The Essence of Inclusion in Leadership - a Conversation with Toby Mildon

Episode 39 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is an insightful exploration into the world of Diversity and Inclusion in leadership, with a focus on Inclusion.

My guest is D&I consultant Toby Mildon, who I worked with when he was working at the BBC.  Our conversation has many levels of depth and covers a broad area, which makes it the perfect resource for any manager or leader wanting to get to grips with this critically important topic and also hear from Toby’s lived experience.

Here are some highlights from our conversation:-

• How Toby ‘fell’ into D&I
• The 10/90 Iceberg analogy
• The scope of diversity
• Micro aggressions and micro inequities – what’s the difference?
• Why some people don’t challenge micro-inequities
• Representation unpacked
• The criticality of representation (in leadership and throughout)
• Fear of causing offence and its impact
• Diversity washing a.k.a. window dressing – the rhetoric gap
• Calling out and calling in – what’s the difference?
• The ‘where D&I sits in the business’ conundrum
• One of the first questions Toby asks when consulting with new clients and the critical follow up question
• Essential elements to achieve ‘the golden standard’
• The difference between equity and equality
• Integrating D&I into ‘the way we do business – and a clear comparison
• The hierarchy, chronology and priorities of D&I

We ran out of time to cover intersectionality so here is a link to an explainer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1islM0ytkE

You can follow Toby on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobymildon/

Here are the links to Toby’s resources

Inclusive Growth Book UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inclusive-Growth-Future-proof-business-workplace/dp/178133448X

Inclusive Growth Book Australia - https://www.booktopia.com.au/inclusive-growth-toby-mildon/book/9781781334485.html 

Free workplace diversity assessment - https://mildon.scoreapp.com/  

Inclusive Growth Podcast - https://inclusivegrowthshow.buzzsprout.com/

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