The Rhythm of Diversity & Inclusion
Dr. Shawn Andrews is the pioneer of the Rhythm of Diversity & Inclusion, a breakthrough approach to help businesses enhance their leadership effectiveness, culture, and talent management. Through her 4-pillar system, Dr. Andrews helps organizations eradicate biases, drive inclusivity, tap their talent, and cultivate great leaders. Given her life-long experience as a drummer, music serves as a fun, relevant, and unifying theme throughout.
Pillar #1: The Silent Beat of Bias
What holds you back in your career? Bias is a deep-seated resistance to the “different”. We all have biases based on our upbringing, background, religion, the media we consume, etc. The real issue with bias is that it affects how we interact with one another and leads to ill-informed and suboptimal decisions. This pillar helps you minimize bias in people and processes.
Pillar #2: Driving Diversity & Inclusion
Is your culture diverse and inclusive? As a global society, we are becoming more diverse every day. Today, many companies are striving to be more diverse & inclusive but are falling short. Why? Because most companies are not doing the right kinds of activities, not doing enough activities, or are only addressing one piece of the issue. Programs and policies are great, but inclusion is always demonstrated in behaviors. This pillar shows you how to attract and keep talent by boosting the benefits of diversity.
Pillar #3: Tap into Gender
Are you effectively managing your talent? All your talent? The reason we don’t see more women leading our global businesses has nothing to do with skills, knowledge or competencies of women. It has everything to do with our perceptions of women as leaders, workers, mothers, and wives. This pillar explores the top barriers for women and how to combat them.
Pillar #4: Embrace EQ
Is your leadership gender balanced? Emotional intelligence assessments have found men and women to have different EQ strengths. These differences often advantage men and disadvantage women at work. This pillar outlines the ideal profile of great leaders.
