Oct 22 2024 52 mins
Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business.
This week we welcomed Simma Lieberman to Intentional Conversations!
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- People have different strengths.
- Ask, "What can I do to make people comfortable?"
- It’s not your fault you don’t know about groups of people, science has shown you get to be more comfortable with them as you spend time with them.
- Most people don’t talk about race with people who don’t look like them.
- People make assumptions about other people because they just don’t know them.
- Not everybody has the same way of showing respect, there isn’t a right or wrong way.
- An inclusive culture means people are more comfortable coming to work and contributing.
- Everyone wants to feel a part of something greater than themselves, they want to feel part of the community.
- People are willing to take risks when they feel included. When they don’t feel included, they’re keeping their genius to themselves.
- If you’re the leader of an organization, you have to be willing to be wrong and don’t put people down because you don’t agree with them.
- When people feel included at work, they want to make others feel included.
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