Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business.

This week we welcomed Elise Ahenkorah to Intentional Conversations!

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KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM ELISE:

• You should be involved with your communications leader from the outset of the work, executive team, HR team and comms team all need to work together to say how it is going to work.
• We don’t need to change the language or how we communicate this work, based on who is in the office.
• When DEI is done really well, it creates talent and business outcome.
• Systems driven work, tied to real business outcomes, is key.
• The most impactful change does not occur for employees based on events, inclusion propels performance.
• Trust is the foundation for high performing teams, when you center belonging, it is where trust comes in. It is critical to have this woven into your values.
• Trust is the area where you have the most agency and control, in an area where you don’t have a lot of control over other factors.
• Know you have an open door policy, no misconceptions about what’s occurring behind the scenes, this is a leadership principle, a cultural experience, can’t control much but can control how I show up
• Be honest about the visibility that you can provide as a leader.
• Provide as many resources as you can.
• The person your teammate wants to hear from most is the people leader.
• The human approach to leadership gets lost when we’re in the middle of volatile times.
• Executive and middle manager buy-in - if the executives buy-in and middle managers don’t, there’s going to be issues.
• Shifting from one-off events, but moving to systems driven inclusion work that drives measurable thought around inclusion, engagement, retention, profitability.
• Whatever works for your team, it doesn’t matter the word, it’s what makes your employees feel respected, valued and heard.

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Visit her website - www.inclusionfactor.ca

On IG - @inclusionfactor.ca

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