In today’s episode, I will sit down with Human Resources Consultant Yvonne E.L. Silver to discuss how to recruit, retain and reward diversity in the corporate suite.

 

 Yvonne is the Founder of Flourish as well as Women and Wisdom Media. She is a Speaker, Author, Radio Host, and Podcast Host. She is a Certified Executive Coach and Chartered Professional Human Resource Consultant. She leverages over 30 years of experience and eight high growth startups and supporting fortune 500 firms. Drawing on her experience as a Founder, Consultant, and Human Resource Director her overnight bestseller Words Women and Wisdom The Modern Art of Confident Conversation.        

 

In this episode Dr. Gaye Lang and Yvonne E.L. Silver discuss:

• Rethinking how we put together the corporate suite.
• How and why diversity makes a positive difference in the workplace.
• Where corporate America can go to search for quality African American talent.
• The importance of a diversity initiative within companies and the proper implementation of its procedure. 

 

Key Takeaways: 

• Remove the names, sex, ethnicity, and college information from the files of employees up for interviews so that you are basing your decision based on experience rather than sex, religion, or race.
• It’s pertinent that the people within leadership positions emphasize a job well done based while explicitly citing results. 
• A client centric mission as a company should be a priority since studies show that the internal staff of the company matches the ethnicity, religion, etc of the company customers. Increase the diversity of your products to increase overall company diversity.

 

“Hiring managers tend to hire people like them.” - Yvonne E.L. Silver

 

Connect with Yvonne E.L. Silver:

Website: https://wordswomenandwisdom.com/

 

 

Connect with Dr. Gaye Lang:

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show, so that you don’t miss a single episode; and please leave a rating and review. I would greatly appreciate it. 

Follow our show on Facebook and check out our Website for more details and to engage with our podcast community. You can also follow Dr. Lang on LinkedIn.

 

KEYWORDS: 

Diversity, inclusion, equity, tolerance, racism, bias, implicit bias, and explicit bias.  

Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun

 

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.