Jennifer Brown: The Importance of Allyship

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 10 a.m.

Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker and diversity & inclusion expert. She’s the Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC), a strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm that coaches business leaders worldwide on critical issues of talent and workplace strategy. 

A passionate advocate for social equality who helps businesses foster healthier, more productive workplace cultures, Jennifer’s book Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change inspires leadership to embrace the opportunity that diversity represents & empowers advocates to drive change that resonates in today’s world. Her second book, How to Be an Inclusive Leader, is a shortlist O.W.L. Award and Nautilus Book Award winner in Business categories, and provides a step-by-step guide for the personal and emotional journey we must undertake to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Together, we discussed the implications of the Black Lives Matter movement to workplaces; how organizations are & perhaps more importantly, should be responding. The importance of not sacrificing yourself to make others feel comfortable at a time when sharing yourself with the world has never been easier. And in our increasingly-polarized culture, the stakes have never been higher. We close with an incredible discussion surrounding allyship & the resilience business leaders need to push through change fatigue. 

We had an awesome conversation & I hope you enjoy it.

Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker and diversity and inclusion expert. She is the Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC), a strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm that coaches business leaders worldwide on critical issues of talent and workplace strategy. She is a passionate advocate for social equality who helps businesses foster healthier, more productive workplace cultures.

Her book Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change (2016) will inspire leadership to embrace the opportunity that diversity represents and empower advocates to drive change that resonates in today’s world. Jennifer's second book, How to Be an Inclusive Leader, is a shortlist O.W.L. Award and Nautilus Book Award winner in Business categories, and provides a step-by-step guide for the personal and emotional journey we must undertake to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

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