Diversity: Beyond the Checkbox

What do you think when someone tells you they're a Christian?  What do you think when someone tells you they're an atheist?  Are your assumptions fair?  Do they affect how you work with them or interact with them?  On this episode of our "Ask a..." series, we have "Ask a Christian (Robert Davis, pastor) / Ask an Atheist (Christian Charette, former pastor)", and these two have a conversation around beliefs, morals, perceptions and misconceptions, and relating to each other.

Robert Davis
Christian Charette, Couple Forward Counseling

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

Raven Solomon is a national keynote speaker, author and multigenerational leadership expert. Today she talks about generational diversity, the Led Languages (like the Love Languages, but how you like to be led), and how to motivate across generations.

Her book, "Leading Your Parents: 25 Rules to Effective Multigenerational Leadership from Millennials and Gen Z" was written to help young professionals entering the workforce prepare to lead cross-generational teams from Generation Z to Baby Boomers. 

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement and hosted by Jackie Ferguson. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

Three months ago, we brought you "Ask a Black Guy / Ask a White Guy", where we asked some uncomfortable questions on race relations in the United States. Obviously things have changed quite a bit since then with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others. So we brought our guests back (Donald Thompson, CEO of Walk West and Grant Williard, CEO of JouleBug) for round 2.

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

Donald Thompson, host of Season 1 of Diversity: Beyond the Checkbox, and CEO of The Diversity Movement, has his own podcast (the Donald Thompson Podcast) where he talks to leaders in the North Carolina business community.  Today we share a recent episode where he had the opportunity to talk to Gary Salamido, CEO of the NC Chamber, who had critical questions for Donald about The Diversity Movement and how NC businesses can create a more diverse and inclusive workplace. In the end, Gary commits to taking the Certified Diversity Executive course from The Diversity Movement.

If you're looking to sign up to be a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE) or Certified Diversity Professional (CDP), the next CDP course will be offered virtually August 10th, 12th, 17th and 19th from 8:30am-3:30pm, and the next CDE course will be offered virtually August 11th, 13th, 18th and 20th from 8:30am-3:30pm.

You can find more information and sign up at https://thediversitymovement.com/cdp-and-cde-certification/.

The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.

Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.

The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

Mike Vaggalis founded Keepsake Tales, a company that creates entirely personalized children's books because he saw that the majority of the world's children were discouragingly underrepresented in the stories that they read, and he wanted to give them an opportunity to see themselves as the heroes.

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement and hosted by Jackie Ferguson. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

To sign up for The Diversity Movement CDE or CDP trainings, visit https://thediversitymovement.com/certification/ and use coupon code "keepsake10".

Julie Kratz is an acclaimed leadership trainer, TEDx speaker, podcast host, executive coach, author, and founder of Next Pivot Point. Julie is passionate about promoting gender equality within the workplace, empowering women to express confidence and helping them build a winning career game plan and pivot to the next level.

Lead Like an Ally, by Julie Kratz
NextPivotPoint.com
Julie's TED talk, "What if Through Claiming our True Gender, We Claim Our True Strength?"

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement and hosted by Jackie Ferguson. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

Bernadette Smith is CEO of Equality Institute whose mission is to help organizations win bigger by treating workers and clients with dignity and respect. Bernadette has been featured on the Today Show, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and National Public Radio. 

She is a nationally recognized keynote speaker, thought leader and consultant and an award winning author of three books, with her fourth book Unassuming Assumptions scheduled for release later this year. 

Today Bernadette talks about her career as a wedding planner and how it shaped her becoming a speaker and D&I consultant, what it means to be an ally, unconscious bias, and so much more.

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement and hosted by Jackie Ferguson. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

Jackie Ferguson is the Director of Multicultural Programming at Walk West and instrumental to the development of The Diversity Movement. She comes on to talk about her path to leadership, the mission of The Diversity Movement, why it's so important to her personally, and what the Diversity Beyond the Checkbox course is all about.

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

This is our second episode in our special “Ask a…” series - “Ask a Straight Guy and Ask Two Queer Women of Color”.

In this series, we ask uncomfortable questions around all types of diversity and initiate courageous conversations that allow us to break down barriers and find aspects of connectivity as people. The straight guy is Jason Gillikin, CEO of Earfluence, and the two queer women of color are Adrienne Michelle and Brittany Glover from Intersections. In this episode we discuss pronouns, being in a safe space (or not) in the workplace, how the media portrayal of queer has progressed the conversation, and when children should be learning about gender identities.

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.

Danya Perry from the Raleigh Chamber and the Triangle Diversity Equity and Inclusion Alliance is such an inspiration and powerful force for Diversity and Inclusion in the Triangle community. And today we talk about what he’s doing at the Alliance, what individuals and businesses can do to make an impact in the community as well, courageous conversations, and why sometimes just listening to one another can be so powerful.

Danya is making a difference, and hopefully this episode can be a small part of amplifying his message. 

Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is presented by The Diversity Movement. For more information including the online course, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.