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Ever wondered why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is crucial for an organization's growth and development? Well, we've got the right person to discuss it. 

Meet Maria Morukian - a DEI consultant from Washington D.C. Maria's bicultural and multilingual upbringing, coupled with her family's experience as refugees, fueled her fascination with diverse cultural value systems. Throughout the episode, she unravels her journey to DEI work and shares the evolution of the DEI landscape over the past nine years, and beyond.

Maria talks about:

• The challenges leaders often encounter while making changes to their behaviours
• The performative approach to DEI, and its hindrances
• How altering power dynamics can provide more opportunities for those who have experienced harm
• How intergroup dialogue, storytelling, and perspective-taking can be instrumental in creating a harmonious community. 

Maria touches upon the emotional labor and the lack of mental downtime in this work, the complexities of DEI and social justice work, as well as the critical role of future DEI practitioners. 

Maria also enlightens us on the power of emotional intelligence learned from the most unexpected sources - our children - in creating an understanding community in our multicultural society. This episode is a must-listen for those interested in understanding DEI and its impact on our current social fabric.

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The Culture Ministrywe specialise in building sustainable businesses through productive and effective work cultures.

We do this through:

🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

🟡 Providing structure and tools for Employee Resource Groups to be successful, and drive better business outcomes.

We love working with organisations who know change is needed.

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