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- 92: Robyn Frank - A Moment of Awakening for Diversity & Inclusion
Robyn Frank, VP of Diversity and General Counsel at Centerforce USA, joins us to discuss:
- How being the "other" woke her up to participating in diversity and inclusion
- The importance of self-advocacy when you are the "only" one like you in a team setting
- Regional differences on diversity and inclusion
- Native American cultural diversity and how to leave an impact through volunteerism
- How to lead like an ally in a way that is aligned with you personally and professionally
Learn more about Robyn and her organization at https://cf-conferences.com/.
29 min - 91: Alissa Carpenter - Humanizing the Workplace
Alissa Carpenter, keynote diversity and inclusion speaker, shares:
- Her own Corporate America journey and how she successfully started her own speaking business
- Key techniques to humanize your workplace
- Stories and strategies to lead more inclusively
Connect with Alissa at http://www.notokthatsokcoach.com/.
23 min - 90: Laraine McKinnon - Big Data and Diversity & Inclusion
Laraine McKinnon, diversity and inclusion strategiest, shares:
- Why now is the time to leverage big data to help with diversity and inclusion
- How Silicon Valley is leveraging data to improve diversity and inclusion
- How to access your employee experience data to make impactful shifts in diversity and inclusion strategy
Connect with Laraine at https://lmc17consulting.com/.
34 min - 89: Devin Halliday - How White Cis-Gender Men Benefit from Diversity & Inclusion
Workplace belonging expert, Devin Halliday, shares:
- The importance of aligning your values with the organization and team's values
- Why belonging at work matters to all humans
- How consideration of different perspectives helps us all achieve greater results
Connect with Devin at https://www.rudimentsolutions.com/.
33 min - 88: Kristen LIesch - Dimensions of Diversity
Kristen Liesch, diversity and inclusion expert, shares:
- The dimensions of diversity and how some are visible, yet often are non-apparent
- Bias is a shared human behavior, and is hard to undo in a few hours training program
- How people that face inequities often have the best ideas to solve the problems
- Why one and done, check the box diversity training is not effective
Connect with Kristen at https://www.tidalequality.com/.
39 min - 87: Rachana Bhide - Allyship & Why It Matters
Rachana Bhide, allies storytelling expert, helps us understand:
- Our unique identities and the intersectionality of the human experience
- How universal the diversity dimension experiences can be
- What male allyship is and how to recognize our allies
- Gender traits and why our allies operate outside the gender boxes
Connect with Rachana at https://www.cornerofthecourt.com/.
37 min - 86: Erin Brothers - Diversity Beyond Race & Gender
Diversity and inclusion speaker and trainer, Erin Brothers, shares:
- Why organizations are struggling with on diversity despite their best efforts
- Transforming your inclusive culture to be more proactive vs. reactive
- How leaders can broaden the diversity dimensions beyond race and gender
- Best practices for those want to be allies for equality
Connect with Erin at https://purpleinkllc.com/.
35 min - 85: Bonnie Fetch - Why Now is the Time for Men as Allies
Corporate America Executive and women's leadership author, Bonnie Fetch, shares:
- The importance of seeing ourselves reflected in the collective stories of women leaders
- How to find your allies in Corporate America
- The importance of the executive team being engaged in diversity and inclusion
- Why now is the time to include men as allies
- Practical tips to engage men as allies
- The question to lead like an ally with "how does it feel?"
Connect with Bonnie at https://unskirtingtheissues.com/.
38 min - 84: Julie Phillips - Women's Leadership Challenges & Strategies
Former Corporate America woman leader, Julie Phillips, shares her insights on:
- Gender biases and how to respond to them in the moment
- The delicate balance of flexing your style to be heard while remaining your true self
- The "work uniform" and why it still holds women back today
- Comfort with who you are and who you are not
- Knowing your gifts and how that influences your happiness
Connect with Julie at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-booth/
26 min - 83: Kate Isler - Celebrating International Women's Day
Women's leadership expert, Kate Isler, share insights on:
- Her own global experiences in her career and how that shapes perceptions on gender equality
- Gender stereotypes and differences abroad vs. the U.S.
- Caregiving standards and the importance of the role of fathers
- Diversity and inclusion as "balance and belonging"
Conenct with Kate Isler at bboldnow.com.
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About Allyship in Action
From the publisher's feed
I left Corporate America because the workplace culture sucked.
That realization was my personal pivot point, and it's the entire driving force behind my podcast, Allyship in Action.
Inclusive workplace culture doesn't happen by accident. It is built through intentional, consistent choices. In every episode of Allyship in Action, my goal is simple. My goal is to cut through the noise, skip the performative shiny stuff, and deliver real, practical tools that turn good intentions into sustainable workplace culture change.
Here is the core summary of what Allyship in Action is all about, and how all leaders can be better allies.
From Performative Statements to Everyday Practice
We've all seen standard corporate declarations like posting a statement on social media or making a grand pledge. While public support isn't inherently bad, true allyship begins when the cameras are off. Allyship isn't a badge you wear or a title you give yourself. Allyship is a verb. It requires continuous learning, unlearning, and showing up even when things get messy or uncomfortable.
In our conversations with workplace culture experts, we repeatedly unpack how real allies move from passive empathy to proactive intervention. That means noticing who gets interrupted in meetings, recognizing whose ideas are credited, and ensuring that opportunities are distributed equitably across the entire team.
Rewiring Workplace Culture for True Inclusion
A healthy workplace culture isn't created by ping-pong tables or free snacks. Inclusive workplace cultures are built on psychological safety, fairness, and trust. For genuine inclusion to take root, organizations must audit the subtle systems that drive daily behavior. How are your meetings structured? How are performance reviews conducted? Who holds the informal power, and how is feedback delivered?
On the podcast, we showcase practical tactics—like rotating an Inclusion Booster role during weekly staff meetings to monitor airtime and ensure introverted or underrepresented voices are heard. When you design everyday workflows with inclusion in mind, you stop relying on heroic individual acts and start embedding equity into the DNA of your organization.
Protecting the Pipeline and How Inclusion Drives Talent Retention
There is both a deep human case and a rock-solid business case for DEI. In today's shifting marketplace, talent retention is one of the single biggest operational challenges leaders face. High performers, especially women, racially diverse team members, neurodivergent colleagues, and Gen Z workers, simply will not stay where they have to mask their true selves or fight uphill against systemic microaggressions.
When employees feel seen, heard, and valued for their unique lived experiences, engagement skyrockets, innovation thrives, and turnover drops. Protecting your talent pipeline isn't about complex retention gimmicks; it's about fostering an environment where people know, without a shadow of a doubt, that they belong.
Engaging People with Power
One of our biggest research insights is that inclusion work stalls when it remains isolated in ERGs or HR departments. Without people in positions of power actively engaged as allies, systemic progress hits a ceiling. Powerful leaders often stay on the sidelines out of a fear of making a mistake or saying the wrong thing.
Allyship in Action serves as a compassionate, pushback-proof invitation for leaders to step up. Allyship isn't about having all the answers or acting like a superhero. It's about having the humility to say, "I don't know, but I'm here to listen, learn, and leverage my influence to help."
Allyship is a Continuous Journey
Allyship is progress over perfection. It's a practice. We are all works in progress. If we want better workplaces, we have to stay curious, challenge our own blind spots, and commit to taking small, consistent micro-actions every single day.
When we do allyship well, we don't just change our teams, we also redefine what it means to lead for all.