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Cynt Marshall
Effective Leadership
Diversity and Inclusion
High Performance
Transform workplace culture with Cynt Marshall, speaker and diversity leadership expert. Cynt works with organizations to drive inclusive leadership, cultural transformation, and measurable business results, delivering award-winning strategies recognized by NBA's Inclusion Leadership Award and Fortune 500 companies.
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Cynt Marshall is a game-changing leader who blends business results with a deep commitment to people. Over a 36-year career at AT&T, culminating in her role as Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, and nearly seven years as CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, she has driven measurable transformation through inclusive leadership and cultural change.
When she took the reins of the Mavericks in 2018, Cynt didn’t just aim to improve culture—she set out to redefine it. Under her leadership, the organisation has twice won the NBA’s Inclusion Leadership Award, becoming a benchmark for values-driven performance in professional sport. Her signature 100-day plan, centred on trust and transparency, delivered rapid, lasting results that are studied across industries.
Before joining the Mavericks, Cynt founded Marshalling Resources, a consultancy focused on leadership and culture. She has since advised Fortune 500 firms like Dow on embedding inclusion into business strategy. These efforts helped secure Dow’s place on DiversityInc’s Top 50 list and Fortune’s Great Place to Work rankings.
Whether building high-performing teams, reshaping workplace culture, or guiding businesses through change, Cynt offers real-world insight rooted in board-level experience and a career spent leading from the front. Her sessions leave teams energised, aligned, and equipped with practical tools to lead inclusively, navigate change, and deliver impact.
Book Cynt for a keynote that sparks action, challenges norms, and shows exactly how to lead with heart and results.
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Cynt Marshall structures her sessions around a 100-day plan framework, drawing on its documented application during her tenure as CEO of the Dallas Mavericks to demonstrate how trust and transparency can be operationalised within a defined timeframe to produce measurable cultural change.
Cynt Marshall speaks on inclusive leadership, workplace culture transformation, and diversity and inclusion strategy. She served as CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the first African-American woman to lead an NBA franchise, and previously held the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at AT&T across a 36-year career.
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