385: How to Create a Belonging Environment with Traci Baxley [High Performing Women Series]

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4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Do you want to create a business where people feel like they belong and can bring their full authentic self? Do you want to foster an inclusive environment where people feel like their voices are being heard and valued? Do you want to attract the best talent and build a team of high performers?

Diversity does not just mean race. It is so much more layered in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, age differences, disability, sexuality, religion.

I'm thrilled to introduce you to my guest and BizChix Live Speaker Traci Baxley. Together, we talk about the need to belong, no matter your race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexuality or cultural background and WHY this topic is essential for us to consider as business owners and leaders.

Traci is the Founder and CEO of BrownSchooling, a unique consulting company that supports educators and business leaders in developing inclusive practices in classrooms and workspaces.

Traci is a TEDx Speaker and sought after consultant by top companies and schools. She has worked with traditionally marginalized groups for almost three decades.

Research shows that when you hire people from diverse backgrounds, you’re more likely to cultivate a workplace where creative ideas flourish. Traci shares statistics about how a diverse workforce significantly impacts the bottom line.

A diverse team that can consider and integrate different perspectives and points of view is a team where creativity rules and innovative ideas, solutions and products are developed.

In this episode, we discuss:

How to create a workplace environment where everyone on the team feels like their voices are heard and valued
The struggles that different races face in society and the importance of educating children and “social justice parenting”
What CEOs can do to attract more diversity into their businesses
Understanding your own implicit biases

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0:00.0	I'm honored to introduce you to Tracy Baxley and to announce her as a speaker at Biz Chicks Live,
0:13.7	our leadership conference for women entrepreneurs taking place this November.
0:19.3	Tracy will be sharing the importance of creating diversity in our business
0:23.6	and how to foster an environment of belonging and inclusion so that people can be their
0:30.8	authentic self in the workplace. Why is this topic important? Well, from my perspective, I want to grow a business where I am
0:40.7	attracting and retaining the best talent. And I don't want to miss out on enriching my team because
0:47.0	of things that I'm not even conscious that I am doing or projecting. I also want to make sure that as a community, the biz chicks
0:56.6	community, we are attracting a diverse group of women because research shows that when you bring
1:03.9	together people from diverse backgrounds and all types of diversity, right? The most creative ideas come out. And I've not only seen this
1:14.0	in the research, I've seen this in practice through my own work experience and in our masterminds.
1:19.7	That is one of the reasons why we attempt to create as much diversity as we can. And not just in
1:26.3	terms of race and ethnicity, but in terms of
1:29.9	all of the ways that you can create diversity in a group. I loved learning from Tracy in this
1:36.3	interview and she pushes back on me a few times, which I appreciate and welcomed.
1:45.1	Before we dig in, may I welcome you to the Biz Chicks podcast.
1:49.0	I'm your host, Natalie Eckdal.
1:51.2	I'm a business strategist, power napper, out-of-the-box thinker, author, speaker,
1:57.0	mother, MBA, and CEO of BizChicks, Inc. Our business is dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs
2:05.0	grow and scale their businesses while retaining more profit and creating more time for their
2:12.4	VIPs or very important people. My VIPs are my husband Mark and our three children ages five to
2:20.3	17. I have a very full life running a home, family, and this dream business where we coach
2:26.9	and mastermind with high performing women entrepreneurs. In case you're wondering, I don't
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