If you are struggling with the problem of code-switching in the workplace, diversity expert Buki Mosaku and recruitment experts Harrison Holgate are holding a diversity and inclusion webinar on June 10 to give you the solutions.
Don’t let racial and gender inequality and code-switching tear apart your team. Instead, learn how you can help your employees embrace their unique identities and value one another’s.
Buki Mosaku of DiverseCity Think Tank, a diversity business consultant based in London, has been confirmed as the special guest in the latest webinar from specialist inclusion recruitment experts, Harisson Holgate. The webinar will be held this Thursday, the 10th of June.
Go to https://www.linkedin.com/posts/buki-mosaku-a91162_di-webinar-with-buki-mosaku-10th-june-activity-6805753946506833920-Sdkr to find out more.
The announcement of this webinar follows on from a recent investigation conducted by the Harvard Business Review, in which they stated that code-switching is one of the key dilemmas faced by minority employees when dealing with the issue of race, gender and sexual orientation in the workplace.
As such, Buki Mosaku in collaboration with Meera Joshi, the head of the Diversity and Inclusion department at Harrison Holgate, is proud to present this webinar titled, ‘Giving yourself the best opportunity to reach the top (or gaining an understanding of Code-Switching and its impact on your career)’.
The webinar is to be held via zoom on June 10 at 11.00 am London time, GMT+1. If you would like to register for this informative webinar you can do so at https://lnkd.in/dT8rm4w
An area that is increasingly drawing attention for its implications in the workplace, code-switching refers to the process by which people of minority backgrounds and marginalised groups ‘switch’ the way they talk, behave and dress in order to mirror the dominant racial, gender and socioeconomic makeup of a workplace.
It can involve a person trying to change their accent, normal patterns of speech and word choices, and while it can be advantageous from a career perspective it tends to be extremely damaging on a personal level.
Buki Mosaku believes that code-switching is not a choice, but something that is forced upon minorities by the dominant culture in a workplace and is often mandated through behaviours like micro-aggressions.
Ultimately he believes that the need for code-switching can ultimately lead to various forms of Stockholm Syndrome(including, racial, heterosexual, 'gendering'/'patriarchal' Stockholm Syndrome) in which victims of bias, bond with the perpetrators of this bias and in the process lose their sense of identity and self-worth.
The purpose of this webinar is to teach business owners, team leaders and human resources managers, such as yourself, how you can reverse the trend towards code-switching by creating a workplace environment that values and embraces diversity at all levels.
Buki Mosaku is a leading diversity and inclusion consultant based in London and Author of the forthcoming book, I don't Understand: A Practical Guide to Navigating Bias in the Workplace. He has worked extensively with a number of prolific companies as a communications expert, trainer and coach.
A spokesperson said of the upcoming webinar, “Join us for an interactive discussion during which we will discuss the development and progression of underrepresented groups’ career paths and the impact of code-switching on corporate life.”
Code-switching creates an unwinnable tug of war between the desire to fit in and excel at work and the desire to be ones’ self. Don’t let yourself or your employees fall victim to this problematic phenomenon. Instead, let Buki Mosaku and the Harrison Holgate team teach you how to establish inclusive behaviours in your workplace.
If you would like to learn more about how you can encourage inclusion visit https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meerajoshi_diversityandinclusion-diversityinleadership-activity-6801083069999656960-wfMl https://www.navigatingbias.com and sign up for your place in the webinar today.
