Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey, Founder of The Element of Inclusion Consultancy and host of The Element of Inclusion podcast.
Dr Jonathan shares the 7 mistakes organisations make with their approach to Diversity & Inclusion at work and explains what to do instead.
Key Points From This Episode
[00:30] Fay recommends listening to Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey’s podcast – The Element of Inclusion [02:17] Introduction to Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey [09:14] The 7 common mistakes organisations make with their approach to Diversity and Inclusion: BRISTOL [12:04] The downside of Employee Resource Groups only focusing on ‘flags, food & fun’ [14:48] The ‘B’ from ‘BRISTOL’ – the business case for Diversity. [15:30] The problem with the McKinsey reports [23:49] The three biggest problems everyone should focus on – ‘people, potential, performance’ [26:25] Purposeful reading, listening & sharing [28:17] The power of Employee Resource Groups [31:49] Dr Jonathan’s book recommendation – Disability – The Basics by Tom Shakespeare(Disclosure: This is an Amazon Affiliate link, so Fay will receive a small commission if you use it to purchase the book.)
Useful Links
- Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
- The Bright Sky Career Coaching website
- Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey on LinkedIn
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