Nichole Pitts is the founder and CEO of Ethintegrity and an accomplished ethics, compliance, and diversity & inclusion leader. She earned her Juris Doctor from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law and later led global compliance programs, including guiding an organization through a multi-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA).
With over 15 years of experience in compliance leadership, Nichole helps organizations build culturally grounded ethics programs that go beyond rules and risk to embed values into everyday decision-making. Her signature offerings include strategy coaching, leadership labs, and communication frameworks that align behavior, trust, and accountability across global teams.
Nichole Pitts is a visionary leader, strategist, and advocate for ethical business practices and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. As the founder and CEO of Ethintegrity, she brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, helping clients navigate the intricate landscape of ethics, compliance, and DEI with finesse and innovation.
Nichole is a dynamic speaker known for her ability to engage audiences, challenge perspectives, and inspire action. Her commitment to fostering healthy, diverse cultures within organizations has earned her recognition as a thought leader in the field.
Nichole Pitts has dedicated her career to championing ethical business practices and promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. With over 15 years of experience in corporate governance, compliance, and DEI, she possesses a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing organizations today.
Nichole’s journey began in the corporate world, where she held various leadership roles in compliance and ethics departments across multiple industries. Her firsthand experiences navigating complex ethical dilemmas and promoting inclusive cultures have shaped her approach to consulting and speaking.
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In this 8-minute episode from her “Effective Employee Engagement” series, ethics and culture strategist Nichole Pitts explores the critical difference between training employees and facilitating meaningful engagement.
In Effective Employee Engagement – Part 1: Training vs Facilitation, Nichole Pitts unpacks why traditional compliance and ethics programs often fall short and how shifting from training to facilitation creates deeper learning and sustainable culture change.
Nichole opens by clarifying that “training” typically centers on transferring information, while “facilitation” focuses on creating connection and reflection. She explains that while training ensures employees know the rules, facilitation ensures they understand the why behind them empowering individuals to internalize ethical principles and apply them authentically in daily decision-making.
Through relatable examples from her consulting practice, Nichole demonstrates how facilitation invites participation, encourages dialogue, and helps leaders uncover blind spots. She shares practical tips for facilitators, such as asking open-ended questions, building psychological safety, and designing sessions that respect different communication styles and cultural contexts.
Nichole emphasizes that ethics and compliance thrive not when employees are told what to think, but when they’re invited to think critically together. By replacing lecture-style delivery with human-centered facilitation, organizations build trust, accountability, and ownership the foundation of an ethical culture that endures.
In this 27-minute keynote from the European Compliance & Ethics Conference (ECEC 2020), Nichole Pitts explains how strategic, audience-focused communication can transform compliance from obligation into engagement.
In this extended session, Nichole Pitts, founder and CEO of Ethintegrity, guides compliance and ethics professionals through the process of designing communication plans that actually influence behavior. She begins by emphasizing that effective communication is the lifeblood of ethical culture — when employees understand both the “what” and the “why,” compliance becomes meaningful rather than mechanical.
Nichole contrasts traditional one-way messaging with modern, inclusive approaches that consider tone, timing, and context. She stresses that an ethical message must be simple, consistent, and emotionally resonant, not buried in jargon or policy language. Through examples from her corporate experience, she shows how segmenting audiences (executives, managers, front-line staff) and aligning messages to their motivations builds credibility and trust.
She also highlights common pitfalls, such as overloading employees with information or neglecting feedback loops. Nichole provides a framework for developing a sustainable plan — including communication objectives, key messages, delivery channels, and metrics for success.
As the presentation unfolds, she illustrates how storytelling and authenticity help embed compliance values into everyday conversations. Her approach reframes ethics communication as a leadership competency — one that fuels transparency, inclusion, and psychological safety.
The talk closes with a practical takeaway: communication is not a single event but a continuous dialogue that connects purpose, people, and performance.
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