Despite advances, women still face unique obstacles in the workplace. These include pay inequities, barriers to career progression, difficulty accessing capital and high-potential networking opportunities, balancing work and family responsibilities, microaggressions, and other biases that prevent them from reaching their maximum potential in business.  Yet in the face of these challenges, women are continuously overcoming! Through seeking out coaches, mentors, role models, and business partnerships who focus on supporting women in leadership, they are becoming more confident and vocal about the value they bring to the workplace.

In this episode, we’re joined by Jennifer Justice, CEO and founder of The Justice Department, a female focused advisory, consulting and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs and brands. JJ is also a champion for gender equality and DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) in the workplace. Tune in for insight on how women can take a greater stand for the business success and quality of life that they want to experience.

#DEI #womeninleadership #TalkingTalent

Kindness in the workplace goes beyond the mundane niceties of “Good morning” and “How was your weekend?” There is more intention to it than that. It could be something as simple as offering to help a coworker with a task or taking the time to listen to someone's concerns. It could also be something bigger, like supporting a colleague who is navigating a major life transition or organizing a company-wide relief effort in support of a good cause. Our guest for this episode, Nick Ferrialo, says, “Being kind is being active and it's more soul-based.”

Creating a culture of kindness in the workplace is essential as it can have a tremendous impact on employee wellbeing. It helps improve morale and motivation, too. Because when people feel like they are part of a supportive and caring workplace, they are more likely to be engaged in their work and committed to their company.

So how can you foster a culture of kindness in your own workplace?

In this episode, Nick Ferrialo, Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner and founder of Elm City Coaching, joins us for a much-needed discussion on the importance of creating a workplace culture of kindness. Tune in to gain insight on what kindness in the workplace looks like, why it's important, and how to foster a culture of kindness in your own workplace.

Kindness in the workplace goes beyond the mundane niceties of “Good morning” and “How was your weekend?” There is more intention to it than that. It could be something as simple as offering to help a coworker with a task or taking the time to listen to someone's concerns. It could also be something bigger, like supporting a colleague who is navigating a major life transition or organizing a company-wide relief effort in support of a good cause. Our guest for this episode, Nick Ferrialo, says, “Being kind is being active and it's more soul-based.”

Creating a culture of kindness in the workplace is essential as it can have a tremendous impact on employee wellbeing. It helps improve morale and motivation, too. Because when people feel like they are part of a supportive and caring workplace, they are more likely to be engaged in their work and committed to their company.

So how can you foster a culture of kindness in your own workplace?

In this episode, Nick Ferrialo, Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner and founder of Elm City Coaching, joins us for a much-needed discussion on the importance of creating a workplace culture of kindness. Tune in to gain insight on what kindness in the workplace looks like, why it's important, and how to foster a culture of kindness in your own workplace.

We all have a responsibility in co-creating inclusive work environments. It’s more than a “good idea.” Workplace inclusion is a business imperative. Organizations that prioritize inclusion (not just diversity) experience exponentially greater innovation and collaboration, which combined gives them a distinct competitive and fiscal advantage. And beyond that, more importantly, when employees feel included, they gain a genuine sense of belonging and are more likely to be positively engaged within the organization. But if leadership and its employees are not working effectively together on this, it will be hard to gain momentum and buy-in for initiatives related to inclusion and building a culture of belonging.

So what are the mindset shifts and work that must be embraced to advance workplace inclusion? Let’s talk about that.

In this episode, we’re joined by Steven Humerickhouse, Executive Director of The Forum on Workplace Inclusion, who has expanded The Forum from a one-day event into the leading international global conference for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. Tune in to hear proven perspective on what it takes to cultivate positive, inclusive work environments where everyone is all in.'

#DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #TalkingTalent

Dr Emma Jane O’Leary, Director at Proctor & Gamble talks openly about her experiences as a working mother of a neurodiverse child and how those experiences have sparked her passion to change the way P&G recruits, onboards and supports their neurodiverse employees. Listen on to this exciting episode to learn more about;

#DEI #TalkingTalent  #ImposterSyndrome #Inclusion #Diversity #Equity #Commonwealthgames

A four time Olympian, OBE and now Head of Inclusion & Engagement at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Donna Fraser shares her thoughts, insights and experiences on;

#DEI #TalkingTalent  #ImposterSyndrome #Inclusion #Diversity #Equity #Commonwealthgames

We've got potentially 40% of employees reporting that they're somewhat likely to quit in the next three to six months, according to the McKinsey report. In the US they've already, apparently had 19 million workers leave the workforce as of April 2021 and that's continuing. So, this is a real issue for all of us and particularly for us as leaders, who at a time where we might not feel physically and emotionally in the most brilliant place, need to be creating environments of connection, belonging and community, where people really feel valued and feel a purpose in their working world.

So what do we do?

In this week’s episode Jo Lyon, the other half of Talking Talent’s founders shares her insight on:

#TheGreatAttrition #Leaders #TalkingTalent  #CompanyCulture #DEI #Inclusion #Leadership #Retention

The use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the workplace is becoming more and more common. It’s everywhere and in everything. As businesses adopt advancing technologies, they may have the right intentions: to improve efficiency and inclusion. However, there are heightened concerns that AI may actually be having a detrimental impact, especially in regard to DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion).

Vicki Krajewski is a digital product designer, former teacher, and writer who wants to help change our current trajectory towards online division and addiction. She worked in educational publishing through the switch from stuffing CD-ROMs into the backs of giant textbooks through the clumsy concoction of the first ‘eBooks’ and online learning applications, and has since then helped build digital learning practices for companies big and small around the world. Talking Talent is proud to have her as the Executive Director of Talking Talent Online since 2017.

Vicki joins us on this episode for an eye-opening discussion about AI’s growing influence on our work and personal lives. We’ll also explore ways that we can all do our part to ensure that new technologies are inclusive and beneficial to ALL people.

#DEI #AI #inclusion #wellbeing #TalkingTalent

For too long, working long hours has been synonymous with career success and progression. But you know as well as us: that’s not the case. Working every hour in the day can have hugely negative consequences – from burnout to exclusion.

And that’s exactly what happens to working parents and carers. When you can’t work long hours, it’s often your career progression that pays the price. It sounds outdated, and certainly not something that should still happen in today’s workplace… But it is.

So this week, our Head of Working Parents, Lucinda Quigley, speaks to Jane van Zyl, CEO of Working Families, to discuss whether company cultures have changed, if they truly support working parents, and how managers and leaders can get the best from their people.

Tune in to this week’s episode for an in-depth conversation about:

#DEI #Diversity #Inclusion #Equity #TalkingTalent #PsychologicalSafety #WorkplaceCulture

Anu Mandapati is the Vice President, Head of DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) at Talking Talent, Inc. She’s an expert on DEI, leadership, teams, and organizational development. Anu’s leadership tips, tools and strategies have been featured in various business publications including Inc., Forbes, Fortune, and Money.

In this episode, Anu joins us for a much-needed discussion on why “space and grace” in the workplace is a common factor among high-performing, inclusive teams, and what you can do in your own organizations to improve psychological safety for everyone - yourself included!

#inclusion #wellbeing #executivecoaching #TalkingTalent