This episode is a straightforward conversation in which Carolyn discusses the racial challenges that she encountered throughout her educational and professional career, the lack of follow-through or lip service that can occur with corporate diversity initiatives, what needs to change to make them effective, and more. This episode challenged me to think about my own mental frameworks and the difficulty that certain people have to endure to advance forward.
My guest this week is entrepreneur Carolyn Hardy. The first episode I released for this podcast was with Carolyn, and that episode is one of the most downloaded podcast episodes to date.
If you listened to episode 1, you will hear how Carolyn said that her purpose has now shifted to help open more doors that should have been opened by now. I felt it was best to have a second conversation to understand better what she was saying in detail. Thankfully, Carolyn agreed to have this conversation.
This episode is a straightforward conversation in which Carolyn discusses the racial challenges that she encountered throughout her educational and professional career, the lack of follow-through or lip service that can occur with corporate diversity initiatives, what needs to change to make them effective, and more. This episode challenged me to think about my own mental frameworks and the difficulty that certain people have to endure to advance forward.
- 2:38 Target on your back
- 2:50 Don’t give people ammo
- 5:02 Don’t let someone run you out
- 5:26 Forced to be perfect
- 7:45 Who don’t you leave?
- 10:02 Someone you would hate to lose
- 11:04 Mindset
- 17:50 Don’t let them get in your head
- 21:16 Always doing business a certain way
- 26:00 Gatekeeper
- 26:50 Skilled workforce
- 29:31 Education
- 30:25 Equal Opportunity
- 30:33 No Lip-service
- 31:34 Starts at the top
- 33:28 Diversity on corporate boards
- 38:05 Why do we keep doing the same thing over and over again
- 41:08 What creates sustainability
- 45:58 Smile, shake hands, then be sent to the gatekeeper
- 46:20 Life is too short
- 47:12 You can’t take it personally
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