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41. Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel with Dr. Gena Cox and Prina Shah

Prina Shah and Dr. Gena Cox Episode 41

Do you feel like a fake, phony and fraud at work? Are you holding back parts of you?

Did you know that many people of colour don’t enjoy being in the workplace because of a raft of reasons…

Has your workplace rolled out Unconscious Bias training as part of their diversity and equity efforts? Have they missed the mark?

About today’s episode:
 
Today I chat with Dr Gena Cox all the way from Florida. Dr. Gena Cox is an organizational psychologist and executive coach. She is the author of Leading Inclusion, a groundbreaking guidebook for corporate leaders who want to build inclusive organizations from the top down.

I speak with Gena about: Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel

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Gena talks about: 

  • Her past experiences of not fitting into the workplace. 
  • The internal conflicts that people from a minority background face at work.
  • How people from minority backgrounds address their internal conflicts to fit in.
  • How the employee experience can be drastically enhanced for minorities. 
  • The importance of understanding people’s racial histories and stories. 
  • I share my Dad’s migration story of moving as a senior leader from Kenya to taking on manual labour work in the UK and what effects it had on him.
  •  Tips on how individuals, leaders and your organisation can lead inclusion the right way at your workplace!
  • And listen in to Gena’s answer to my question: if you had a magic wand, what is one way you would change the workplace? 

 About today’s guest: Dr. Gena Cox is an organizational psychologist and executive coach. She is the author of Leading Inclusion, a groundbreaking guidebook for corporate leaders who want to build inclusive organizations from the top down. Before this, at IBM and Perceptyx,
 
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