We covered topics

- How did you become a Belonging Consultant?

- What impact do you want to create through your work?

- What is Cultural Humility and how is it different from cultural competency?

- Why do you call Cultural Humility the key to leading exceptionally?

- The advantage of the Cultural Humility Assessment that you have built.

- How do you help companies get leadership buy-in for belonging work?

- How do they secure budget approvals for these initiatives when ROI is intangible?

- If you only had 90 days and no extra budget to prove your value, what would you do?

- Can you tell a story where a small change in leader behaviour clearly impacted retention or risk?

- What do you wish your clients understood about the cost of doing nothing?

- What does the ROI of DEI mean to you?

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelperezphd/ )

Website - apoyocoaching.com

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We covered topics

- Your journey into DEI

- What impact do you want to create?

- Why did you start a consultancy in 2025 when rollbacks are at an all-time high?

- What is your core offer and its business benefits to your clients?

- What size company and sector you work with?

- How do senior leaders define success for DEI in business terms?

- How is DEI work currently budgeted in these size organisation?

- What signals tell you a company’s DEI strategy is losing momentum or at risk of rollback?

- How much minimum budget is need to do any workplace transformation?

- What does the ROI of DEI mean to you?

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-e-newman-jr/ )

Website - leadwithempathy.co

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We covered topics

- Your journey into inclusion work

- In today’s climate, belief and identity can be weaponised. Why engage at all? Shouldn’t leaders just focus on business?”

- What impact do you want to create?

- You mentioned Respect–Relate–Cooperate is the operating system to build trust. Can you say more?

- Why does Respect–Relate–Cooperate have longevity?

- How can companies integrate faith into DEI without controversy?

- How do senior leaders define success for religious inclusion in business terms

- What metrics have most influenced leadership support, especially the buy-in?

- How often does religious inclusion make it into boardroom or C-suite conversations?

- How is religious inclusion typically budgeted?

- How do you measure the business impact?

- If you could track only one metric to prove the business value of faith inclusion, what would it be and why?

- What does the ROI of DEI mean to you?

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahra-jamal-phd )

Website - interfaithamerica.org

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We covered topics

- Your journey into DEI Communications

- How should organisations talk about DEI today?

- How do you help leaders speak about DEI with authenticity, not performance messaging?

- From your experience, what gets DEI into boardroom conversations and keeps it there?

- How do senior leaders you work with define success for DEI in business terms?

- When budgets tighten, how do you communicate DEI’s cost vs value to finance leaders

- You talk about DEI positioning, what does it means and how can consultants use it to get more buy-ins?

- During periods of DEI backlash or silence, what communication mistakes do companies most often make?

- What makes a DEI success story resonate with non-DEI stakeholders

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambermicala/ ) SVP and Head of DEI & Impact Communications at MikeWorldWide

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We covered topics

- What inspired you to do this work as a purpose-driven leadership career coach?

- You specialise in helping marginalised executives land roles in 30 days. What’s your approach to getting such fast results?

- What challenge did you face in selling a premium signature coaching program?

- You help leaders navigate tough markets, but when the DEI space tightened, you faced the similar challenge. What was that experience like for you personally?

- What were the biggest mindset shifts you had to make when your own job search?

- Many people hide the fact that they take a role “to pay the bills.” Why was it important for you to stay grounded during that transition?

- What clicked last time when we spoke about sales strategies for your business?

- What advice would you give to leaders who feel stuck or unseen, especially in today’s uncertain DEI climate?

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-fernald/ )

Website - purpose-driven-leaders.com

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We covered topics

- Your journey into leadership

- What impact do you want to create?

- Let's first celebrate the success of the book and how that makes you feel

- How are humans wired for stories?

- What dominant stories hold companies back from building inclusive cultures?

- You say leadership starts with listening. What are some best practices?

- Can you share a little bit about The Story of Hope?

- How does story sharing build a fearless workplace culture?

- What is one success story you want to share?

Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoearden/ )

Website - zoearden.com

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We covered topics

- Your journey into workplace harassment cases

- How did you earn the nickname "The Harassment Slayer"

- How do senior leaders define success for creating a safer, fairer workplace in business terms?

- What workplace risk or financial metrics have most influenced leadership support in your experience?

- How often do issues of harassment or discrimination reach the boardroom, and what usually drives those decisions?

- How is workplace justice currently budgeted in most organisations you’ve seen?

- What typically triggers budget approvals in these cases: compliance requirements, employee engagement, performance impact, or risk of lawsuits?

- How do you communicate the cost of ignoring workplace harassment versus the value of prevention to teams?

- How do you currently measure the business impact?

- How do you share success stories that resonate with non-DEI leaders focused on financial outcomes?

- If you could track only one metric to prove the business value of preventing harassment and discrimination, what would it be?

- What does the ROI of DEI mean to you?

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjoriemesidor/ )

Website - marjoriemesidor.com

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We covered topics

- Your journey into DEI

- What impact do you want to create?

- What is your core offer?

- What differentiates organisations that stay at awareness and move to actually take action?

- How do the senior leaders you work with define success for DEI in business terms?

- What metrics or signals have most influenced leadership support for equity and antiracism inside organisations?

- How do you assess whether an organisation is truly ready for culture change?

- When you look at DEI budgeting, what typically triggers approvals?

- How do you communicate the cost vs value of initiatives to finance leaders or boards?

- What does accompliceship look like in leadership behaviour, decision-making, and resource allocation?

- What does the ROI of DEI mean to you?

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Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/seenahodges )

Website - thewokecoach.com

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We covered topics

- Your journey into DEI

- What impact do you want to create?

- DEI as a Business Opportunity

- What can you see that business leaders often miss?

- Which service can you deliver in a week?

- What is your take on the ROI of DEI?

- How do you attract new leads?

- What % of the budget should DEI consultants spend on marketing?

- Do you have any story that has a significant business benefit?

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Guest - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/toniharrison )

Website - burrell.com

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We covered topics

- Origin story of Systemic Solutions Consulting

- What impact do you want to create?

- What are the early warning signs that an organisation is slipping into silos or disjointed collaboration?

- You use the GROW Model and your proprietary 5x5 Model. Can you walk us through it?

- What is one core offer and what business benefits to the organisation?

- Many organisations treat leadership alignment as a workshop instead of an ongoing system. Your take on it.

- What are the relational skills leaders most often lack, and how does that gap show up in team performance?

- How do you demonstrate the ROI of your work?

- How do you think your work overlaps with DEI work?

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Important Links

Guest - LinkedIn ( linkedin.com/in/matthew-adam1 )

Website - systemicsolutionsconsulting.co.uk

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