Diversity Ever After

Imagine how taxing it can be feeling like you have to code switch when deciding simple things such as what name to put on your resume. In this episode, we talk about the mental health effects of code switching. We are joined by two mental health professionals, Andrew Breland and Jessica Davis, who share their own experiences with code switching, practical coping strategies, and ways that leadershi...

Executive leaders are often seen as unavailable or otherwise veiled from day-to-day workplace interactions.  In fact, many believe that while executive leaders define the rules of success, those rules are not transparently communicated from the C-suite or do not account for the needs of the general workforce.  As a result, employees continuously code-switch to follow what they perceive (or guess)...

Welcome to episode two of Diversity Ever After: A Baker Donelson D&I Podcast.  In season one, we are focusing on the topic of Code Switching, and how it is an ever-present reality for many of us in the workplace, in school, and in so many aspects of our lives. Yet, one thing is for certain when discussing Code Switching: the past informs the present. In episode two, our hosts and special guest hos...

First impressions matter. The hosts of the first season of Diversity Ever After provide insight into how they are perceived when they walk into a room. Hosts: Jerrick Murrell, Associate ( https://www.bakerdonelson.com/jerrick-murrell )  Nakimuli Davis-Primer, Shareholder ( https://www.bakerdonelson.com/Nakimuli-Davis-Primer ) Reba Letsa, Associate ( https://www.bakerdonelson.com/Reba-Letsa ) Tanis...

Welcome to the first episode of the very first season of Diversity Ever After: A Baker Donelson D&I Podcast. This season we are talking about Code Switching. In this episode, our hosts briefly define code switching and then get a little personal about what code switching looks like for them professionally and even personally.  We talk about real-life examples of intentional and on occasion uninten...