Diversity Alliance Talks

Not sure whether you can apply for The Diversity In Events Awards?  Well this is the podcast for you!

In this episode Gabby & Ashanti take you through the application process for the awards.

Including; 

You can also find out more about the awards at www.diversityally.co.uk/the-diversity-in-events-awards-1   

You can find the criteria and can enter the awards at www.diversityineventsawards.com/live/en/page/home 

Good Luck!   

Questions Email us at: [email protected]

"You can’t have authenticity without courage”

Dr. Steve Yacovelli has been in the leadership, learning and development, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting space pretty much his whole career (about twenty-five years). In his consulting experience he’s seen some leaders completely excel in their effectiveness, and some completely crash and burn due to their lack of competence in leadership skills. Steve’s desire was to help both types of leaders be more effective, through coaching, formal and informal training, and just generally being there to support their "leadershippiness."

A few years ago, Steve realised that the focus on specifically developing LGBTQ+ Leaders wasn’t really top of mind for many organisations. So, “The Gay Leadership Dude™” was born. It’s Steve’s brand to “come out” and acknowledge the role he wants to take to give back to the LGBTQ+ Community and awesome Allies: to serve as a “lightning rod” of sorts to start a movement to grow LGBTQ+ Leaders and Allies to be even more effective, in a consistent, thoughtful, and mindful manner, especially those up-and-coming Leaders within the broader movement for equality and fairness for all LGBTQ+ people and well beyond.

Steve shares many truth bombs and is so generous and open with his knowledge and experience it was a real pleasure to catch up with him.  This is not an episode to miss if you are in a leadership or consider yourself a DEI Ally!

We cover:

RESOURCES:

https://topdoglearning.learnworlds.com/

Pride Leadership Strategies (Book)

Dr. Steve Yacovelli has been in the leadership, learning and development, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting space pretty much his whole career (about twenty-five years). In his consulting experience he’s seen some leaders completely excel in their effectiveness, and some completely crash and burn due to their lack of competence in leadership skills. Steve’s desire was to help both types of leaders be more effective, through coaching, formal and informal training, and just generally being there to support their 'leadershippiness'.

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The concept of silent collusion. And if you're not familiar with that term, I'll give you a quick story. I was in Atlanta a couple years ago, pre pandemic, and we were doing a closing, "yeah!", "yeah!", "yeah!" We had finished a change management project and there's like 30, plus other people from the client space. And we're just about to have, you know, the final meeting, and a few were having their chitchat, and at the very head of the table was the senior executive, who literally wrote the cheques, sponsored the project, and he is important, to the story his gender... So just as we're about to start, you know, the voices are dying down and you hear that senior executive say, "well, you know, how all women drive?" And everybody just kind of stopped, looked toward his part of the table.  But no one said a word...And at that exact moment, Gabby is when every single one of us in the room were engaging in silent collusion, we were because we weren't refuting what was being said, we were silently agreeing with it.

RESOURCES:

https://topdoglearning.learnworlds.com/

"Diversity, inclusion and belonging is, I think, just as important, if not more important to get right first. I think the company, when they look at revenues and make that connection, there is an opportunity to really kind of generate a lot more revenues...if that's the target. Or generate and find a lot more customers through having a much wider, diverse and inclusive organisation”

We have one more Black History Month special where we catch up again with Mike Sealy, Customer Experience Director at Informa Markets. Mike is also one of the regional coordinators for "All Informa Nations", a colleague run network representing Black and Ethnic Minority employees.

In this episode we talk about:

Trailer: Then you bring it into corporate, there's a lot that needs to be done there. And I think that whilst we've got these pillars within our company, and they're all colleague led networks and they're doing a great deal of work of raising awareness, driving education, with a huge groundswell equally from our top management downwards, whilst we have a lot of that, you know, I will openly say that though they are supporting everything that's being done, and it's the right thing to be doing, there is not enough commitment behind it...  And I don't know whether that's because when you have people who think about business, the first thing they will think about first and foremost is, revenues, our customers.

"Diversity, inclusion and belonging is, I think, just as important, if not more important to get right first. I think the company, when they look at revenues and make that connection, there is an opportunity to really kind of generate a lot more revenues...if that's the target. Or generate and find a lot more customers through having a much wider, diverse and inclusive organisation”

We have one more Black History Month special where we catch up again with Mike Sealy, Customer Experience Director at Informa Markets. Mike is also one of the regional Coordinators for "Informa Markets Nations", a colleague run network representing Black and Ethnic Minority employees.

Trailer: Then you bring it into corporate, there's a lot that needs to be done there. And I think that whilst we've got these pillars within our company, and they're all colleague led networks and they're doing a great deal of work of raising awareness, driving education, with a huge groundswell equally from our top management downwards, whilst we have a lot of that, you know, I will openly say that though they are supporting everything that's being done, and it's the right thing to be doing, there is not enough commitment behind it...  And I don't know whether that's because when you have people who think about business, the first thing they will think about first and foremost is, revenues, our customers.

Welcome to the Trailer for the final episode of our Black History Month Special

Be sure to catch up on the full show, where we are treated to an insightful whistle stop tour of Black history form our special guest, Carlton King

Carlton has worked with most nations’ specialist police, secret intelligence and national security agencies and military special-forces. Hence, Carlton's operations have spanned the Cold War, the IRA years, the wars in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, the covert war on terror and the struggles against extreme left-wing, extreme right-wing, activist Animal Liberation and subversive public disorder operations in London, the UK and beyond.

For several years Carlton was a highly successful MI6 counter-terrorism case officer. Case Officers are the top quarter of MI6 officers who, for want of a better description, perform the real life James Bond role.

In honour of Black History Month, your host, Gabby Austen Browne speaks with four inspirational Black men from the events industry.

In this series of BHM specials, we learn about our guests' early years as young Black men in the UK, their career journey (challenges + wins) and their hopes for the future.

This week's guest is Michael Adeniya, Michael has previously held commercial roles at DMG World Media and IQPC as well as stints in banking and sports sponsorship. He spent nine years at Clarion Events, serving as Portfolio Director for their life science division. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of The UK Black Business Show taking place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London.

The UK Black Business Week takes place on the 25th - 30th October 2021 at the QEII.

With The UK Black Business Show taking my place on the 30th October 2021 at the QEII.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL DISCOUNT CODE FOR TICKETS TO THE SHOW JUST FOR DIVERSITY ALLY LISTENERS.

ENTER: ALLY25

Secure your tickets here:

https://ukblackbusinessshow.co.uk/

Attendees will gain cutting-edge insight and advice in entrepreneurship, leadership, soft skills and cultural development from some of the UK’s leading black business owners.

What can you expect from this weeks episode?

This week we chat with Michael about the importance of creating space for Black people, where space and power had not previously existed and how the UK Black Business Show is doing this.

Goal setting - The power of setting, reverse engineering and sharing your goals with your squad

How to overcome career mistakes and rise to challenges - and why should make everything a learning opportunity

The importance of finding and supporting your community

And finally - why writing our obituary is a life changing exercise

Connect with Michael here:

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeladeniya

IG: @michaeladeniya

@ukbbbshow

@ukbbweek

In honour of Black History Month, your host, Gabby Austen Browne speaks with four inspirational Black men from the events industry. In this series of BHM specials, we learn about our guests' early years as young Black men in the UK, their career journey (challenges + wins) and their hopes for the future. 

This week's guest is Michael Adeniya, Michael has previously held commercial roles at DMG World Media and IQPC as well as stints in banking and sports sponsorship. He spent nine years at Clarion Events, serving as Portfolio Director for their life science division. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of The UK Black Business Show taking place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London. 

Connect with Michael Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/michaeladeniya/ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeladeniya 

Diversity Ally Listeners Discount Code for The UK Black Business Show: ALLY25 Website www.ukblackbusinessweek.com

In honour of Black History Month, your host, Gabby Austen Browne speaks with four inspirational Black men from the events industry.  In this series of BHM specials, we learn about our guests early years as young Black men in the UK, their career journey (challenges + wins) and their hopes for the future.

This weeks guest is Raphael Sofoluke, founder of The UK Black Business Show. The UKBBS, founded in 2017, is an annual conference and exhibition show which takes place during Black History Month to highlight and promote the amazing businesses founded by people from the Black community. The show highlights the achievements and contributions black businesses have made to the economy and attendees have the opportunity to hear insights and advice in entrepreneurship, leadership and business from some of the UK’s leading Black business professionals.

The UK Black Business Show takes place on the 30th October 2021 at the QEII. Secure your tickets here: https://ukblackbusinessshow.co.uk/ Attendees will gain cutting-edge insight and advice in entrepreneurship, leadership, soft skills and cultural development from some of the UK’s leading black business owners.

The UK Black Business Week takes place on the 25th - 30th October 2021 at the QEII.  Participate here: https://ukblackbusinessweek.com/

In this episode:

Raphael has spoken for and featured on several well-known platforms including NatWest, BBC, ITV News, Forbes, Mastercard, CBS, Facebook & BET, as well as a personal invite to 10 Downing street in Black History Month.

Raphael has also launched the Black Tech Achievement Awards which is set-up to celebrate and acknowledge black role models and innovators within the tech sector and to help illuminate the pathways to greater black representation of the community within the industry. The first show was also sponsored by JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BT and Facebook with BBC News Filming and broadcasting the event on the day. 

Connect with Raphael https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-sofoluke-533b87a0/