236: Making Diversity Glo-cal (Global + Local) with Rick Hammell

02/04/24 • 24 min

Rick Hammell is the Founder and majority shareholder of Atlas, a groundbreaking company he established in 2015. With more than 20 years of experience in human resources, employee management, and global workforces, Rick's accomplishments have garnered recognition from prominent analyst firms, including Nelson Hall, IEC Group, and Everest Group. Together, we unpack:

Why global growth is necessary for small businesses
How diversity and inclusion is perceived differently around the world
Future of work - hybrid, remote or in person?

As Rick says, “younger people have different expectations. My generation grew up to respect our elders. Every generation has a different experience than previous generations. Folks coming into the workforce today didn’t start work in an office, have grown up using technology from the start and the employee experience is critical for them. Communicating change with why and benefits to them is pivotal. Must have end goal rather than change for change sake.”

Find Rick on LinkedIn and Julie at www.nextpivotpoint.com.

Why global growth is necessary for small businesses
How diversity and inclusion is perceived differently around the world
Future of work - hybrid, remote or in person?

Find Rick on LinkedIn and Julie at www.nextpivotpoint.com.

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235: Feedback-Fueled Allyship Strategies For Continuous Improvement with Julie Kratz

The best allies understand that allyship is about progress over perfection. That means there will be mistakes and failures along the way. Afterall, that is how allies learn to be better. Yet, most hopeful allies wonder if they are getting it right. It is common to wonder, “I think I'm a strong ally, but what if my colleagues of diverse backgrounds don't see me that way?” or “I want to be a better ally, and I am not sure if I am doing enough.”

To tap into feedback-fueled allyship to know where to improve, consider these ideas:

Accept that allyship begins within
Apologize and own shortcomings
Ask for feedback

Julie unpacks these ideas in this week's episode. Follow Julie on Forbes to get the latest articles here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/.

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237: Are You an Active or Performative Ally with Poornima Luthra

Dr. Poornima Luthra is the author of ‘Diversifying Diversity: Your guide to being an active ally of inclusion in the workplace’ and ‘The Art of Active Allyship’, the author of the HBR articles ‘Do your global teams see DEI as an American issue?’ and ‘7 ways to practice active allyship’, and a Tedx speaker. Her third book, ‘Leading through Bias.’ Luthra is also Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and the founder and CEO of TalentED Consultancy.

She joins the podcast to share:

Her unique definition of allyship and why it is hard to translate into other languages
How to measure allyship using the knowledge, attitude, behavior framework
The 7 behaviors of active allies

Learn more about Dr. Luthra at https://www.talented.dk/ and Julie at www.nextpivotpoint.com.