Helen Shelton is one of the people leading the charge in driving the conversation around diversity into action. She joins Lee to chat about professional development, specifically giving advice about how young people can advance in their careers, including mentoring, being an active listener, and how to avoid falling prey to information overload.

Earlier in her career, Heather Kernahan received feedback from a male colleague that she was too shy in weekly engineering meetings. As a result, Heather modified her interactions with her colleagues and gained perspective on how men and women can work together. She sits down with Lee to discuss the hot topic of the day — why men need to be advocates for women in the workplace.

When Elise Mitchell moved to Fayetteville, a small, rustic town in Arkansas, she thought her career might come to a halt. Instead, she found something very different. She sits down with Lee to chat about how people should be thinking about getting a job they love in a city with opportunity, while still being able to afford the lifestyle they want.

Early in your career, you may not be able to pick and choose what accounts you work on, and it’s possible that your worldview will conflict with the best interest of your client. Lee talks with Tanya Meck about how to gauge when your personal ethics should take priority at work.

After being fired for posting a racist tweet, Roseanne Barr issued a public apology. Was it sincere? Did it regain trust? Lee and Sabrina Horn evaluate recent public apologies from Roseanne, Uber and others, and give recommendations for how to get on the right path quickly.

There’s a division in the workplace when it comes to yelling. Some companies view it as a badge of honor, pointing out that a boss wouldn’t yell at you if you didn’t matter. Others consider yelling a disrespectful and ineffective way to communicate with a coworker. Lee Caraher and Maggie Zeman break down both sides and discuss what to do when someone yells at you at work.

Lee sits down with Barbara Bates to discuss the hot topic of the day: as technology develops and makes it easier to create your own version of the truth, how can brands protect themselves and what is the agencies role in protecting a brand’s reputation?

Michelle Wolf’s speech at the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner was a polarizing moment. Some people criticized Michelle for creating a greater divide, while others argued that she advanced the conversation around the current administration.

Lee and Michelle Wolf discuss the backlash, evaluate the PR value of being in the news, and break down who won and who lost now that the dust has settled.

Not many agencies have a dedicated role for promoting diversity and inclusion. Which may explain why a group of communications employees responded to a questionnaire that it could take 20, 30, or 50 years to see the results of diversity initiatives in the workplace. Lee and Soon Mee Kim discuss why we need to see results sooner, get to the bottom of what intersectionality really means, and reveal how Soon Mee measures diversity in the workplace.

Real life is diverse, not homogenous. Yet, it’s apparent that the professional landscape fails to mirror reality. Virginia Devlin, the founder and president of Current Marketing, joins the SHEQUALITY podcast to chat about promoting diversity in the workplace, covering methods for recruitment and mentorship, as well as emphasizing the importance of confronting unconscious bias.