Diversity Matters with Oscar Holmes IV
Season 1 Episode 2
Episode Title: The Work of Chief Diversity Officers
Guest: Lloyd Freeman
Diversity Matters with Oscar Holmes IV is a podcast that explores all things diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) related. In each episode, Oscar and his guests have lively discussions around DEI topics, explore the latest research on the topic, and discuss the implications so that listeners will be more knowledgeable about the topics and be able to apply the insights to their lives.
Show Summary: In this episode, Lloyd Freeman, a partner, and Chief Diversity Officer at Archer Law Firm shares how he started his journey on diversity and inclusion programming & how he ended up being a Chief Diversity Officer. He tells what roles his position entails & qualities one must possess to be a Diversity Professional.
As a successful attorney, he explains how challenging this role is. Being an impatient person tested him but he knew that CHANGE TAKES TIME. He tells how decisions won't give you favorable results in a short period.
He emphasizes how important it is to write your job description & goals as CEOs because your strategic plan starts from there and it helps you deal with significant role changes.
Description: This episode talks about the story of a Chief Diversity Officer. It will give you a preview of what's a day like for a Diversity Professional and what mindset & attitude you should have in handling changes and different roles in an organization.
Change doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. If you want to be successful in your chosen career, you have to work hard for it day in and out. Be willing and patient to wait for the right time to reap the fruits of your labor.
Guest Contact & Promos:
Lloyd Freeman Receives the 2015 Young Lawyer Award
3 Value Bombs:
- You can be the person who sits back and observes or you can be the person who drives that change.
- You're in this for the long term, you're in this for the long run, you cannot think that you're going to be able to make some decisions today and that you're going to be able to see that change tomorrow, it is going to take some time.
- You need to gain the respect of the others around the table. You are the new face at the table, so you need to show that you deserve to be there.
Show Highlights:
What is Lloyd's journey as a Chief Diversity Officer? What does his role entail? What is a typical day like for Lloyd?
2:41 Lloyd
- Sure. So the role of chief diversity officer is not one that I was actually seeking. It came to me and it's because there had been a trend in law firm for about the last three to five years in naming chief diversity officers and our firm president, he literally just came to my office one day & talk to me about wanting to kind of reorganize the firm and to create this new position and I was the man for the job.
Do CDOs have real latitude to make changes or are there boundaries within which they have to operate, thus significantly limiting their effectiveness in organizations?
11:34 Lloyd
- Well, of course, there are boundaries. Number one, you have to remember, of course, again, that it is a business and tha
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