The Anti-DEI Movement: January C3 Answer the Call to Conscious Leadership
Karen Huller
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There’s no better way to kick off the new year and Black History Month than to lean into the escalating conversation around DEI inspired by Claudine Gay's testimony to Congress on Harvard's code of conduct and her subsequent resignation for plagiarism. ?
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Human Resources leader Vince Blando , Respect-based Corporate Culture Advocate and Architect Mark Babbit , and C3 Co-founder and Conscious Leadership Consultant Lawrence Henderson , and I dove right into the hard questions.
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Is there a right and a wrong way to look at DEI?
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Here are some other questions we tackled. Join the C3 community on LinkedIn to watch the replay and hear how they were answered:
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?If in conscious leadership everyone has a voice, do we also have to allow dissidents of DEI to have a voice?
?Have “we” as a society done enough to create equitable opportunity?
?Where could we be without this resistance?
?What are some possible causes for this resistance and the escalation of the resistance?
?What are the political implications of this resistance?
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?What is BMS?
?What is the distinction between Affirmative Action and DEI?
?What question is at the heart of why these initiatives started?
?How do acronyms and buzzwords become vilified and weaponized?
?What does that look like??
?What is the development deficiency in leadership that is the likely cause of failed DEI programs, resistance to DEI, and corporate cultures that don’t value equity and how can we fill that gap?
?Can DEI be executed in a way that does not discriminate against Boomer white males?
?Where do you have to start to be effective at DEI?
?How do you get DEI on the table as a necessity?
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This was only half of the questions we discussed! After you [join C3] and watch the replay, I would love to know if this incredibly critical and authentic conversation resonated with you or if you have a point of view that wasn’t represented that you want to discuss further. Comment below.
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