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On this episode of Steps to Change we’re exploring the current headwinds that are challenging DEI efforts and ways to address them. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts have been under a lot of scrutiny lately, from leadership, reduced budgets, a flurry of Executive Orders and more. But that doesn’t mean that DEI is simply going away. On this episode we’re joined by Evelyn Espinal, the founder and CEO of IDEAS GLOBAL. She shares her insight and wisdom on ways to navigate these challenges and how to continue developing the work.
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Evelyn Espinal: CEO / Founder IDEAS GLOBAL

As a thought-leader in the Human Resources industry, Evelyn is a senior executive focused on Organization Design, Leadership Development, Change Management, Executive Coaching, Cultural Transformation and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. As a senior executive she has transformatively impacted Fortune 50 multinational companies spanning six continents (Unilever, BlackRock, J&J, Pfizer, Novartis, Verizon); over 200k employees across 100 countries; and managed direct leadership of the talent agenda for a 21.4-billion-dollar supply chain.

Notably, she served as the Chief HR Officer for Mexico and the Caribbean which was a 2 Billion dollar business with nearly 10,000 employees and one of Unilever’s top 10 growth markets. Most recently she served four years as Vice President and Global Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Unilever, shaping the agenda for 149k employees, the Executive Leadership Team, Human Resources and Business Resource Groups.

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On this episode, we’re exploring the question: Does DEI need to be rebranded to be successful? We’ll talk about the headwinds that are continuing to challenge the industry, globally, and explore why simply ‘rebranding’ DEI may or may not be a solution that’s useful to the overall cause of DEI. Our guest on this episode is Dr. Gillian Shapiro, from Shapiro Consulting, and one of the authors of the Inclusive Leadership Competencies. Gilly shares her insight of working in the inclusion space for over twenty years, and explores approaches to support getting buy-in from leaders to continue DEI strategies during challenging times.

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Gillian Shapiro:

Gilly is a highly accomplished executive coach, leadership and organisational development consultant working with clients across multiple sectors globally. She has thirty years-experience in complex change, strategy and culture development, diversity, equity and inclusion. She supports leaders, teams and organisations to be more impactful and productive in their relationships and achieve a stronger sense of wellbeing, purpose and belonging. Gilly first published her research on inclusive leadership in 2011. She is an external Guardian Trustee of a global employee-owned business and faculty member of the prestigious International Gestalt Organisational Leadership and Development programme (iGOLD).

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During this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how bias might show up during the recruitment process. We explore how different types of biases can impact our ability to recruit a diverse pipeline and consider what strategies organizations can take to reduce biases impact in recruitment. On this episode we’re joined by Sarah-Jane Georges a Client Relationship Director from the UKE region.


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During this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how to support your employees through change and challenging times of disruption. We explore how world events, internal changes, acquisitions, and mergers can all upend employee focus, engagement, and security within the workplace. We then take a deep dive through the Steps to Change model and explore how our interactive learning approach supports developing the skills required to manage and navigate challenging times. On this episode we’re joined by Jennie O’Reilly our New Contact Development Director from the UKE region.

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During this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing our programs that explore challenges faced by members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the workplace. We reflect on how designing content through the lens of the LGBTQIA+ community has had a positive impact for our clients and their employee population and how we helped them achieve change through by using our Steps to Change methodology. On this episode we’re joined by Tarun Jain, a Project & Design Manager from our India region.

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During this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how to support an organization’s employees to maintain a healthy amount of resliance. We discuss what might cause an individual to have lower levels of resilience, how to identify when they are running low on resilience, and ways to rebalance resilience within an organization. On this episode we’re joined by Anike Bello, a Project & Design Manager from our UKE region.

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During this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how organizations establish and maintain their company's culture. We explore why it’s crucial to have a shared understanding of what the values actually mean to make the culture live. And we take a deeper dive into how we use a drama-based learning approach to support individual and collective development of the skills, mindsets and behaviors needed to support the culture everyday within the business. On this episode we're joined by Mark Shillabeer, the Director of Digitial & Virtual as well as our Quality & Innovation director based in the UKE.

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During this episode of Steps to Change we’re reflecting on how the working landscape and environment has progressed for women over the past several decades. We’ll spend some time exploring what challenges women have faced, historically, in the workplace, the progress that’s been made to support a more equitable working environment and the challenges still faced today. Throughout the discussion will reference how we approach designing and delivering change programs that support women in the workplace and take a deeper dive, through the lens of our Steps to Change methodology, into how we partner with organizations around the globe to support their women in the business. On this episode we’re joined by Liz Jones, our Country Head of the US, who shares her experience of working the corporate world as a woman over her career, the changes she’s experienced and her outlook for continued progress to come.


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