In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, I speak with Kellie McElhaney about her work at the Berkeley Haas Business School's Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership to develop equity-fluent leaders.

Through this conversation we speak about the work of her center, how she approaches teaching the "value" of diversity and inclusion, and breakdown the recent Bud Light and Target scandals.

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Timestamps
00:15 - Introduction to the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast
01:15 - Kellie McElhaney Introduction
02:20 - Setting up the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership at Haas Business School
03:15 - The Business Case for Diversity & Inclusion
04:50 - Topics of Agreement & Debate
05:05 - How the Anti-DEI Impacts Business (Leaders)
06:10 - Role of Academia to Build Capacity in DEI
07:45 - DEI, Branding, and Lessons from Bud Light Scandal
09:25 - Bud Light's Failed Strategy
10:45 - Why Nike Succeeds When it Takes a Stand
11:50 - Corporate Leadership, Values, and Having an Impact
13:15 - Finding Opportunity and Maintaining Progress
14:25 - The Next 10 Years
15:25 - Advice to DEI Professionals

About Kellie:
Kellie McElhaney is on the Berkeley Haas faculty as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and the Founding Director of the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership (EGAL).

Launched in November 2017, EGAL’s mission is to educate equity fluent leaders to ignite and accelerate change. Equity fluent leaders understand the value of different lived experiences and courageously use their power to address barriers, increase access, and drive change for positive impact. McElhaney helped develop the equity fluent leadership concept and teaches it across the country and around the world.

Follow Kellie:
Website: https://haas.berkeley.edu/equity/
LinkedIn:   / kelliemcelhaney  
Twitter:   / thekmack  

About Collective Responsibility
Based in Shanghai, Collective Responsibility is a strategic advisory firm founded by Richard Brubaker, one of Asia’s most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership.

Founded with the fundamental belief that a sustainable world can only be achieved through awareness of issues, finding tangibility in business cases, and development of cross-sector collaboration, Collective Responsibility acts as a knowledge base, catalyst, and facilitator between stakeholders.

Our mission is to:
– Create a knowledge base and catalyze discussion of issues related to the development of civil society, business sustainability and social development in Asia.
– Develop tangible interests, engagement, and action on issues of sustainability (economic, environmental and societal).
– Develop organizational capacity with the aim to help create stable and profitable enterprises.

Follow Us:
Website: http://www.coresponsibility.com
Facebook:   / collectivere.  .
LinkedIn:   / coll.  .
Twitter:   / beyondbau  
WeChat: http://www.coresponsibility.com/wechat/

Contact Us:
[email protected]