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Dec 2023
49m 27s

Shared Power and DEI Work Done Different...

Racheal Cook MBA: Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Business Growth Strategist
About this episode
You’ve seen and heard about it from the hiring room to the Hollywood screen. For the last few years, every workplace imaginable has been discussing and trying to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion by implementing DEI practices in their company. But Mia Henry, founder and CEO of Freedom Lifted, sees a flaw in the way these concepts often get applied. H ... Show More
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