One of most important yet hard-to-change elements of company culture is diversity and inclusion. Tayo Rockson has spent his career dedicated to bringing practical solutions to leaders to bring about more D&I workplaces.

Tayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, and media personality who runs UYD Management – a strategic leadership and consulting firm that helps organizations incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. As someone who has lived on 4 continents, he is an authority in communicating effectively across cultures. In addition to that, he’s been named a “Top 40 Millennial Influencer” by New Theory magazine. Tayo is the host of As Told by Nomads, a podcast ranked in the top 5 tier of the Top 25 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs on Entrepreneur.com. He’s the author of Use Your Difference To Make A Difference, and in 2020, he launched the national anti-racism campaign called #LetsTalkBias.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How to start by checking your biases as a leader and clarifying values for your company in order to make headway in building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Building out a grading system for living out your values… what is good, great and bad!
• How to set up a highly effective diversity council for your business
• How important it is to run after people’s fear of being fired for speaking up.
• Ways for people to bring their cultures into the workplace to allow others to further understand where their colleagues come from.
• What are micro-aggressions and how do they arise in the workplace… and why they need to be challenged! Examples include assumptions about someone who’s from another country speaking with a clear english accent or having a dress-code that may be difficult for people with varying body types.
• The key to finding allies in the workplace who can support you as you speak up or bring diversity matters to the surface.
• Best way to connect cross culturally are 1) educate, 2) don’t perpetuate and 3) communicate.
• A mini-education in cultural intelligence (CQ)!

Also mentioned on this show:

• Pre-order Tayo’s New Book
• Tayo’s Podcast
  

Connect with Tayo:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Instagram