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Making the Case for Diversity & Inclusion, with guest James McKim
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Seeing that lightbulb moment happen when people realise that they can be better as individuals in their organisations, *and* their organisations can be better, by really living into diversity, equity and inclusion - that is what lights James McKim up.
James recognizes that organisations want to be diverse for social justice reasons, because it’s the moral thing to do. At the same time, DEI drives organisational performance.
At managing consultancy Organizational Ignition, he aligns people, processes and technology to really live into DEI as a way to achieve organisational performance.
“It’s through diversity that new ideas and new perspectives come out. That is how innovation happens.”
In addition, DEI expands customer markets, enables your organisation to serve those markets better, and makes your organisation more attractive to talented employees.
Research shows that organisations that have diverse leadership are at least 27% more likely to outperform peers. If you want a financial reason, there it is. DEI is not a financial risk, it’s a financial gain.
So, James invites you: let’s start with where you are. What in your daily job is making people feel like they’re not included, they don’t belong? What is useful for employees to become more aware of, to learn?
A key contributor to this – and much of life – is making sure you have a growth mindset, as much as recognising that we don’t and can’t know everything ourselves, that we need others.
More about James McKim:
https://organizationalignition.com/about
More about us:
Lisa Dempsey – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakdempsey/ - https://www.leadershiplabs.eu
Marjolijn Vlug – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjolijnvlug/ - https://www.marjolijnvlug.nl/?lang=en
Reach us both at PeopleImpactPodcast@gmail.com
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