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Advice on Self-Empowerment
Advice to Younger Self
Advocating for Self
Approach to Challenges
Best Advice Ever Received
Building Confidence
Character and Courage: Leadership Habits That Define the Moment
Dumping Head Trash
Finding/Working with Mentors
Greatest Learnings
Growth Begins Before You Feel Ready
How to Persuade and Influence
Importance of Continuous Learning
Improving Communications Skills
Innovation in Hospitality
Is DEI Dead?
I Thought I Was Being Overlooked. I Was Actually Being Prepared.
It’s Lonely at the Top. Calmness Is What Carries Leaders Through
Leadership Habits and Traits
Navigating Politics
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Personal Board of Directors
Personal Mantra/Guiding Principles
Rebounding from Setbacks
Self Care Isn't Selfish
Servant Leadership
Taking Courageous Risks
The Courage to Believe
The High Cost of Being Right
The Power of Curiosity
The Seasons of Presence: Why Work Life Harmony Is Good Business
Three Stages of Career Progression
When Hard Work Isn’t Enough: Expanding the Advice That Shaped My Career
Why Good Ideas Get Ignored Until Someone Else Says Them
Why Visionaries Don’t Always Transform Organizations‍
Working with Recruiters
Work-Life Harmony
You Can’t Escape Workplace Politics. But You Can Navigate It
Your Network is Your Networth
Your Network Is Your Net Worth. Especially for Introverted Leaders

Media Coverage

Leadership traits and habits that define success
Operate How continuous learning fuels creativity, innovation and reinvention
Why curiosity is a leadership advantage that never stops giving
Finding and working with mentors: Practical advice for aspiring leaders
“It’s Personal Stories” podcast launches redesigned platform on Hotels
Asian Hospitality Its Personal Stories Launches New Website
The art of persuasion and influence
It's Personal Stories Launches redesigned website
IHI names Top Podcasts for 2025
IHI names Top Podcasts for 2024
Advice to my younger self: Lessons from hospitality leaders
18 Leading Organizations Unite to Form the Women in Hospitality Leadership Alliance to Advance Women in the Industry
It's Personal Stories, A Hospitality Podcast (Goodpods)
Dorothy Dowling joins DEI Advisors as Principal + Interviews are Now Available on Podcast!
Best Western’s Dowling joins DEI Advisors
It's Personal Stories, A Hospitality Podcast (Podchaser)
David Kong forms advisory group
What Prepared Me To Be CEO - David Kong, DEI Advisors
Building Diveristy Through Relationships - David Kong
Former BWH Hotel Group CEO David Kong on going beyond the “D” in DEI
Leading Into a Diverse Future
#60: Advancing Women in Hospitality | with Rachel Humphrey
Teague Talks with David Kong, Founder & Principal of DEI Advisors
Speaker: David Kong, Founder & Principal – DEI Advisors
It's Personal Stories, A Hospitality Podcast
Dorothy Dowling Joins DEI Advisors as Principal
DEI Advisors
Dorothy Dowling joins DEI Advisors as principal
DEI Advisors wraps up 100+ interviews with hospitality industry leaders
Kong launches organization to help women, minorities in hospitality
David Kong Launches DEI Advisors
HB on the Scene: Q+A with Rachel Humphrey [VIDEO]
New DEI Non-Profit for Hospitality Launches with 12 Not-to-Miss Interviews
Uniting for Impact: The Creation of the Women in Hospitality Leadership Alliance - Rachel Humphrey
DEI Advisors fosters self-empowerment through interviews
New DEI Non-Profit for Hospitality Launches with 12 Not-to-Miss Interviews
Hospitality veterans launch DEI Advisors
David Kong, industry veterans launch DEI Advisors
DEI Advisors Celebrates First Anniversary
Industry Icons Partner for DEI Initiative
International Hospitality Institute’s Post November 2025
International Hospitality Institute’s Post November 2023
Launch of It’s Personal Stories, A Hospitality Podcast.
TLC notebook, Part 1: DEI, third-party buyers’ remorse, net buyers
DEI Advisors launches hospitality podcast website
Wisdom that shaped hospitality’s leaders
Lessons that shaped respected leaders
How to overcome imposter syndrome
Mastering the art of networking
Personal mantras and guiding principles: The internal compass of hospitality leaders
Empowering your personal success through work-life harmony
Empowering personal success by embracing challenges
The pendulum of DEI

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