This week Helen talks to 3 different guests about how everyone can engage more openly, actively and positively in conversations about race at work. She talks to Zahra Mohamoud, campaign manager for Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, Vanessa Belleau, founder of High Fifteen and Tolu Farinto, Head of Ethnicity and Social Mobility at Utopia. They discuss how to overcome fear of ‘getting it wrong’, examples of organisations creating long-term cultural change and how to approach conversations with empathy.
For more information about this week’s guest, see links below:
Business in the Community – Race at Work Charter: https://www.bitc.org.uk/race/
Zahra Mohamoud: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahramohamoud/
Vanessa Belleau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessabelleau/
High Fifteen: https://www.highfifteen.com/
Tolu Farinto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toluwani-farinto-24119467
Utopia – Culture Change Agency: https://www.weareutopia.co/
Resources:
RACE Framework: Wharton
Race Inequality in the Workplace: Carnegie UK Trust
Race in the workplace: McGregor Smith Review
How organisations can support the mental health of black employees: HBR
https://hbr.org/2020/06/how-organizations-can-support-the-mental-health-of-black-employees
Race and Mental Health at work: European Network Against Racism
https://www.enar-eu.org/IMG/pdf/equalatwork2019_final_lr.pdf
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