If you want to implement change so that there is more belonging in your organisation you need to educate leaders to be open to more behaviours and in this episode, Shareen Qureshi, founder and CEO of Sports Tech Global continues to discuss  the experiences, both positive and negative that she experienced in her career previously

She explains why focusing on an individual’s potential is a vital element and how some groups can become invisible when they don’t fit in and explores the solutions that can bring change and belonging

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There wasn’t a senior active role model that acted and felt like me
• At the lowest points in my career, I would just follow and conform because I didn’t feel I could speak out
• The process was never easy and there were times that I felt I wasn’t rewarded
• I should have been in a position to challenge the feedback but I wasn’t
• When you are not chosen because you don’t fit in, you can become invisible
• There are organisations out there who are supporting those who are not from the majority group
• Sports technology Global is about people coming together to showcase their sports inventions
• My training ground is the institution I came from and I am ever grateful and even though it was up and down it made me the person I am

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Institutions need to provide more opportunities’

‘Your personal position hasn’t been taken into account by your leader’

‘Choice is fundamental’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Website: https://belongingpioneers.com/privilege-research-and-podcast

Email: [email protected]

Useful links: https://linktr.ee/BelongingPioneers

Shareen Qureshi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shareen-qureshi-b84766125/

 

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Ishreen Bradley is a Strategic Pioneer who guides Professional Leaders to navigate complex situations and achieve success with clarity, confidence, and courage. Her focus is to cultivate mindsets and cultures that acknowledge valuable differences, inclusive behaviours, and authentic leadership.  She advises, consults, trains, and coaches senior leaders through her compassionate, intuitive and incisive approach - facilitating them to develop themselves and their teams towards their growth strategy. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishreenbradley/

 

Kami Nuttall is a culture at work expert, derived from 20 years of experience working with organisations, seeing how they work from a governance, risk, ways of working and people perspectives - understanding the human experience at work. And because she is committed to human development, she is building on her psychology and social anthropology background – she has trained with the Anti-Discrimination Foundation on culture, heritage, and anti-discrimination practices, and is a qualified hypnotherapist. Her purpose is to help leaders create cultures that are inclusive, and psychologically safe, that enable people to safely speak up.  She is driven to do this work because of her belief that organisations should maintain and evidence high standards of accountability towards their people and customers.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaminuttall-cultureguru-cultureauditor/

Privilege, Eruption, Culture, Diversity, inclusion, Equity, diverse, cultural, impact, power: https://privilege-eruption.com