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JC Penney Chief Human Resources Officer Andre Joyner explains how to create listening organizations — and outlines concrete steps companies can take to increase employee engagement

Chip Conley — hospitality entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of the Modern Elder Academy — discusses how companies should plan for and conduct layoffs properly, including how he helped Airbnb manage its painful process when he served as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy.

Globally recognized DEI thought leader, speaker, author and entrepreneur Jennifer Brown discusses what inclusive leadership looks like — and what tips she offers leaders at top companies around the world put it into action. 

With holidays approaching, the same inclusive leadership skills that work at the office can also work outside the office.

Dr. Michelle Gourdine discusses tactics to advance boardroom diversity — and how coordinated efforts can make meaningful differences. Further, leveraging her medical background, Dr. Gourdine also explains the challenge of “weathering,” the stressors that one experiences daily — at home and at work — and the biological toll on one’s health. Dr. Gourdine explains the impact on women — especially wom...

Leo Pacheco, Branch Manager at Beacon , discusses how Hispanic Heritage Month helps highlight the importance for leaders to put people first all year long — as well as ways companies and leaders can celebrate Hispanic culture at work.

Peter Muñiz, Home Depot VP, Dep. General Counsel, offers lessons and insights on inclusive leadership, empathy, and how leaders can support employees’ desires to bring their “authentic selves” to work — and why that’s good business. 

RW2 Enterprises founder Ron Williams shares lessons on building inclusive corporate boards, including self-advocacy, board oversight vs. management function and shared priorities across a board.

The topic has been increasingly in the news. What should companies do? Should capitalism be color/race/orientation blind?   For more information, go to https://www.callinpodcast.com.

Why is it so hard to ask for more money... and what leaders can do to help.   For more information, go to https://www.callinpodcast.com . 

HumanGood President & CEO John Cochrane shares lessons on the importance of evenly showing empathetic leadership in good times and bad.

What does it mean to hire the best person for the job?  10 steps for reducing bias in hiring – and hear insights from Samsung Electronics America.

How to react, what to say, and when to give grace.

Today’s episode features a conversation with Julian Francis, President and CEO of Beacon Building Products – the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing materials and complementary building products in the U.S. and Canada.  A key component of the way Julian advances business success is through empathetic leadership, connecting a human understanding of each employee to the realities of what...

Reports note that 90% of Fortune 500 companies have employee resource groups, or ERGs, that provide important voice to under-represented groups, offer employees the chance to gain empathy and learn about others’ journeys, and create a majority experience for everyone.    But given the reality of work environments where many employees already have too much on their plates, how can leaders make sure...

A lot has changed since yesterday’s business school. Many leaders have spent careers learning how to navigate the traditional issues like supply chain disruptions or labor disputes or marketing challenges. Do they now have a new one: How to navigate today's cancel culture?

McKinsey and LeanIn.org’s ‘Women in the Workplace’ report sounded the alarm: What can and should business leaders -- women and men -- do about it?

What’s the difference between being “woke” and being “responsible”?

From National Hispanic Heritage Month to Indigenous People’s Day to the Christmas holidays and beyond, can leaders celebrate some cultures in the office yet not celebrate all cultures?

Following the discovery of Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden's homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails, Chris Riback & Dr. Alexandria White explore: What does one coach’s email trail have to do with inclusive leadership? How can leaders build internal cultures that protect against this happening in their organizations?

How should employers react when something embarrassing or offensive that an employee said, did, or posted – even years ago – resurfaces? Where is the line between past mistakes and current accountability?

Chris Riback & Dr. Alexandria White discuss: Why men should continue to serve as mentors to women today — and what A.C.T.I.O.N. all parties can take to make it work.

Chris Riback & Dr. Alexandria White discuss: How should leaders navigate the new hybrid workplace -- from determining whether and when to bring employees back to the office to employee concerns that "out of sight" means "out of mind" and even to new harassment or discrimination concerns? For more information, go to callinpodcast.com

Great business leaders know: As much as any other part of the equation, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core to generating strong performance. And while the terms diversity, equity and inclusion are not new, the movement – across society, institutions, and businesses – gained extraordinary momentum this year.  But what, exactly, does diversity, equity, and inclusion – often called D.E.I. – act...