The Forum on Workplace Inclusion Podcast

In this special bonus episode of The Forum Podcast, Farzana Nayani  (Consulting and Training) and Lisa Strack (Bank of the West) answer questions from listeners that attended our popular webinar Engaging ERGs to Create Impact During These Current Times , sponsored by AON . Farzana and Lisa answer questions from our listening audience around these talking points: How to develop a sustainable s...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Team Dynamics co-founders Trina Olson and Alfonso Wenker explore how US-based workplaces reinforce preferences for whiteness and masculinity in talent recruitment, hiring, and promotion. In addition reinforced preferences, Trina and Alfonso also explore the ways masculine and feminine leadership qualities get praised or punished in the workplace and discuss th...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Ryan Kroening (Events by Lady K) shares the why, what, and how around creating inclusive events. We all move through the world using our experiences to guide us, which are heavily informed by our identities. So when we plan an event, we often rely on things we would like! But what about planning events for people who AREN'T just like me? We don't know how to m...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Femina Ajayi-Hackworth (independent consultant, D&I author, and trainer) talks about double consciousness, dominant culture, and how it affects your authentic self. Participants will acquire understanding about what dominant culture is and how it affects their authentic selves—how they choose to present their authentic selves at work and in society by reco...

In this special bonus episode of The Forum Podcast, Stephen Frost  (Frost Included) and Raafi-Karim Alidina (Frost Included) answer questions from listeners that attended our popular topical webinars Responding Inclusively to Coronavirus and Inclusive Leadership in a Virtual World . Stephen Frost  (Frost Included) and Raafi-Karim Alidina (Frost Included) answer these questions from our l...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Stefanie Krievins (Stefanie Krievins & Co.) explains how to go from being a troublemaker and not getting things done, to being pro troublemaker and how to actually get things done! Innovation happens when we’re willing to challenge the status quo and propel an organization forward through revolutionary and incremental steps. When you’re the one doing all t...

In this special bonus episode of The Forum Podcast, Malii Watts Witten (EngageBetween), Tatyana Fertelmeyster (Connecting Differences, LLC) answers questions from listeners that attended our popular webinar Workplace 2020: An Intersection of Diversity and Politics  sponsored by  AON . Malii Watts Witten (EngageBetween), Tatyana Fertelmeyster (Connecting Differences, LLC) answer questions...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Dr. Myra Hubbard (Hubbard & Hubbard, Inc.) explores the difference between being empowered and self-empowered, how to elevate women’s “self-empowered,” as well as offering next-level practices and strategies for both personal and professional development. Although the phrase “women’s empowerment” is used pervasively, surprisingly there is no common definit...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Melissa Majors (Melissa Majors Consulting) explains why you shouldn't use white boards and flip charts to facilitate group conversation. Instead, Melissa will be taking us through a blame-free examination of common challenges and tactics for better inclusion outcomes for your organization. At the core of most disruptive strategies is the ability to empathize w...

In this special bonus episode of The Forum Podcast, Rebecca Slaby (AMAZEworks) answers questions from listeners that attended our popular webinar White Fragility and Microagressions In the Workplace: When Good People Behave Badly sponsored by AON . Rebecca Slaby answers the following questions: What does the term POCI mean? Could you share a bit about the similarities and distinctions between Whit...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast, Patricia Jesperson , chief curiosity officer at EmployeeEXP, and Amy Tolbert , ECCO International principal, explore the five critical leadership skills they’ve identified to help leaders transform into naturally inclusive leaders. Want to master inclusive leadership? Master these skills. While emotional intelligence is an important skill when working with any...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Dr. Kenneth Nowack (Envisia Learning, Inc.) dives into new research on how to measure and change a key aspect of an effective company and team culture: interpersonal trust and psychological safety. Dr. Nowack presents the latest neuroscience research around interpersonal trust and its relationship to the hormone oxytocin that provides insight about the biolog...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Kamyala Howard MSW, LCSW (WE’RE DIVINE consulting) explores the origins or stress, different types of stress, their effects, how we can overcome them and get to a place of healing. In our daily lives most people work an average of 40 plus hours a week. Consider the average amount of hours worked and add work related stress, deadlines, interpersonal conflict,...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Sarah McNally (TransForm Corporation) explores how your personal brand is not simply how you perceive yourself or what you say about yourself, but rather how others perceive you in all aspects of your life. Whether an individual is looking for advancement as a leader, how to deliver on their goals more consistently, insights into communicating more effectivel...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Chris Jones (Spectra Diversity LLC) shares insights on the effectiveness or "stickiness" of diversity and inclusion trainings and how post-training sustainment is key to making new inclusion behaviors "stick." What happens when a diversity and inclusion or implicit bias training session is concluded? Anything? In a recent survey, half of the D&I consultan...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Avivah Wittenberg-Cox (20-first), argues that women alone should not be leading the topic of gender balance in organizations. But how do we engage men and leaders in gender balancing businesses when the topic of gender balance is often framed as being created for women by women, leading to failed engagement by men and accountability by men, or even worse, cre...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Joel Hodroff and Thomas Fisher (University of Minnesota), explore opportunities for the rising DEI movement within business and community organizations to transform disparities and disempowerment at their economic roots. Modern society is operating at a fraction of our potential. No one is to blame, because we all inherited the current system based upon scarc...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Kristen Stockton , Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Advisor of JASKAP Consulting explores how to influence anyone, employees, investors, customers, and your colleagues to get phenomenal results in ways that actually strengthen relationships. If you and your team were as influential as you wanted to be, what would be possible? This podcast wil...

In this special bonus episode of The Forum Podcast , Andrés Tapia (Korn Ferry) answers questions from listeners that attended his popular webinar Culture Clash: Can Latino Culture Identity and Corporate Culture Be Reconciled? About Andrés Tapia (Korn Ferry) Throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and his native Latin America, Mr. Tapia has served clients in shaping their enterprise-wide diversity...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Dan Egol and Minjon Tholen of Inclusion NextWork draw on the insights of Inclusion NextWork’s community of rising leaders across backgrounds, geographies, industries, and experience levels to explore new ways in which our generation engages with Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Social Justice (IDEAS). As next-generation leaders continue to def...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Johnanna Ganz, Ph. D. (J. Ganz Consulting) explores occupational identity (OI), and how you can develop and sustain a healthier connection to your job. Most people do not know what occupational identity (OI) is or how it impacts every single part of our lives. This impact is significantly amplified when the work is more than "just a job." Many working in care...

Presenter: Andrés Tapia , Korn Ferry Corporate America says it wants more Latinos in manager and leadership roles. Latino professionals in growing numbers aspire to achieve these leadership positions. Yet what should be mutually reinforcing trends to speed up advancement are instead two forces increasingly in conflict due to deep differences between corporate culture and Latino culture. If corpora...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Caidin Riley , (Minneapolis College) and John Parker Der Boghossian (Normandale Community College) explore disparate responses to compliance with equity and Inclusion policies, laws, and regulations. Too often Equity and Inclusion compliance is either undervalued or seen as optional; moreover, competing interests and lack of resources regulate Equity and Incl...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Mary-Frances Winters (The Winters Group, Inc.), Peggy Nagae (WMFDP), Natalia Arbulu (MassMutual) share how MassMutual is driving diversity and inclusion by focusing on insightful metrics, a system of accountability, and transformative education. What does it take to create a leading organization in diversity and inclusion? In this Podcast, you will learn how...

In this episode of The Forum Podcast , Dr. Jacqueline Battalora, Ph. D., J.D , offers a foundation of understanding around the nuanced account of the invention of the human category "white" in law. The session begins with an accessible and nuanced account of the invention of the human category "white" in law. People with low levels of melanin in the skin pre-existed the invention but they did not...