108. The Inconvenience of Inclusion

About this episode

Annie Gichuru explores the concept of inconvenience as a barrier to racial inclusion in business.

What if the real obstacle to racial inclusion in your business isn't your busy schedule, your fear or your lack of training? What if it's something we've been culturally trained to avoid: inconvenience itself? In this episode I share a question I asked one of the members inside our ALLY membership. Does inclusion ever feel like an inconvenience to you? Her answer is one you'll want to tune for. It surfaced a gap I have been observing in the online coaching industry for years. There's a gap be...

People in this episode

Host: Annie Gichuru

Guest: ALLY member

Topics covered

• racial inclusion
• business culture
• coaching industry
• inconvenience
• diversity

Keywords

• inclusion
• racial diversity
• business obstacles
• coaching
• cultural training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ALLY

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