Diversity, Equity & Inclusion For Consultants

with DEI Consultant Sandhya Jha

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts as a consultant.

You can do diversity, equity, and inclusion in ways that aren’t "just obligatory” but are actually life-giving and create joy within the workplace. And whether you’re a DEI Consultant or not, there are ways you can support this work and contribute to creating more equitable workplaces with your clients. Learn how in this episode.

Key areas discussed in this episode

2:55 One of Sandhya’s favorite client transformations
4:02 Asserting boundaries around your intellectual property
5:56 The three distinct issues that make up DEI (and what her work entails as a DEI consultant)
7:10 How Sandhya started doing this work and who she works with
9:00 What made DEI work take off for organizations
14:50 How you can be more helpful in DEI work as a consultant
21:42 Leveraging privilege to help other people
25:46 How hybrid workplaces are making things more and less equitable
28:19 Creating awareness of each other’s cultures in culturally sensitive ways
34:09 What the work of inclusion really lays the ground for