In her keynote presentations, Ritu leverages cutting-edge research and frameworks in a practical way to coach leaders and team members on how to create more inclusive environments. Ritu has presented to tens of thousands of people around the world, consistently garnering praise for her ability to inspire people to commit to behavioral change in a positive, practical and immediate way.
Organizations are more diverse than ever, but in a society that favors sameness and conformity, many workplaces still struggle to retain and advance diverse talent. How can we ensure that everyone, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation and more can experience belonging at work?
We’re hearing more than ever before about the critical importance of inclusion in workplaces and in society at large. As leaders, many of us want to do better at creating inclusive cultures and supporting diverse team members, but often we simply don’t know how to make this happen.
The critical first step to building more diverse and inclusive environments is to identify and interrupt biases, both conscious and unconscious. When we know how to interrupt and address biases, our workplaces are more inclusive and our teams are happier, more engaged and more successful.
As we work to build more empowered, inclusive and innovative workplaces, we need to explore the impact of bias on those who have continuously received negative messaging about their cultural differences. We know from research that experiences of bias cause women and diverse professionals to disproportionately conform and mask aspects of their identities in the workplace — but how can we address this?
We know that racial bias permeates workplaces and serves as a barrier to the career advancement of those who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC). While organizations work to interrupt these barriers, there is a lingering elephant in the room: racial bias lives in the minds and bodies of BIPOC professionals as trauma.
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