Aggie Mutuma: Why 'Treating Everyone the Same' is Hurting Your Business

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company In this enlightening episode of Negotiate Anything, host Kwame Christian invites Aggie Mutuma, founder of Mahogany Inclusion Partners, to discuss the nuances of diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. Aggie shares her wealth of experience from her two and a half decades working with people teams and her profound understanding of diversity and inclusion. Through authentic conversations, Aggie reveals how embracing differences can foster a more inclusive and productive work environment. Tune in to explore the powerful message that being "different like me" can bridge gaps and create deeper human connections. Key Takeaways: Redefining Belonging and Inclusion: Learn Aggie's insightful definitions of belonging and inclusion, and why not everyone in an organization may desire a sense of belonging. Humanizing Difficult Conversations: Discover strategies for retaining humanity in tough discussions and why vulnerability and forgiveness are crucial in such interactions. Celebrating Differences: Understand how viewing differences as a beautiful and connecting factor can transform workplace dynamics and foster authentic relationships. Connect with Aggie Follow Aggie on LinkedIn Work with Aggie Contact ANI Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn The Ultimate Negotiation Guide Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race! Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Kwame Christian and you are about to step into the world of Negotiate Anything,
0:06.2	the number one negotiation podcast in the world where we teach you how to make difficult conversations easier while getting more of what you want in the process.
0:14.7	Each episode is packed with practical tips and strategies from the experts.
0:19.5	We delve into negotiation, conflict resolution,
0:22.7	and leadership skills that are crucial in both business and in life. Whether you're closing a deal,
0:28.3	managing a team, or navigating personal relationships, negotiate anything provides you with the tools
0:33.9	you need to succeed. Our conversations are real, relatable, and most importantly, rooted
0:39.8	in practicality. So if you're ready to transform your conversations and elevate your negotiation skills,
0:46.2	join me on Negotiate Anything. Subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you love to
0:52.7	listen. Let's make every conversation a winning negotiation.
0:59.0	Aggie, thanks for joining us today. Thank you for having me, Kwame. It's my pleasure. So how
1:04.6	would you get started by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do? Sure, no problem.
1:09.3	So I'll start with myself outside of my profession. I am a
1:14.1	British-born woman of Zimbabwean parentage, and I say that because that all connects to who I am today
1:20.6	and I guess probably a lot of my mindset as well. I am a mother of two beautiful girls, 17 and 13. They keep me very busy, as I'm sure you can
1:29.6	imagine at that age. And they also teach me a lot about the world and how they see the world
1:35.6	so differently to how I see the world and again, how I probably saw the world quite differently
1:40.9	to my parents as well. And then professionally, I spent two
1:45.0	and a half decades in the people space. So leading people teams for organizations, some you'll
1:50.7	recognize over the pond, as we call it. So McDonald's restaurants, others you may not recognize,
1:56.7	such as Tesco Stores Limited, which is almost like the Walmart of the UK, I will suggest, and then other retailers.
2:03.8	And my last role was as a group people director for an international organization.
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