May 22, 2023

112 - Inclusive Processes & “Sneaky DEIB”: GoDaddy’s VP of Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging, Kristy Lilas

Kristy Lilas (Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging) joined us on The Modern People Leader. 

We talked about how to identify the processes at your company that aren’t inclusive or equitable and sneaky ways you can incorporate DEIB into programs that already exist.

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Timestamps:

(3:25) Good news stories

(6:59) Her journey into DIB work

(12:05) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at GoDaddy

(15:30) The biggest blockers to progress in DEIB work today

(17:30) The forming, storming, norming, and performing phases that teams go through

(21:15) Hybrid work and it’s potential to undo some of the progress that we’ve made

(26:03) How to mitigate biases in a hybrid setting

(28:10) How to evaluate all of your processes to improve DEI

(32:55) Creating a heat map of all of your processes and where there are the biggest gaps related to DEI

(36:15) The great pause

(40:15) Sneaky DEIB

(47:15) Rapid fire questions

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