Just Stop Misspelling My Name!
Mita Mallick
On a mission to fix what’s broken in our workplaces | Wall Street Journal & USA TODAY Best Selling Author | Thinkers 50 Radar List | Using the power of storytelling to transform brands & businesses | LinkedIn Top Voice
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Just Stop Misspelling My Name!
I have a lot of patience in helping people pronounce my name. I have little to no patience left for people misspelling my name in company announcements, newsletters, invites, social media posts or more. I share with Dee a recent story that happened during my book launch. And how I am not apologizing for someone misspelling my name in large public settings.
Join us to find out more as we spill the tea and help you navigate this workplace situation.
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With Much Love and Gratitude, Mita & Dee
PS- I am now an author! If you love Brown Table Talk, you will love my new book “Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace.” Because I am saying all the quiet parts out loud of what holds us back from making our organizations more inclusive.?
Order my book now: Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace by Mita Mallick Mita Mallick is a corporate change-maker with a track record of transforming businesses. Her passion for inclusive storytelling led her to become a Chief Diversity Officer, to build end to end inclusion ecosystems across big and small organizations. In her first book "Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace" Mita is saying all the quiet parts out loud of what holds us back from making meaningful progress in this work.?
Some of her myths include: "I am all for diverse talent. As long as they are good." and "Of course we support women. We just extended maternity leave" and "These DEI efforts don’t benefit me. My voice as a white man doesn’t count anymore." Each myth opens with a powerful story and then she leaves us with practical and actionable advice and tips on how to show up differently to work. It's a must have resource for anyone invested in building more inclusive cultures.
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President & CEO @ PAI | International Development, Public Health, Gender Equality, Human Rights
10 个月I love, love, love this podcast (and your shout outs) and what you have achieved and inspired with these conversations! And spot on, BTW, it WAS NOT LUCK, it WAS and IS HARD WORK. When Brown women achieve, it is because you/they/we EARNED IT! Dee C. Marshall and Mita Mallick keep making it happen and I am sharing connects to some amazing Brown women in my network who inspire, embrace and, when we need it, ask them or they see they should, will speak up and push open doors in support of our sisterhood. Plus, they are incredible leaders to know! Angela Bruce-Raeburn, MPA, M.A., MACSP. Vineeta Gupta, MD, JD, LLM Aila Malik Anu Kumar Lysa Ratliff Jaya Saxena Latanya Mapp Frett Neeraja Bhavaraju Roopa Dhatt Kate Onyejekwe Tara Abrahams Cydney Bunn.
Chief Scientist @ Aleria, President @ ARC, Adjunct @ NYU. Best-selling author, entrepreneur, public speaker
10 个月Brilliant episode - the same thing just happened to me today ?? It happens all the time, both in writing and pronouncing it. What perplexes me is that often people apologize and say they are bad at names. But then if you know that you are bad at names, why not just cut-and-paste from my email, my social media profile, my blog...???? I agree with what you and Dee (and your husband) said, a lot of it is laziness, which is really a form of respect.