In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by Sheree Atcheson, Group Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion at Valtech, to discuss why diversity and inclusion don't happen in the workplace.

Listed as one of the UK's Top Most Influential Women in Tech & an international multi-award winner for her services to Diversity & Inclusion in industry, Sheree is a Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, currently working at Valtech; Advisory Board Member, Women Who Code; Contributor, Forbes. She is the Author of "Demanding More" (with Kogan Page Publishing) - a book which aims to teach readers about how deliberate exclusion has been in systems and society, so we can be purposefully and deliberately inclusive moving forward.

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Episode highlights

00:00 Intro

02:30 Sheree’s journey to Group Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion at Valtech

07:00 Becoming one of the UK's Top Most Influential Women in Tech

12:46 Learn to actively support underrepresented talent

17:38 How Sheree holds her global leaders accountable

20:02 Stopping anglosphere exceptionalism in DnI

22:24 How Sheree overcame bias against her in her career

27:20 How to best work with your DnI team

32:24 HR Leaders quick-fire round

36:05 Outro

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Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen, with Sheree Atcheson

HR Leaders

Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen, with Sheree Atcheson