Episode 13: Creating workplaces where diversity & well-being unite - with Ashanti Bentil - Dhue

This episode has been a long time coming - I've been wanting to cover this subject and understand the conversation better myself for many months so I'm thrilled to have Ashanti Bentil - Dhue on the podcast talking all about creating diverse workplaces where the honest conversations go deep! Ashanti is Founder and CEO at EventMind, a market leader in the virtual meetings and events sector. EventMind provides training, consultancy and delivery for businesses looking to engage virtually with their audience and community.  EventMind specialises in creating diverse digital communities and events, with access to 300 event technologies. Ashanti is currently a judge on a number of awards panels, including the Eventex Awards, Independent Publisher Awards and the Virtual Event Institute Awards. Ashanti and her team is organising a 2-day corporate well-being event called Wellness Engaged – aimed at how to take a holistic approach to managing mental health in the workplace. Get your FREE ticket here We cover A LOT in this chat so get ready....we talk about: - How we can raise our awareness around diversity as individuals and a collective - What diversity and inclusion looks like currently in the UK workplace (hint- it’s bad!) and how we can start to address this - How well-being intersects with diversity - what showing up to work well means for people when they are able to be themselves fully - How a toxic workplace culture can affect the white male as much as the black woman – we need to look at workplace culture and how to accept ALL - Where courage and self-awareness in business leaders comes in (this is where the work starts) - How our perceptions impact our conscious bias – we know we have them but have we faced them? (this looks like how we react when we see certain types of people who present for interview) - And finally Why D&I is becoming essential for businesses to adopt – it's what the next gen of employees will expect and what our society needs  You can find out more about Ashanti's work here. twitter  linkedin  instagram https://www.eventmindpro.com/