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Voices Worth Listening To

60 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

Voice Worth Listening To is a podcast dedicated to sharing stories about diversity and inclusion. Stories that I hope will make you think and reflect on how we experience each others’ differences. My goal is to encourage change in our individual perspectives and in the ways in which we live and work together. You can find more information on my work related to diversity and inclusion at www.strat-ology.com.

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Episode #19: LGBTQ+: Why is it important to have members of the LGBTQ community on staff and in your leadership team?

October 19, 2022 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Being treated differently because you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community is a real issue, and it’s alive and well in many, if not most organizations. This is confirmed in the dozens of conversations I’ve had with gay men and women about their professional experiences at work. But it’s also backed up with quantitative and qualitative data. For example, 15 to 45 percent of LGBTQ people suffer some form of discrimination on the job. 10 to 20 percent have been passed over for a job or been fir...

19: LGBTQ+: Why is it important to have members of the LGBTQ community on staff and in your leadership team?

October 19, 2022 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Being treated differently because you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community is a real issue, and it’s alive and well in many, if not most organizations. This is confirmed in the dozens of conversations I’ve had with gay men and women about their professional experiences at work. But it’s also backed up with quantitative and qualitative data. For example, 15 to 45 percent of LGBTQ people suffer some form of discrimination on the job. 10 to 20 percent have been passed over for a job or been fir...

18: Preservation: What can Global Crises like the War on Ukraine Teach Leaders about Fostering DEI

April 20, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

The world around us seems to be increasingly defined by hate. The Russians and the Ukrainians, the Palestinians and the Israelis, the Chinese and the Uyghur Muslims, India’s war on Islam, the US and women’s rights, Florida and the LGBTQ+ community. Each one of these geopolitical crises is a war on diversity where minority populations are in a “fight to exist.” They are fighting against leaders working to eliminate minority voices. These leaders invoke preservation as their key narrative. The...

Episode #18: What can Global Crises like the War on Ukraine Teach Leaders about Fostering DEI

April 20, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

The world around us seems to be increasingly defined by hate. The Russians and the Ukrainians, the Palestinians and the Israelis, the Chinese and the Uyghur Muslims, India’s war on Islam, the US and women’s rights, Florida and the LGBTQ+ community. Each one of these geopolitical crises is a war on diversity where minority populations are in a “fight to exist.” They are fighting against leaders working to eliminate minority voices. These leaders invoke preservation as their key narrative. The...

What can Global Crises like the War on Ukraine Teach Leaders about Fostering DEI

April 20, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

The world around us seems to be increasingly defined by hate. The Russians and the Ukrainians, the Palestinians and the Israelis, the Chinese and the Uyghur Muslims, India’s war on Islam, the US and women’s rights, Florida and the LGBTQ+ community. Each one of these geopolitical crises is a war on diversity where minority populations are in a “fight to exist.” They are fighting against leaders working to eliminate minority voices. These leaders invoke preservation as their key narrative. The...

Episode #17: Weight Stigma: One of the last acceptable forms of discrimination

February 23, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

When we think about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), our mind often goes to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and those that are differently-abled. But do these differences represent the full landscape of DEI? What topics do we still avoid? The one I broach in this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is weight stigma. It may surprise you to learn that overweight people regularly suffer discrimination in the form of assumptions that they are lazy, less competent and less qual...

17: Weight Stigma: One of the last acceptable forms of discrimination

February 23, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

When we think about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), our mind often goes to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and those that are differently-abled. But do these differences represent the full landscape of DEI? What topics do we still avoid? The one I broach in this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is weight stigma. It may surprise you to learn that overweight people regularly suffer discrimination in the form of assumptions that they are lazy, less competent and less qual...

Weight Stigma: One of the last acceptable forms of discrimination

February 23, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

When we think about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), our mind often goes to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and those that are differently-abled. But do these differences represent the full landscape of DEI? What topics do we still avoid? The one I broach in this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is weight stigma. It may surprise you to learn that overweight people regularly suffer discrimination in the form of assumptions that they are lazy, less competent and less qual...

Episode #16: Part 2: Women of Color in the Workplace: Promoting and Retaining Talent

January 19, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

This episode of  VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is the second of a two-part series that answers the following question: How can organizations do a better job of recognizing talented women of color and promoting them into decision making and leadership roles? It is important to realize that talent doesn’t get promoted or retained just because it gets recognized. Part 2 focuses on this reality. We explore stories about the challenges faced by 4 high-performing Women of Color. These stories help us ...

16: Women of Color (2) in the Workplace: Promoting and Retaining Talent

January 19, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

This episode of  VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is the second of a two-part series that answers the following question: How can organizations do a better job of recognizing talented women of color and promoting them into decision making and leadership roles? It is important to realize that talent doesn’t get promoted or retained just because it gets recognized. Part 2 focuses on this reality. We explore stories about the challenges faced by 4 high-performing Women of Color. These stories help us ...

Part 2: Women of Color in the Workplace: Promoting and Retaining Talent

January 19, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

This episode of  VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is the second of a two-part series that answers the following question: How can organizations do a better job of recognizing talented women of color and promoting them into decision making and leadership roles? It is important to realize that talent doesn’t get promoted or retained just because it gets recognized. Part 2 focuses on this reality. We explore stories about the challenges faced by 4 high-performing Women of Color. These stories help us ...

15: Women of Color (1) in the Workplace: Recognizing Talent to Improve Underrepresentation

November 17, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

This episode of  VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is the first of a two-part series that answers the following question: How can organizations do a better job of recognizing talented women of colour and promoting them into decision making and leadership roles? Women of colour represent an intersectional population that is often subject to overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. This poses significant challenges for professional women of colour when being recruited,...

Episode #15: Part 1: Women of Color in the Workplace: Recognizing Talent to Improve Underrepresentation

November 17, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

This episode of  VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is the first of a two-part series that answers the following question: How can organizations do a better job of recognizing talented women of colour and promoting them into decision making and leadership roles? Women of colour represent an intersectional population that is often subject to overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. This poses significant challenges for professional women of colour when being recruited,...

Part 1: Women of Color in the Workplace: Recognizing Talent to Improve Underrepresentation

November 17, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

This episode of  VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO is the first of a two-part series that answers the following question: How can organizations do a better job of recognizing talented women of colour and promoting them into decision making and leadership roles? Women of colour represent an intersectional population that is often subject to overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. This poses significant challenges for professional women of colour when being recruited,...

Episode #14: Driving a better form of Representation in your Organization

October 13, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Is representation important? Whenever you have this discussion with organizational leaders, the answer is always the same, “It’s very important.”  But in my experience, the time leaders take to understand representation, its nuances, and its inherent challenges is quite limited. In this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO, I attempt to answer three key questions organizational leaders must consider when attempting to increase the level of representation in their organizations: (1) Can your ...

Leading your Organization to a more Intentional Form of Representation

October 13, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Is representation important? Whenever you have this discussion with organizational leaders, the answer is always the same, “It’s very important.”  But in my experience, the time leaders take to understand representation, its nuances, and its inherent challenges is quite limited. In this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO, I attempt to answer three key questions organizational leaders must consider when attempting to increase the level of representation in their organizations: (1) Can your ...

14: Representation: Driving a better form of Representation in your Organization

October 13, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Is representation important? Whenever you have this discussion with organizational leaders, the answer is always the same, “It’s very important.”  But in my experience, the time leaders take to understand representation, its nuances, and its inherent challenges is quite limited. In this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO, I attempt to answer three key questions organizational leaders must consider when attempting to increase the level of representation in their organizations: (1) Can your ...

Driving a better form of Representation in your Organization

October 13, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Is representation important? Whenever you have this discussion with organizational leaders, the answer is always the same, “It’s very important.”  But in my experience, the time leaders take to understand representation, its nuances, and its inherent challenges is quite limited. In this episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO, I attempt to answer three key questions organizational leaders must consider when attempting to increase the level of representation in their organizations: (1) Can your ...

Episode #13: How can inclusion drive your organization's performance?

September 15, 2021 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

Why do organizations struggle with creating inclusive organizational cultures that would allow them to retain strong and diverse talent?  The Answer: Organizations struggle with creating an inclusive context because with less than 5% of leaders in organizations being women, black, indigenous, people of colour or members of the LGBTQ+ communities, inclusion is simply not a challenge they have personally faced.  The majority of leaders of Canadian and US organizations today have not had to str...

13: Inclusion: How can inclusion drive your organization's performance?

September 15, 2021 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

Why do organizations struggle with creating inclusive organizational cultures that would allow them to retain strong and diverse talent?  The Answer: Organizations struggle with creating an inclusive context because with less than 5% of leaders in organizations being women, black, indigenous, people of colour or members of the LGBTQ+ communities, inclusion is simply not a challenge they have personally faced.  The majority of leaders of Canadian and US organizations today have not had to str...

How can inclusion drive your organization's performance?

September 15, 2021 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

Why do organizations struggle with creating inclusive organizational cultures that would allow them to retain strong and diverse talent?  The Answer: Organizations struggle with creating an inclusive context because with less than 5% of leaders in organizations being women, black, indigenous, people of colour or members of the LGBTQ+ communities, inclusion is simply not a challenge they have personally faced.  The majority of leaders of Canadian and US organizations today have not had to str...

How does the idea of Islamophobia affect how Muslim professionals experience the workplace?

July 21, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB

Phobias are a form of anxiety disorder.  When you have a fear of heights or a fear of clowns, you can’t be rational, you can’t be deliberate, and you do everything in your power to put distance between you and your fear.  Fear of Muslims or fear of Islam doesn’t work that way because it’s not a phobia.  It is hate, it is discrimination, it is biased, it is unfair, and it is irrational, but it is not a phobia.  When someone has a phobia, the appropriate reaction is empathy.  When someone hate...

12: Islamophobia: How does the idea of Islamophobia affect how Muslim professionals experience the workplace?

July 21, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB

Phobias are a form of anxiety disorder.  When you have a fear of heights or a fear of clowns, you can’t be rational, you can’t be deliberate, and you do everything in your power to put distance between you and your fear.  Fear of Muslims or fear of Islam doesn’t work that way because it’s not a phobia.  It is hate, it is discrimination, it is biased, it is unfair, and it is irrational, but it is not a phobia.  When someone has a phobia, the appropriate reaction is empathy.  When someone hate...

Episode #12: How does the idea of Islamophobia affect how Muslim professionals experience the workplace?

July 21, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB

Phobias are a form of anxiety disorder.  When you have a fear of heights or a fear of clowns, you can’t be rational, you can’t be deliberate, and you do everything in your power to put distance between you and your fear.  Fear of Muslims or fear of Islam doesn’t work that way because it’s not a phobia.  It is hate, it is discrimination, it is biased, it is unfair, and it is irrational, but it is not a phobia.  When someone has a phobia, the appropriate reaction is empathy.  When someone hate...

Episode #11: Should organizations take a stance on international issues that cut at the heart of Diversity Equity and Inclusion?

June 08, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Can organizations afford to be silent or even neutral on important geo-political issues that cut at the heart of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?  Is silence the right strategy in the face of black voting rights, the tragedy that is Israel and Palestine, the 215 indigenous children found in a mass grave site in Canada, or the internment of almost 2 million Uyghur Muslims in Western China?  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO explains how silence is not an option.  The episode suggests ...

11: Global DEI: Should organizations take a stance on international issues that cut at the heart of Diversity Equity and Inclusion?

June 08, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Can organizations afford to be silent or even neutral on important geo-political issues that cut at the heart of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?  Is silence the right strategy in the face of black voting rights, the tragedy that is Israel and Palestine, the 215 indigenous children found in a mass grave site in Canada, or the internment of almost 2 million Uyghur Muslims in Western China?  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO explains how silence is not an option.  The episode suggests ...

Episode #11: Should organizations take a stance on international issues that cut at the heart of Diversity Equity and Inclusion?

June 08, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Can organizations afford to be silent or even neutral on important geo-political issues that cut at the heart of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?  Is silence the right strategy in the face of black voting rights, the tragedy that is Israel and Palestine, the 215 indigenous children found in a mass grave site in Canada, or the internment of almost 2 million Uyghur Muslims in Western China?  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO explains how silence is not an option.  The episode suggests ...

Should organizations take a stance on international issues that cut at the heart of Diversity Equity and Inclusion?

June 08, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Can organizations afford to be silent or even neutral on important geo-political issues that cut at the heart of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?  Is silence the right strategy in the face of black voting rights, the tragedy that is Israel and Palestine, the 215 indigenous children found in a mass grave site in Canada, or the internment of almost 2 million Uyghur Muslims in Western China?  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO explains how silence is not an option.  The episode suggests ...

Should organizations to take a stance on international issues that cut at the heart of Diversity Equity and Inclusion?

June 08, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Can organizations afford to be silent or even neutral on important geo-political issues that cut at the heart of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?  Is silence the right strategy in the face of black voting rights, the tragedy that is Israel and Palestine, the 215 indigenous children found in a mass grave site in Canada, or the internment of almost 2 million Uyghur Muslims in Western China?  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO explains how silence is not an option.  The episode suggests ...

10: Chief Diversity Officer: Do you need one?

May 11, 2021 21:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Are you more aware of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in your organization today than you were a year ago?  Your answer is likely YES.  Is hiring a Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) an important move for your organization?   A CDO is someone who helps your organization create not only an inclusive working context but also leverage diversity to make an important contribution to your competitive advantage and your bottom line.  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO answers 4 questions: (...

Episode #10: Should you Hire a Chief Diversity Officer?

May 11, 2021 21:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Are you more aware of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in your organization today than you were a year ago?  Your answer is likely YES.  Is hiring a Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) an important move for your organization?   A CDO is someone who helps your organization create not only an inclusive working context but also leverage diversity to make an important contribution to your competitive advantage and your bottom line.  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO answers 4 questions: (...

Should you hire a Chief Diversity Officer?

May 11, 2021 21:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Are you more aware of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in your organization today than you were a year ago?  Your answer is likely YES.  Is hiring a Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) an important move for your organization?   A CDO is someone who helps your organization create not only an inclusive working context but also leverage diversity to make an important contribution to your competitive advantage and your bottom line.  This episode of VOICES WORTH LISTENING TO answers 4 questions: (...

9: Asian Hate: Challenges faced by Asian Professional in the Workplace: Suggestions for Change

April 13, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

You probably have a few friends of Asian Descent.  Have they ever shared with you their Chinese or Korean names?  Probably not.  Have you ever wondered why?  Maybe it's a matter of personal choice.  Maybe it's deeply rooted in unbelievable levels of discrimination faced by Asian professionals in the workplace.  This episode of Voices Worth Listening to Answers three questions: What does this discrimination look like?  Why is it largely ignored? What can organizations do to create a more equi...

CHALLENGES FACED BY ASIAN PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORKPLACE: SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE

April 13, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

You probably have a few friends of Asian Descent.  Have they ever shared with you their Chinese or Korean names?  Probably not.  Have you ever wondered why?  Maybe it's a matter of personal choice.  Maybe it's deeply rooted in unbelievable levels of discrimination faced by Asian professionals in the workplace.  This episode of Voices Worth Listening to Answers three questions: What does this discrimination look like?  Why is it largely ignored? What can organizations do to create a more equi...

Episode #9: Challenges faced by Asian Professional in the Workplace: Suggestions for Change

April 13, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

You probably have a few friends of Asian Descent.  Have they ever shared with you their Chinese or Korean names?  Probably not.  Have you ever wondered why?  Maybe it's a matter of personal choice.  Maybe it's deeply rooted in unbelievable levels of discrimination faced by Asian professionals in the workplace.  This episode of Voices Worth Listening to Answers three questions: What does this discrimination look like?  Why is it largely ignored? What can organizations do to create a more equi...

Episode #8: Why should privilege-based diversity matter to organizations?

March 14, 2021 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

The stories in this episode are raw and unfiltered and help answer three key questions: (1) How should organizations think about privilege-related diversity when it comes to recruiting and promoting people? (2) What questions will allow them to determine if privilege or lack there of has shaped a candidate positively? and most fundamentally, (3) Why should organizations care about privilege as an important source of diversity - are there benefits of having privilege related diversity among y...

Why should privilege-based diversity matter to organizations?

March 14, 2021 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

The stories in this episode are raw and unfiltered and help answer three key questions: (1) How should organizations think about privilege-related diversity when it comes to recruiting and promoting people? (2) What questions will allow them to determine if privilege or lack there of has shaped a candidate positively? and most fundamentally, (3) Why should organizations care about privilege as an important source of diversity - are there benefits of having privilege related diversity among y...

8: Privilege: Why should privilege-based diversity matter to organizations?

March 14, 2021 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

The stories in this episode are raw and unfiltered and help answer three key questions: (1) How should organizations think about privilege-related diversity when it comes to recruiting and promoting people? (2) What questions will allow them to determine if privilege or lack there of has shaped a candidate positively? and most fundamentally, (3) Why should organizations care about privilege as an important source of diversity - are there benefits of having privilege related diversity among y...

Episode #7: A Diversity Deficit in Leadership Teams: Why it exists and how to change it

February 17, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

This episode answers two key questions: (1) What explains the deficit of diversity in leadership teams? and (2) How can organizations change this reality?  To answer these questions, we must explore the relationship between grit, lived experience, diversity, homeostasis - a complex form of inertia that plagues too many management teams, and the perceived risk of difference held by too many leaders.  To offer some perspective, I have a special guest, Dr. Nancy Wallis, who will share her leade...

A Diversity Deficit in Leadership Teams: Why it exists and how to change it

February 17, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

This episode answers two key questions: (1) What explains the deficit of diversity in leadership teams? and (2) How can organizations change this reality?  To answer these questions, we must explore the relationship between grit, lived experience, diversity, homeostasis - a complex form of inertia that plagues too many management teams, and the perceived risk of difference held by too many leaders.  To offer some perspective, I have a special guest, Dr. Nancy Wallis, who will share her leade...

7: Diversity + Leaders: A Diversity Deficit in Leadership Teams: Why it exists and how to change it

February 17, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

This episode answers two key questions: (1) What explains the deficit of diversity in leadership teams? and (2) How can organizations change this reality?  To answer these questions, we must explore the relationship between grit, lived experience, diversity, homeostasis - a complex form of inertia that plagues too many management teams, and the perceived risk of difference held by too many leaders.  To offer some perspective, I have a special guest, Dr. Nancy Wallis, who will share her leade...

Diversity: A Key Driver of Organizational Performance

January 13, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

This month’s episode explores the link between diversity and organizational performance.  The research is clear - diversity drives profitability and organizational outcomes - but almost 50% of executives remain unconvinced.  Why?  This episode suggests (1) ways to define diversity so that organizations can hire individuals who will be well poised to make performance generating contributions and (2) how to create work environments that support those with diverse lived experiences to bring mor...

Episode #6: Diversity: A Key Driver of Organizational Performance

January 13, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

This month’s episode explores the link between diversity and organizational performance.  The research is clear - diversity drives profitability and organizational outcomes - but almost 50% of executives remain unconvinced.  Why?  This episode suggests (1) ways to define diversity so that organizations can hire individuals who will be well poised to make performance generating contributions and (2) how to create work environments that support those with diverse lived experiences to bring mor...

6: Diversity = Performance: Is Diversity a Key Driver of Organizational Performance?

January 13, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

This month’s episode explores the link between diversity and organizational performance.  The research is clear - diversity drives profitability and organizational outcomes - but almost 50% of executives remain unconvinced.  Why?  This episode suggests (1) ways to define diversity so that organizations can hire individuals who will be well poised to make performance generating contributions and (2) how to create work environments that support those with diverse lived experiences to bring mor...

Managing Power as a way to Deal with Discrimination in Organizations

December 10, 2020 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Diversity, equity, and inclusion remain lofty goals for organizations.  If they remain, as aspirational rhetoric, they are of little use or value.  They only matter if they are operationalized.  But operationalizing DEI is difficult because it requires facilitating access, a willingness to take action, and holding people accountable.  Discrimination exists in all organizations.  And its not a secret who are the most egregious actors; in fact many are open about their views because they have ...

Episode #5: Managing Power as a way to Deal with Discrimination in Organizations

December 10, 2020 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Diversity, equity, and inclusion remain lofty goals for organizations.  If they remain, as aspirational rhetoric, they are of little use or value.  They only matter if they are operationalized.  But operationalizing DEI is difficult because it requires facilitating access, a willingness to take action, and holding people accountable.  Discrimination exists in all organizations.  And its not a secret who are the most egregious actors; in fact many are open about their views because they have ...

5: Power: Managing Power as a way to Deal with Discrimination in Organizations

December 10, 2020 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Diversity, equity, and inclusion remain lofty goals for organizations.  If they remain, as aspirational rhetoric, they are of little use or value.  They only matter if they are operationalized.  But operationalizing DEI is difficult because it requires facilitating access, a willingness to take action, and holding people accountable.  Discrimination exists in all organizations.  And its not a secret who are the most egregious actors; in fact many are open about their views because they have ...

4: Women @ Work (2): Challenges Faced by Professional Women in the Workplace - Part 2

November 10, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

This podcast is the second part of a two-part series exploring some of the challenges women face related to diversity, inclusion and equity.   Over the course of my career, I have heard many passing comments and full-throated opinions about the challenges women face in the workplace. Many of them have been less than empathetic.  I have heard so many people use examples of very successful women as proof that women don't actually face many challenges at work, but what I am struck by are the as...

Part 2: Challenges Faced by Professional Women in the Workplace

November 10, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

This podcast is the second part of a two-part series exploring some of the challenges women face related to diversity, inclusion and equity.   Over the course of my career, I have heard many passing comments and full-throated opinions about the challenges women face in the workplace. Many of them have been less than empathetic.  I have heard so many people use examples of very successful women as proof that women don't actually face many challenges at work, but what I am struck by are the as...

Episode #4: Challenges Faced by Professional Women in the Workplace - Part 2

November 10, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

This podcast is the second part of a two-part series exploring some of the challenges women face related to diversity, inclusion and equity.   Over the course of my career, I have heard many passing comments and full-throated opinions about the challenges women face in the workplace. Many of them have been less than empathetic.  I have heard so many people use examples of very successful women as proof that women don't actually face many challenges at work, but what I am struck by are the as...