38. Tamara Makoni on inclusive leadership, growing up black but different, and not competing with each other

Tamara Makoni is the Founder & CEO of Kazuri Consulting. She is an inclusion & culture advisor, facilitator and speaker who helps organisations use diversity, equity and inclusion to empower diverse teams and achieve strategic objectives.

Today we explore how we can be more inclusive as leaders by unpacking our pasts and confronting our unconscious biases. As black leaders, we think a lot about whether or not we’re being included, understood and empowered to thrive but don’t always see how we aren’t including others who may have different economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, ethnicity, etc. We unpack why that is, our unconscious biases and what we need to do differently to bring about holistic inclusion on our teams.

Topics discussed:

* DEI and intersectionality

* Our personal stories about growing up black but different, including my own unconscious biases about Tamara!

* How colonisation, apartheid and slavery created mindsets of lack and competition for limited roles

* How black and African culture creates fierce in-group and out-group mentalities that make it difficult for outsides to fit in

* The mindset shift that will empower us to be more self-aware and inclusive

* Advice for how to better support the underrepresented members of our teams

Find Tamara on Kazuri Consulting, LinkedIn, YouTube and read her article on DEI and intersectionality

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