My Inclusion Story: Who Are You Brian Fishbone?

About this episode

Brian Fishbone shares his personal journey and professional background in an interview with Mike Cohen.

In this episode of the Inclusion on Demand podcast, employment lawyer and inclusion advocate Mike Cohen interviews host Brian Fishbone about his formative years, coming out as a gay man, his professional “origin story” in corporate training, and what drives him to help others do, be, and feel better every day. Michael S. Cohen is a partner in Duane Morris’ Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. Michael concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law training and counseling. Michael regularly conducts in excess of 200 trainings each year. Michael has been cited as a national authority on employment issues by The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today, MSNBC.com, HR Magazine, SHRM On-Line, Employment Law 360, Inside Counsel Magazine, as well as many other publications. Brian also interviewed him on this very podcast about moving from preventative to transformative inclusion, and he’s recently launched his own podcast called Like a Boss, which is all about empathy-driven leadership. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Michael Cohen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelscohen12/ Michael Cohen’s bio on his firm’s web…

People in this episode

Host: Brian Fishbone

Guest: Mike Cohen

Topics covered

• inclusion
• employment law
• corporate training
• personal story
• leadership

Keywords

• gay man
• origin story
• transformative inclusion
• empathy-driven leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Like a Boss podcast

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