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July 8, 2017

Why Authenticity Truly Matters When Creating An Inclusive Workplace [Interview with Antoinette Boateng]

In this episode I’m speaking with Antoinette Boateng. Antoinette is a Global Inclusion Specialist and a 15-year veteran of the “people” space. Antoinette’s experience includes Talent Management, Engagement & Policy. Antoinette has been responsible for not only starting a number of resource groups but she’s also had to manage and influence multiple resource groups, their sponsors and the people who were running them. I was thrilled to speak with Antoinette so that she could share the benefit of her considerable experience with us. In today’s show we discuss several things including:

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  • The reasons why Diversity & Inclusion being a “small world” causes problems
  • The importance of authenticity to Antoinette’s work
  • Why ethnic based employee resource groups are not supported as much as gender based groups and much, much more
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