Episode 08 - How can I use Leader Character to further the EDI Agenda?

Summary: In this episode Mary and I welcome our special guest Natacha Prudent, Director of Leadership, Performance and Talent Management at Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Our focus is Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and we discuss Natasha and Mary’s experiences linking EDI with Leader Character at CBSA to make progress on this critical initiative. We begin by discussing how each dimension of character impacts the EDI Agenda, how EDI tests Character and how Character, thus tested, must rise to the challenge of supporting EDI. Natacha shares her personal experiences with Leader Character, and how it is a central part of her personal leadership development. We discuss emotional tax, recognizing privilege (Bill and Mary provide personal examples), political correctness, unconscious bias, and why color blindness is not enough. Natasha shares how Leader Character is practically linked to EDI initiatives, and how you know when your organization is making progress. If your organization is considering an EDI initiative, or in the midst of an EDI program, then Leader Character is an indispensable ally to making it work. (Running time ~1 hour 12 minutes)