#208 – Dr. Lauren Tucker Flips DEI to Focus on Inclusion

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Some consultants and leaders use diversity to divide. </span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurensolutionhacker/"><span data-contrast="none"> Dr. Lauren Tucker</span></a> <span data-contrast="auto">believes another approach is more effective:  Focus on inclusion.  </span><span data-ccp-props= "{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Dr. Tucker is the Founder and CEO of</span> <a href= "https://letsdowhatmatters.com/"><span data-contrast="none">Do What Matters</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.  She is an entrepreneur who works with other entrepreneurs.  She talks candidly with David about how traditional diversity efforts often hurt the very people they are intended to help, and good intentions have not led to sustainable impact.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{}"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Dr. Tucker believes inclusion means all your employees feel invested in the mission of your company and success of the work.  One challenge is to achieve a win-win where diversity is a solution, not a problem to be fixed.  But if you want to go for inclusion, how do you build on your company’s strengths with a strategy that reduces cultural resistance to change, and enables you to achieve sustainable inclusion and representation goals faster?</span><span data-ccp-props= "{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">It's not easy, but it is doable.  Part of the problem is the toxic media and political environment today that seeks to divide people by fear.  Join David and Dr. Tucker as they discuss how inclusion efforts fail and succeed in your company.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{}"> </span></p> <p><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/41rIZOQO0BY9BF0LaamZHg"><span data-contrast="none"> Spotify</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-2-win-podcast/id1451236899"> <span data-contrast="none">Apple Podcast</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><a