Diversity Archives - Diverse Minds

LGBTQI+ History Month

4th February 2020

Celebrating LGBTQI+ History Month In today’s episode of the Diverse Minds podcast, I talk about LGBTQI+ History Month, and I am delighted to be joined by the wonderful Michelle Codrington-Rogers. About my guest Michelle Codrington-Rogers is a teacher of citizenship at a large school in Oxford. As a first-generation, UK-born, Vincentian bred she is proud of her family and cultural heritage. She is an active trade unionist and was the first full-time Black Students Officer for NUS. Currently, she is…

Body Positivity and how to be an ally with Sarah-Daisy Burnard

14th January 2020

Leyla O

Body Positivity, Diversity, Mental Health, Podcast, Wellbeing

It’s National Obesity Week, so I wanted to take a different perspective and talk about Body Positivity on this week’s episode. To help me with this, I am joined by Sarah-Daisy Burnard who hosts the podcast Shake the Tree. About my guest Sarah is a 43-year-old mother of 4 with one more on the way. Having grown up in Oxford, she describes herself as a dual heritage having a Mauritian mother and English Jewish father. Sarah has always felt a…

Inclusive Leadership is a journey not a final destination

8th February 2019

Leyla O

Diversity, Events, Leadership, News, Uncategorized

This week I presented at the TetraMap® UK Development Day on inclusive leadership. The presentation followed-on from a paper I co-authored with Anne Clews, Head of Performance Learning at Curium Solutions, entitled Empowering Inclusive Leaders for a Diverse World. In the last five years there has been significant discussion on the topic of Inclusive Leadership. Bothwick and Sweeney’s book Inclusive Leadership published October 2016 followed by Frost and Alidina’s book published this month entitled Building an Inclusive Organisation shows the…

Get on Board: Why diversity on boards matters

25th January 2019

Leyla O

Diversity, Leadership, News

This week I attended the University of Leeds Council Meeting, from the other side of the table. What do I mean by this? I used to be a member of Council as a Student Union Officer in 2003-2004. November last year I was asked to become a Council member (equivalent to a trustee). I was filled with joy. You may think, why? Firstly, it was my alma matter, so I was honoured. Secondly, as I run my own business it’s…

Add a sprinkling of culture in the workplace

2nd June 2018

Leyla O

Culture, Diversity, Leadership, News

What’s culture got to do with me? In March I was a guest presenter at Team Management System Development International (TMSDI) network member forum. I was speaking about culture and the Team Management Profile. Personal culture has always been something that I am cognoscente of in everything that I do. Why? As I describe myself as an inside-outsider. I am British, but was born in the USA, am Asian with East African heritage. Growing up in more of an Eastern cultural context…