Good Soil Leaders Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
In this podcast we will reveal exactly what you need to know and to be aware of as a corporate organization when selecting and engaging the right Diversity, Equity and Inclusion experts. We also cover how you could prepare your key stakeholders, your organization for the culture change that you desire. DEI Standard Podcast is hosted by Ashanti Bentil-Dhue.
Ashanti Bentil Dhue is a leading diversity and inclusion practitioner, speaker, event host, writer and guest lecturer based in the UK. Ashanti believes that systemic change comes from taking a considered, blended approach which brings accountability to the change process, the inclusion of appropriate lived experience, and dynamic and innovative approaches to facilitated thinking.
More importantly, Ashanti focuses on working with organisations on how they prepare employees and leadership for uncomfortable conversations, before they receive any training and education. Ashanti is able to bring the experience she gained from five years spent as a Regulatory Compliance AVP for the likes of Santander Bank, Barclaycard and the Financial Ombudsman Service. This experience has given Ashanti an understanding of corporate governance and challenges associated with change management and workplace culture shifts.
Ashanti has been a judge on a number of awards panels, including the Eventex Awards, Independent Publisher Awards and the Virtual Event Institute Awards.
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- The importance of knowing the difference
- The key elements which differentiate each of them
- Why reverse mentoring is not a sustainable inclusion strategy by itself
- The transformational benefits of coaching
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- How to be transparent and authentic when issuing communications internally and externally
- Why it's important to make sure all relevant stakeholders and teams are collaborating when issuing communications
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- Why we regard employee resource groups as allies and therefore expect them to operate as such rather than be self serving
- Why taking a social justice activist approach within corporate organizations is problematic for employee resource groups
- Why organizations need to hold space and create environments for staff networks and groups that get together which are organic rather than strategic
- What to consider when selecting or voting for an employee resource group chair or lead
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- The benefits of taking a cross cultural non political approach
- Why having discrete facilitated conversations make a difference for CEOs and senior leaders
- Avoiding being distracted by social media and activism
- Owning and defining what diversity and inclusion means to your organization
- Upskilling CEOs so that they are prepared to answer questions externally and internally
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- The complex construct of race
- The importance of context when addressing race in the workplace
- Why it’s essential to explore, question and challenge any existing hypothesis we have
- Avoiding making assumptions and drawing premature conclusions
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- Three common problems or issues facing organizations today
- Why the audit and assessment phase is critical to this work
- Why focus groups and gathering qualitative data is extremely useful
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
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The history of corporate social responsibility and the approach taken within organisations
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The difference between corporate social responsibility and diversity and inclusion in the workplace
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Does diversity and inclusion fit neatly into a corporate social responsibility pillar or approach?
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- What allyship means and how an organization can demonstrate allyship
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What performative allyship is
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The importance of understanding the practical application of allyship and its benefits for the team that you're managing
- The overall objective and purpose of allyship
- Ashanti shares some examples of allyship
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- Why knowing the current baseline / status of an organization is key before working with them
- The common differences in culture, setup, etc. between organisations at the start of the journey vs those more advanced
- A few of the challenges facing organizations who are starting from scratch
- What it's like working with organisations who may be more advanced in their journey
- Why we need to understand what the different dimensions of diversity, equity and inclusion work looks like
- Why we need to help organizations to understand where they should start on their journey
NB: Please excuse the incorrect use of pronouns when referring to Lily Zheng. This was a genuine mistake.
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Featured in the Episode:
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lilyzheng308_diversity-equity-inclusion-activity-6874764805220237312-7Bcc/
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- The challenges and issues your people managers are facing when managing teams on a daily basis
- Supporting new and accidental managers
- Factors to be aware of when developing training for people managers
- Common things that we hear managers feedback during sessions and coaching
- Earning the trust and respect of your team when modeling inclusive management styles so that they also begin to exhibit and demonstrate certain behaviors with each other.
- The challenge of creating and keeping boundaries in the workplace
- Why developing managers who are self aware is just as important as having technical expertise (if not more)
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
- Why you need to be developing your people managers and ensuring that they have an inclusive management style
- The importance of real depth, practical content and coaching around inclusive management styles
- Why engaging Gen Z and Millennial managers in tackling the issues of diversity and inclusion your company might be experiencing is a good idea
- How people managers can demonstrate genuine allyship within the workplace
- Why organizations have to take the courage to remove people managers resistant to change from managing other people
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- Why ‘safe spaces’ are a fallacy in the workplace
- Why an appropriate facilitator is key to ensuring no harm is caused to participants during conversations
- The need for aftercare after these conversations
- Why structure, design and purpose is important to define in advance of the conversation
- Conversations change people and change lives which is why we must approach them with care in the workplace
- Some questions to ask yourself when planning conversations in the workplace: What are the risks of this conversation? And how do we mitigate them? And how can we avoid relying too heavily on individuals, personal individuals who are going to have to share personal experiences? How do we support those individuals? If they choose to still share those experiences? How do we support them when they choose to do so?
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Featured In The Episode:
- Episode 13 -The Problems with Leading with Lived Experiences in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- The need for accountability, momentum and consistency.
- Moving through the fear zone, learning zone, and growth zone as an organization
- The benefits of group coaching for your people managers in terms of their development and allyship competencies
- Keeping the loop of feedback open
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Featured In The Episode:
- The journey to anti racism diagram: https://twitter.com/AndrewMIbrahim/status/1269423199273525250?s=20
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- How to use the survey and actual facilitated conversation as an opportunity to gather that data
- Why it’s not wise for senior leaders to be thrown into conversations in public settings to share ‘their opinion’.,
- Discrete and strategic ways of upskilling, reaching or exploring issues with your senior leaders
- Preparing senior leaders for conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion with colleagues and external partners
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- Why it is vital your people managers understand intersectionality, equity and what systemic inequality is.
- Why your coaching and training approach needs to be relevant and practical.
- Why its important not to make assumptions about the intentions and desire to progress in your people manager cohort
- The need to consider removing individuals from people manager positions if they do not demonstrate progress
- Why allowing people managers to lead with their own ‘lived experiences’ when managing teams is problematic
- Why assuming that if a people manager is from a minority group, they will make a ‘good manager’ by default
And so much more!
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Episode Highlights:
- The value of being self aware as a manager
- Understanding allyship within the context of management
- Why allyship is an urgently needed leadership skill
- Examples of genuine allyship within the workplace
- Ashanti shares her two experiences during on her 20’s in the finance sector
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
This is a key episode that you might want to take notes on. What is the difference between an expert, an influencer, an activist and thought leaders within the DEI, particularly now, when social media is being used so widely, and people are doing more personal branding and becoming more visible online. How do you see beyond that to make sure you're engaging an actual expert, practitioner or consultancy that can help you get the work done?
Episode Highlights
- Types of activism and how to identify an activist
- The risks associated with hiring an activist by accident for workplace culture change work
- The risk for organizations who engage influencers for DEI work
- Thought leaders and their role in the DEI industry
- Identifying experts in the DEI space
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
SaaS, startups and recently funded startups are finding it challenging to address diversity, equity and inclusion internally. There are competing priorities that are often challenges associated with rapid growth, rapid product development, adjusting to market demands, including the growth you may well have experienced throughout the last 18 months against the backdrop of a global pandemic. All of those challenges can make it very difficult to prioritize, start to explore and understand diversity and inclusion, and the value that it can add to your business.
Episode Highlights:
- The worldwide market revenues from SaaS companies
- Three critical things that most companies in your sector are getting wrong.
- Two challenges facing the SaaS industry in 2022
- What companies need to know about Gen Z’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion expectations
- Simple steps on simplifying the whole concept and conversation around diversity and inclusion.
- How you can create solid diversity and inclusion practices and principles.
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti: LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Workplace life is complicated and complex and there are lots of dynamics that we are all navigating regardless of who we are in seniority. In this episode, I share what to expect when you embark on this journey and engage an external partner to help you in your organization when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
Tune into today’s episode as Ashanti will be discussing the following:
- The importance of self awareness and understanding systematic inequality in the workplace
- The inevitable existence of a dissenting voice within the organization, whether it's in your actual teams, or amongst your peers or on the board
- How to cope with and manage negative feedback or criticism from your colleagues
- The internal resistance to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
- The need for commitment and endurance
- How to deal with emotions surrounding this work in the workplace setting
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch: ashanti@benhue.com
Most stakeholders are going to be thinking about next year already. If you’re wondering what your competitors and clients will be focusing on and investing in next year, listen to this episode. Ashanti discusses emerging trends which might shape the way you manage your organizations and employees in 2022 and beyond.
Episode Highlights:
- The benefits of data transparency in DEI
- Identifying, collecting and understanding DEI Data
- The future of recruitment
- Unconscious bias training
- People Manager Development
- AI Technology in Employee Development If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
In this podcast we will reveal exactly what you need to know and to be aware of as a corporate organization when selecting and engaging the right Diversity, Equity and Inclusion experts. We also cover how you could prepare your key stakeholders, your organization for the culture change that you desire.
Good Soil Podcast is hosted by Ashanti Bentil-Dhue, DEI practitioner, guest lecturer, writer and speaker.
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
Ashanti Bentil-Dhue announces the new name of the podcast and talks about why the change has been made.
Episode Highlights:
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Why Good Soil Leaders?
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What is the mission of the Good Soil Podcast?
Tune into today's episode and find out more!
Why we need standards in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Industry?
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
You can now join the waiting list for the opening of the Good Soil Leaders Academy in January 2022
Good Soil Leaders is an inclusive leadership development and coaching company. Through our work, we keep the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Industry accountable, ethical, and competent by training and supporting practitioners, consultants, leaders and people managers to develop the transformational competencies needed to be effective in the industry. Get your name on the waiting list and you will be contacted when the academy opens for enrolment: Fill out form here
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
One of the brilliant things about the last three years or so, is that we're seeing different stories and creatives being funded. More diverse stories are being told on the screen, whether it's TV, film, theater, etc. In today’s episode, Ashanti will be sharing with us how this Netflix series is very useful for stakeholders to watch in order to understand some of the dynamics that happen in the workplace, how people of color experience the workplace and how complex addressing diversity and inclusion in the workplace can be.
Episode highlights:
- How colourism impacts the experience of women of colour and black women in the workplace
- Interactions between women of colour and black women within workplaces
- The unseen emotional labour, risk and expectations women of colour grapple with when in senior roles.
- Why women of colour and black women may step down from a position or leave organisations despite their ability and competence
- The cost of making a ‘mistake’ at work for black employees and the fear and anxiety which they experience
- The value of diverse experience and thought on grievance panels and hearings.And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
One of the brilliant things about the last three years or so, is that we're seeing different stories and creatives being funded. More diverse stories are being told on the screen, whether it's TV, film, theater, etc. In today’s episode, Ashanti will be sharing with us how this netflix series is very useful for stakeholders to watch in order to understand some of the dynamics that happen in the workplace, how people of color experience the workplace and how complex addressing diversity and inclusion in the workplace can be.
Episode Highlights:
- A broader depiction of women of colour who is also a mother and a daughter
- The difference between being a woman of colour and a black woman in terms of workplace experience and perception
- The complex relationship between mature white women in workplaces and younger women of colour specifically in relation to career progression
- How ageism plays out in the modern workplace and is an often forgotten inclusion challenge.
- Understanding the multiple challenges facing women of colour and black women when they hold senior positions and responsibility in the workplace
- How workplaces set women of colour up to fail when they promote them into senior positionsAnd so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
Only 1% of senior positions held in the UK, held by women of color. Black women specifically don't have a percentage. And this gap continues to widen year on year COVID-19 and subsequent global events such as the resurgence of Black Lives Matter.
Studies and research has shown that current diversity agendas, particularly gender diversity agendas, systematically ignore and neglect the presence and welfare of black women in corporate environments.
Episode Highlights:
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Understanding the challenges of black women in the workplace
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Intersectionality: Navigating race and gender in the workplace
- The racial disparities in the UK, specifically within the workplace
- What organizations can do next
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
Tune into today’s episode as Ashanti will be discussing the following:
- The challenges associated with putting out bids and tenders for external diversity and inclusion support
- Why it’s very helpful to have consultants who specialize in particular strand of diversity support you in your journey
- How to use your resources, time and money in a strategic way when getting started
- Why building a solid foundation is key when it comes to creating internal initiatives and strategies
- The importance of understanding the dynamic of power in the workplace when approaching diversity and inclusion
- The three main areas the charity sector are looking at when it comes to diversity and inclusion over the last 12 months
- Dealing with fear and anxiety within the team when these issues are being discussed for the first time
- Upskilling everyone in the organisation when it comes to having uncomfortable conversations
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
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ashanti@benhue.com
In today’s episode, I will be talking about the skills that you should look for in a DEI practitioner, or even a consultant or consultancy regardless of size.
Episode Highlights:
- Why it's important to hire the right experts in the first place.
- How you identify an expert consultant or practitioners vs a content creator or activist.
- Why knowing the difference between a specialist and generalist is important
- Does the consultancy (particularly medium and large ones) have internal diversity?
- The significance of stakeholder aftercare.
- The questions an expert consultant or practitioner should be asking you
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
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LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
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ashanti@benhue.com
So in this particular episode, I will be sharing some of the top line takeaways from our recent Black History Month webinar which explored the core principles of celebrating awareness months.
Core principles explored in the original webinar with guest experts:
- How to plan BMH activities, events and initiatives which engage the entire workforce in a remote and hybrid working world.
- How (and why) to partner with Black-Owned businesses during BHM.
- How to source diverse and qualified external speakers for your event.
- How to engage and leverage employee networks during BHM.
- How to avoid cultural appropriation and embrace cultural appreciation during BHM.
- How to work with and donate to charities that support the black community. -
- The Converse Case Study with Subomi Odanye from Diverse Media
- Authentic Communications with Sharn Kleiss from Radley Yeldar
Link to original webinar recording:
https://attend.glisser.com/BHM21
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
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ashanti@benhue.com
In today’s episode, I'm going to discuss who should be leaving conversations around diversity and inclusion, and specifically around bias prejudice race within the workplace.
Should it be your Diversity Committee?
Should it be volunteers from across the organization?
Should it be the minority employees and individuals in the organization?
I explore the challenges, risks and outcomes related to allowing these conversations to be led by the wrong internal employees and stakeholders.
Episode Highlights:
- Why these conversations can be complex and often avoided altogether by organizations
- The risks and challenges of allowing individuals with ‘lived experience’ to lead these conversations.
- Factors to consider when using volunteers to lead these conversations
- How unpredictable and challenging it can be when employees share personal experiences
- There emotional labor involved with this work, even for practitioners
And so much more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
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LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
In this Introductory episode, I am going to discuss what exactly it is I want to share, why it's useful, the reasons you should listen to the podcast, and setting some context giving some wider background information on the meed.
Listen to today’s episode and find out more!
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti:
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com
In this podcast we will reveal exactly what you need to know and to be aware of as a corporate organization when selecting and engaging the right Diversity, Equity and Inclusion experts. We also cover how you could prepare your key stakeholders, your organization for the culture change that you desire.
Good Soil Podcast is hosted by Ashanti Bentil-Dhue, DEI practitioner, guest lecturer, writer and speaker.
If you'd like to discuss how Ashanti Bentil-Dhue can work with you, please book a call: https://calendly.com/ashantibentildhue/meeting-with-ashanti?back=1&month=2022-04
Did you know we have another podcast specifically for practitioners, consultants and DEI leads (whether internal or external)? Check it out here: Confessions of a DEI Practitioner Podcast
Stay Connected with Ashanti
LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue
Get in Touch:
ashanti@benhue.com