Each year in November, people and organizations participate in Transgender Awareness Week (and Month) to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. Our guest, leadership and empowerment expert and author, Ashley T Brundage, joins us to talk about how you can be an ally to the transgender community. Through a lens of understanding and leveraging our differences, she shares her App of Empowerment along with actionable allyship tips on messaging, creating access points, and our daily communications to help bring people together in safe and secure environments.
Ashley’s website and book: Empowering Differences: www.empoweringdifferences.com
Happy New Year! Join your Win(e)d Down Wednesday hosts Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett for a wind-down session on what’s next and what’s on the horizon for the coming year.
Resources:
Jeffery Tobias Halter: www.ywomen.biz
Amanda Hammett: www.amandahammett.com
To thank you for your support and share some holiday cheer, Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett, invited Atlanta entrepreneurs and mixologists Erika Moore and Raquel Ravenell, aka Whiskey and Rosemary, to create and share a cocktail tutorial. Recipes for delicious mocktails are also available on their social stream. Wishing you a joyous, healthy and happy holiday season. (Reprise)
Resources:
Whiskey and Rosemary website: www.whiskeyandrosemary.com/
Worthy cocktail tutorial: https://youtu.be/7oOkQx6sgKs
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategist, consultant, and author Lily Zheng reminds us that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are outcomes, not intentions. They return to the podcast to brainstorm how to turn our good intentions into action, impact, and measurable outcomes that benefit everyone, especially marginalized groups disadvantaged and disenfranchised by our current systems. In this episode, we discuss identity at work, the expectations of employers and senior leaders – and what each of us can do to impact DEI outcomes.
Resources:
Lily Zheng’s website: www.lilyzheng.co
Lily’s books: https://lilyzheng.co/home/books/
Companies purport to care about DEI, but when it comes to their commitments on racial equity and gender parity, they often come up short. In their new book, “DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing it Right,” Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategist and consultant Lily Zheng claims that organizations have been naive in their approach to DEI and discusses the need to center on desired outcomes and accountability to drive real change. Join us for a no-nonsense look at DEI and how to become an effective DEI changemaker.
Resources:
Lily Zheng’s website: www.lilyzheng.co
Lily’s books: https://lilyzheng.co/home/books/
Why return to normal when we can (and should) go for better? Workplace equity consultant and author Minda Harts returns to the podcast to talk about why we can’t rebuild a better workplace if we’re not anchoring everything in trust. And why transparency is a must. Companies and leaders often talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, but it’s not always demonstrated in ways that are most beneficial to the people in their organizations. Don’t miss this important conversation about pay transparency, stipends for ERG work, and getting back to the core value of trust.
Resources: Minda Harts: www.mindaharts.com
In her third book, “You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls’ Guide to Finding Your Voice,” author and workplace equity consultant Minda Harts shares her insights and tools for finding the unique path to success with young readers (and adults). (Hint: Success isn’t magical, but Harts says girls already have all the tools they need to figure out their next best move!) Join us for a conversation about cultivating young allies and helping young people to advocate for themselves through healthy dialogue and courageous listening.
Resources:
Minda Harts: www.mindaharts.com
Minda’s Podcast #SecureTheSeat: www.mindaharts.com/podcast
The number of women advancing in leadership roles isn’t changing. One reason is that a key part of the equation is often missing – men. Many corporate gender initiatives focus on changing women – how to gain confidence, take a seat at the table, negotiate for themselves, and be heard. While these skills are important the underlying structural issues thwarting women’s advancement remain. Building a culture of respect and equal opportunity is not a cause for women to champion alone. Men still dominate leadership roles, control decision-making, and significantly out-earn women. In order to achieve sustainable change and create a culture in which both women and men can excel, men must be a part of the conversation and stand as allies for women. Jeanette Thebeau, Chief Acceleration Officer, of Integrating Women Leaders Foundation, discusses the first nationally-focused study to measure the perceived practice of allyship to women in Corporate America today. Join us for this timely conversation.
Resources:
IWL: https://www.iwlfoundation.org/
IWL Allyship-In-Action Study: https://www.iwlfoundation.org/allyship-in-action-research-study
Most men don’t know that their behavior is less than ideal or supportive of their women co-workers. Understanding what allyship is and living it is foundational to establishing equitable workplaces for women and other marginalized or underrepresented groups in organizations today. Jeanette Thebeau, Chief Acceleration Officer, Integrating Women Leaders Foundation, discusses the first nationally-focused study to measure the perceived practice of allyship to women in Corporate America today. Take this opportunity to learn more about proactive and reactive actions that are at the heart of allyship.
Resources:
IWL: https://www.iwlfoundation.org
IWL Allyship-In-Action Study: https://www.iwlfoundation.org/allyship-in-action-research-study
Each year in November, people and organizations participate in Transgender Awareness Week (and Month) to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. Our guest, leadership and empowerment expert and author, Ashley T Brundage, joins us to talk about how you can be an ally to the transgender community. Through a lens of understanding and leveraging our differences, she shares her App of Empowerment along with actionable allyship tips on messaging, creating access points, and our daily communications to help bring people together in safe and secure environments.
Ashley’s website and book: Empowering Differences: www.empoweringdifferences.com
Did you know that 100% of Fortune 100 companies have public commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and 76% of Fortune 100 companies have climate plans and goals for 2030? These commitments may have been unthinkable several years ago but today they are a reality. Our guest, Ali Hartman, Head of responsible investment at Tiger Global Impact Ventures, returns to the podcast to talk about environmental, social and governance (ESG). She’s a leading thinker on corporate impact and social change-making. Pour yourself a shrub and join us for a candid discussion about intentions, and actions – and getting the right voices in the room to drive change.
Follow Ali Hartman on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/alihartman
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