Photo above (left): Parm with Wesley J. Hall is a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, best known as a “Dragon” investor in the Canadian edition of the reality television series Dragons’ Den.
I had the pleasure of meeting Wes Hall, D.U., ICD.D, a few months ago at a leadership conference.
We had over 350 healthcare leaders attend a one-day conference to learn more about and unpack a vital topic – how to have necessary conversations about racism and discrimination.
. But man ohhhh man …. what an absolute blast it was leading the planning efforts and working with everyone who helped support this powerful full-day experience.Representation needs to be improved in board rooms, leadership teams and across all organizations. While there are many who are doing incredible work in creating inclusive and equitable workplaces, much more is needed to remove unconscious bias from policies, rules, standard operating procedures and more.
Trillium Health Partners is embracing cultural change and is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. A smashing leader address by CEO and President of THP Karli Farrow who touched on a lot! Including some brands who are doing representation right!
To help fix a system that’s been broken from the beginning!
Always stay connected to the WHY – personal and organizational. Representation at EVERY level in an organization matters – people are watching including employees, colleagues, clients/customers, the market, and future leaders. Unconscious bias exists for all of us. Let’s not condemn ourselves but be mindful of when it shows up. It starts and ends with you. Leverage your position, power and privilege to be allies for others, and pull them up. To serve the market, hire the market (this is a throwback insight from my Master of Communications capstone project. It came to the surface for me as I was drawn in by Wes’ stories).As we continue to break down barriers, I ask that we live, lead and include others with kindness in mind … because we have long way to go on this intentional equity path!
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