Diversity Secrets

”For me, #belonging means being able to be the beautiful patchwork that you are, without having to cover up some of it.” - Apolline. 🔛 New episode on Diversity Secrets #podcast 🎉 👉 https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf 🎧 Join Apolline ?. and I as we unpack the concept of Belonging! B, from Belonging, is the new letter that we increasingly find attached to the #Diversity #Equity and #Inclusion acronym: DEIB. As an industry, we've reached the tacit agreement that the success of #DEI in a company is measured by the feeling of Belonging of its employees. But are we aligned on the meaning of Belonging and on the purpose behind it? 🤔 ✅ What does Belonging really mean to each of us? ✅ What does it take to belong, and who is made accountable for the act of 'Belonging'? ✅ Pushed to its limits, can Belonging fall in a performative trap and end up hurting those of us who most long to belong? ☝ This is a new episode format: Candid conversations with DE&I peers to unpack relevant DE&I topics. Let us know if you like it! 💬 👉 Tune in to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf 🔔 Make sure to subscribe to not miss out: new episodes come out every last Thursday of the month! --- Hi, 🙋🏻 If you’re discovering me with this post, I’m Louise, founder of Diversity Secrets, DE&I consulting, training and podcasting agency. I help organizations develop and implement DE&I strategies with real impact. I talk about #diversityandinclusion #privilege #allyship #intersectionality and much more! Book a free consultation 👉 https://lnkd.in/dsJa6Nmb

”If you value me, if you respect me, if you treat me ethically, you are going to pay me what my skills are worth!” 😎 🙌 It’s that time of the month again! 🔛 New episode on Diversity Secrets #podcast 🎉 👉 https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf 🎙 Get ready to hear Nichelle A.’s fresh take on #DEI, as she shares with us what she is calling the Dignity Standard, a framework that puts dignity back at the heart of #DiversityandInclusion work. 💰 And in our (capitalistic) societies, we all know that dignified work is well-payed work. So if your organization is committed to #inclusion, #payequity should be a top priority. 👉 So, is your organization putting their money where their mouth is? 💸 As a compensation and compliance expert, Nichelle explains how pay equity takes a whole new dimension in reframing the way we think about #diversity and #inclusion. 🎧Tune in to the full episode here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf Make sure to subscribe to not miss out on our next episode too. We’ll be talking about #belonging 💡 #compensation #fairpay #equalpay #equity #podcasting

This week on Diversity Secrets #podcast, we welcome Nichelle A., founder of Work Imagined. 🎧 Make sure to subscribe to not miss this new episode, out on Thursday! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf 💡 In the meantime, here's a little video about monkeys 🙈 to give you a hint on what #diversity #equity and #inclusion topic we will be addressing. Can you guess what Nichelle and I will be talking about? 😉 - let us know in the comments! 🐒 💰 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejmyVYmk Wishing you all a good start to your week.

#DiversityAndInclusion is NOT (only) for shiny workplaces in tall office buildings! 🏡 I’m (finally) coming home today after 1 month (!) on the road, delivering #DEI trainings across Belgium 🇧🇪 , France 🇫🇷 , Luxemburg 🇱🇺 and the UK 🇬🇧 for a a client in the manufacturing industry. 👉 Here are the key takeaways I wanted to share: ✅ DE&I belongs in warehouses and factories, in small towns and big cities, in large organizations and small businesses, it’s for ‘white collars’ AND ‘blue collars’ - DE&I is for everyone! 🏭 ✅In-person #workshops, talks, and #trainings are ESSENTIAL to move the needle. And yes, that requires more time, more money, more engagement! ✅#BottomUp takes a whole new meaning when you’re implementing DE&I in the manufacturing field: floor workers will challenge everything you thought you knew, as well as #bestpractices you thought might apply. Be prepared to gather #feedback, do #consultations, switch #perspectives, show #humility. #trialanderror and #patience are key! 💡 ✅DE&I means something different from site to site, and from the office to the factory floor. - Keep it #local, keep it #intersectional, keep it #bottomup. There is no one-size-fits-all in DE&I! ⚠ Proud to be delivering this project in #partnership with the one-and-only Mixity-Mixity International. The #1 tool for measuring #diversity and #inclusion in organizations. Lina Nicolas Sandrine 🙌 - thank you for your trust! 🔀 Mixity teams invented the Pathways to Inclusion - a great team activity to better understand the mindsets and behaviors that act as levers of inclusion... or exclusion. The road trip continues next month 🔜 Destination: Spain 🇪🇸 , Poland 🇵🇱 , Denmark 🇩🇰 ! --- Hi, 🙋🏻 If you’re discovering me with this post, I’m Louise, founder of Diversity Secrets, DE&I consulting, training and podcasting agency. I help organizations of all lines and sizes develop and implement DE&I strategies with real impact. I talk about #inclusiveleadership #privilege #allyship #intersectionality and much more! Book a free consultation to learn more and discuss how I could support you: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dsJa6Nmb Catch our #podcast on your favorite streaming app: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf

📢 #Mansplaining - Bonjour! ⚠️ Petit coup de gueule du jeudi matin. 😡 Cette semaine marquait un temps fort de la lutte contre l'#inégalitésalariale entre les hommes et les #femmes en France. Tous les ans, Les Glorieuses publie son étude pour déterminer la date à laquelle les femmes en France commencent à travailler 'gratuitement' en raison d'un écart de salaire de 15% avec les hommes. En 2023 c'était le #6novembre11h25 🤦🏻♀️ Mais le journaliste et économiste Dominique SEUX, lui a mené une autre enquête. Une enquête, il l'avoue, 'sans aucune rigueur scientifique' pour nous expliquer que cette étude nous induit en erreur et qu'en fait l'inégalité salariale en France n'est pas si grave (4% à poste et employeur égal). Après tout, si les 10 personnes autour de lui à qui il a posé la question trouvent que cette statistique induit en erreur, c'est que vraiment cette étude publiée tous les ans sur la base de données collectées par l'INSEE et l'UE, c'est du grand n'importe quoi... 🤷🏻♀️ ⚠️ Bref, un #mansplaining en bonne et due forme de bon matin sur France Inter. So here's what I have to say: ✅ Le #6novembre11h25 a ses limites: ce calcul ne concerne que les femmes blanches, cisgenres, hétéros, valides... les données statistiques ne reflètent pas les écarts de salaires entre femmes selon leur couleur de peau, leur origine, le #handicap ou encore leur appartenance à la communauté #LGBTQ+ ... ✅Nier la pertinence de mettre en avant l'écart brut entre les rémunérations des hommes et des femmes, tous postes et métiers confondus, et seulement tenir pour pertinent l'écart à poste égal (4%) c'est nier que les femmes n'ont pas les mêmes opportunité d'avancement, nier le travail domestique non rémunéré des femmes, nier la dévalorisation des métiers dits 'féminins', et nier que tout cela affecte disproportionnellement les femmes racisées, LGBTQ+ ou en situation de handicap... ✅C'est aussi nier les travaux de Claudia Goldin, Prix #Nobel d'économie 2023 qui démontrent que même si les femmes et les hommes étaient réparti.e.s équitablement dans tous les secteurs d'activité (des femmes CEO, des hommes infirmiers...), l'écart ne serait réduit que d'1/3!! ✅ Ici on parle des femmes salariées... les femmes entrepreneures font face à encore plus d'adversité (cf chiffres sur l'entrepreneuriat). 💸 Et enfin, je suis prête à parier (l'argent que je n'ai pas) que dans le fabuleux monde des pros de la #Diversité et #Inclusion, les hommes (cis, blancs), notamment consultants indépendants sont bien mieux rémunérés que les femmes et personnes minorisées! Un comble, vous m'accorderez, mais surement vrai! 😡 Allez, on souffle et on continue! ✊✊🏿✊🏽 Ressources additionnelles en commentaire. --- Moi c'est Louise, fondatrice de Diversity Secrets, agence de conseil, formation et podcast en #DiversitéEtInclusion. J'interviens sur les sujets de #inclusiveleadership, #privilege, #intersectionalfeminism #intersectionalité. Let's get in touch!

🔛 New episode on Diversity Secrets #podcast 👉https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf 🎙We’re excited to host Laure Bereni, Sociology Professor at Centre national de la recherche scientifique, to talk about her book "The Management of Virtue: Diversity in Business in New York and in Paris” (published in French). Laure gives us an overview of the findings of this unique comparative study of #DEI management in 🇺🇸 and in 🇫🇷. Here's what to expect: ✅The inherent contradictions and ambivalences of DEI work find their historical roots in the 1980s in the US. ✅ The work of DE&I professionals is discredited by what Laure is calling the 'stigma of virtue' ✅The ubiquitous idea that “diversity means business” is only an attempt at regaining legitimacy as a field of management ✅The gender and ethnic identity of DEI managers participate in legitimising their work in unexpected ways. ➡️ Trying to solve the equation between social justice and business, DE&I managers and practitioners are trusted with the unbearable task of smoothing and masking the contradiction between virtue and the appearance of virtue. ❓So can this inherent duality of #diversityandinclusion work be overcome? 🎧Tune in to find out! 👉https://lnkd.in/gEvg5rvf Make sure to subscribe to not miss out next month’s episode too. We’ll be welcoming Nichelle A.! #diversity #equity #inclusion #podcasting #sociology #research