Addressing Power Inequity in Corporate Environments with Patrice Gordon and Jeffrey Van Dyk - EP#23

How do we get more people’s voices heard - especially in corporate environments where power usually stays concentrated at the top? That’s a question that Patrice Gordon is helping to address with a novel approach to “reverse mentorship.” Typically reverse mentorship is when a junior employee mentors a senior leader in an organization. Patrice is using it specifically to address power inequity, giving People of Color, LGBTQ peole and others whose voices are typically marginalized the opportunity to share their expeirence, first hand, with a senior leader (who is often cis geneder, white, and male). In this conversation, Patrice shares her experience of pioneering this approach at Virgin Atlantic, some of the pit-falls people can fall into when setting this up in their organizations, and the hard-won lessons that create success. Patrice is an emerging leader whose voice is being amplified by TED, Brene Brown, and in her forthcoming book: ‘Reverse Mentoring: Removing barriers and building a more inclusive workplace,” which will be published in November, 2022.

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