Join in as I interview Lawrence Alexander, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Carney, Sandoe & Associates about creating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that actually work!

• You can find Lawrence at [email protected]
• You can find me at www.robinguidry.com

Here's what we talk about:

• Why it's so important that we focus on not just bringing diversity in but having a strategic method of going about doing so
• What the first step of creating a diversity, equity, and inclusion program should be
• Corrupted cultural inheritance
• The glass cliff - where diversity is hired, not supported, and falls off the cliff because companies are making short-term decisions for problems that really require long-tern care
• Affirmative action
• What to do about diversity if you live in one of the whitest states in America

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Kimberlé Crenshaw: @sandylocks
• DeGraffenreid v. GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY
• The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
• On Privilege, Fraudulence, and Teaching As Learning: Selected Essays 1981-2019
• The White Privilege Conference

Keywords: Human resources, talent acquisition, recruiting, business, management, careers, employee engagement, employee retention, psychological safety, leadership, racism, antiracism, diversity, inclusion, belonging, dei, equity, equality, Robin Guidry, Jess Jacobs, Lawrence Alexander, Kimberlé Crenshaw