In this episode, Ashanti Bentil - Dhue talks to Birgit Neu about what skill and competencies she had to develop or nurture to carry out her role as a DEI practitioner.

“DEI and successful DEI plans, they're about storytelling. They're about bringing people on that journey with us. So people who are great communicators and understand how to motivate, inspire people and get them moving on that journey with us.”

Episode Highlights:

-The difference between working within an organization doing DEI work is and working with multiple organizations and an external partner. 

-The competencies Birgit had to develop to carry out her role.

-Things that surprised Birgit about working in the field that didn’t know about before she started.

And so much more!

About Birgit Neu:

Birgit Neu is a senior DEI advisor and the former Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at HSBC, with a broad career spanning multiple sectors including digital, retail, publishing and financial services. She has been named in LinkedIn’s Top 10 UK Voices for Gender Equity 2022, Top 20 Diversity Professionals in Industry 2020 by the Global Diversity List, and was Head of Diversity of the Year at the 2019 European Diversity Awards. Birgit is a founding member of the 30% Club’s Strategy Best Practices Working Group focussing on commercial DEI best practices, and is a regular contributor to thought leadership and advisory groups across different aspects of DEI and ESG for leading organisations worldwide.

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