Pocket Sized Pep Talks

Race Rule In Business

Episode Summary

To be successful in business and navigate positive professional relationships, you need to know how to connect with people and build trust, and that means cuing into race relations as well. Author Fatimah Gilliam sits down with Rob and explains how business professionals and leaders in the 21st century need to understand the rules of engagement across racial lines to establish trust. That means learning how to communicate, interact, and engage in ways that aren’t racially insensitive and offensive.

Episode Notes

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you'll learn:

• A couple of classic mistakes that fall into the unconscious incompetent arena.  That means operating in an area where we don't know what we don't know.
• How her book, Race Rules is helpful for businesspeople, and leaders.
• Some ways people unknowingly offend business associates of color that can tarnish relationships and derail trust.
• A few examples or comments white people say that unintentionally offend or annoy clients and business associates.
• The downside of not following the rules in Fatimah's book. 
• The “Bedrock Race Rule” that helps drive equitable decision making.  

To Learn More About This Author:

Email              info@theazaragroup.com

Website           www.fatimahgilliam.com

LinkedIn         www.linkedin.com/in/fatimahgilliam

Twitter            @fatimahgilliam

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