store, online and in customers’ homes. In her time, she launched Total Tech Support a services based subscription that quickly grew to over 2 million members, launched and grew Best Buy’s In-Home Consultation program to a national program with 700+ advisors and changed the trajectory of the Geek Squad business to a more diversified growth engine with 20,000 agents. Patricia also had responsibility for customer care, the company’s service plan portfolio and Best Buy Business.
Prior to joining Best Buy, Patricia was Senior Managing Director - North America Retail Practice Lead at Accenture. Patricia was responsible for the P&L including all segments of retail. Patricia changed the trajectory of the retail practice from decline to double digit growth by launching new products and services and localized, innovative go to market strategies. Patricia’s other leadership positions at Accenture include Global Client Account Lead, Marketing, Innovation, Change Management and Operations.
Patricia’s leadership and coaching style is human-centered with the philosophy that when people live (and work) at the intersection of their strengths and passions they dream big and achieve bigger.