Who’s at your table? Whether it be in the conference room or the staff lounge, workplace culture is defined by the people who sit around its tables. In this LinkedIn Live event, my good friend Lisa Gates and I discuss ways to help create inclusion in the workplace. Lisa is the founder of Story Happens Here, where she coaches and empowers women to control their narrative and amplify their influence in the workplace.

We all have a responsibility to identify and interrupt bias in the workplace. What do you do when a coworker makes a comment that gets under your skin? Lisa begins our conversation about responding to microaggressions by sharing an excerpt from my new book, UNBIAS: Addressing Unconscious Bias at Work. We talk through the PAUSE tool – a strategy that helps people navigate these situations in healthy and constructive ways. PAUSE allows us to confront without being confrontational.

“Stacey’s book sounds just like her. If you’re in a company where leadership has not embraced [diversity, equity, and inclusion], these are tactics you can use right now in your workplace, where you’re dealing with the daily paper cuts of bias.” Lisa Gates

Lisa also asks me about the Framework, a strategy that we developed to help organizations effectively address bias in their workplace. Last year, organizations scrambled to jump into action in response to George Floyd’s murder. The Framework, discussed in detail in my book, defines the integral steps that make that action more authentic and effective. Finally, we explore what the advocacy stage of the framework looks like, and what’s necessary to keep an inclusive workplace going.

Don’t miss all the goods! Watch our chat in its entirety.

Want the full story? Pre-order UNBIAS: Addressing Unconscious Bias at Work (it releases at the end of this month!)