Sara Taylor is the president and founder of deepSEE Consulting. She is a nationally-recognized speaker and consultant specializing in the areas of leadership, diversity, and organizational effectiveness. With over 25-years of experience, Sara balances her real-life anecdotes with research-based theories to deliver for her reader what she delivers for her clients.

What you'll learn about in this episode:

• Sara shares an activity she uses to help people better understand feelings of inclusion and marginalization
• Sara shares a specific example from her own career of feeling like a valued part of a group and knowing that she mattered
• Sara also describes a particular personal example of having felt marginalized and not being heard by a group
• What negative workplace situations can be created by feelings of marginalization, and common reactions marginalized people often feel when being confronted by exclusion
• Why people who feel that they matter and are being included will often work even harder and go above and beyond
• Why people who feel marginalized will often give less than their full potential or even leave the organization entirely
• Why the positive effects of inclusion and the negative effects of marginalization affect everyone within an organization, even dominant groups

Additional resources:

• Website: www.deepSEEconsulting.com

Tweets:

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