As you (hopefully) know by now, our values at Fresh revolve heavily around community, teamwork and personal growth. So in line with this, we wanted to open the educational door for a casual conversation around inclusion and equity both in our businesses and in our personal lives.

Why? Well for a start, research shows that gender diversity in business results in a 15% increase to profitability. In addition to that,we are living amidst an evolving landscape of terminology and language, and in order to continue to build strong relationships in business (and life) and to provide safe, inclusive environments resulting in high performing businesses and opportunities, it is important that we have an awareness on and a desire to learn about how our language and labelling might positively or negatively affect our team members, colleagues, clients and customers.

Now, as I host this conversation I'll be the first to raise my hand to admit that with all the best of intentions, I'm still wearing my LGBTQI and gender identity 'L' plates and I certainly ride the clutch a number of times as we discuss some of the nuances of pronouns, gender and personal identity. I hope we open the door slightly for those who are not familiar and perhaps tentative when it comes to how to address our LGBTQI friends.

Sponsored By Daniel Vicino | Spire Business Services | www.spire-business.com.au

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