Seek out Diverse Reverse Mentors. They can help us explore different perspectives, stories, realities and understand challenges of those different from us, and how we can help. Try this: Identify a Diverse reverse mentor in your team. Give them the license to be brutally honest. Start this week!
Seek Diverse Role Models in the Everyday Heroes around us, not just in distant famous people or celebrities. Covid-19 shone a spotlight on these frontline heroes, and their impact in our lives. Try this: Identify a diverse role model in your vicinity and what you want to learn from them. Start this week!
Create space for conversation. Ask open ended questions, explore the topic, don’t assume the answer, further the conversation. Statements like “we’ve always done it this way”, “we’ve tried this before”, “this won’t work here” are idea killers. Try this : In your next team meeting, try your best to further the conversation, rather than throttle it.
Surround sound ideas of Diverse talent. Repeat it, build on it, highlight its value, continue the dialogue, call attention to it. Diverse talent often find their ideas discounted and dismissed without adequate consideration. Try this : In your team meeting, listen for good ideas, and amplify. Start today!
Credit ideas to the right person – Identify the source of the idea, mention their name, highlight their idea. If an idea is wrongly credited to you, say so! Diverse talent often find their ideas credited to others. Try this : Actively credit ideas to the right person in team meetings. Start today!
The Network Gap has a disproportionate impact on Diverse talent. Reach out to Diverse colleagues, Open your Networks to them, Connect them with key stakeholders. Make a connection! Start this week!
The Sponsorship Gap has a disproportionate impact on our diverse colleagues. Become a Vocal Sponsor. Advocate for them, Recommend for jobs, Connect them with Opportunity. Start this week!
The Network, Mentoring, and Sponsorship Gaps have a disproportionate impact on Diverse talent. Sign Up to Mentor Diverse colleagues. Start this week!
How Diverse is your Network? A diverse network brings richness & depth to our thinking Try this: Create a Diversity Map. Look at your contacts, LI connections, or FB friends. How many cities, countries, industries, organizations, functions, roles, religions, gender, race, organization levels, socio-economic classes would they represent? Is anyone missing? Reach out! Try this …
Seek out Diverse Role Models Having diverse role models, shows curiosity, openness and an expansive diversity mindset. Try this : Create a list of Diverse Role Models, and what you want to learn from them. Start by making your first connection this week.
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