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Sales Leader SecretsS2, Ep 10: Leading The Disability Activism AgendaWhat’s it like to build a career around changing the way we think about disability? In this episode of Sales Leader Secrets, Amanda Downs talks with Esi Hardy, founder of Celebrating Disability and a leading voice on inclusion.Esi’s path has been far from typical. From training as an actress and working in performing arts in LA, to moving into health and social care, she’s now running her own business helping organisations and individuals create spaces where disabled people can thrive.If you’re interested in leadership with purpose and building workplaces where ev...
2025-09-0234 min
Speaking of Inclusion...Lived Experience - with Esi HardyIn today's episode of Speaking of Inclusion, I am joined by Esi Hardy, founder of Celebrating Disability. Esi is an advocate, facilitator and consultant who works with organisations to develop truly inclusive workplaces for disabled people.Our conversation begins with Esi sharing a personal story of the challenges she faced trying to organise accessible equipment for a holiday; an experience filled with administrative roadblocks, lack of empathy, and systemic failures in understanding disability needs. It's a stark reminder of how everyday experiences are often far from straightforward for disabled people, even when dealing with organisations...
2025-05-201h 08
Meet and Confer with Kelly TwiggerHow Failing to Meet and Confer Effectively Can Lead to SanctionsMagistrate Judge Scott Hardy delivers a masterclass on what the meet-and-confer requirement really means in federal litigation—and the serious consequences of failing to cooperate in discovery.In this riveting breakdown of Wilbert v. Pyramid Health, we explore how one attorney's "mandatory" approach to ediscovery backfired dramatically. When plaintiff's counsel served a 30-page "Mandatory ESI Plan" on opposing counsel and then allegedly created "egregious barriers" to meaningful discussion, the court didn't just deny his motion to compel—it ordered him to show cause why he shouldn't face sanctions.The decision highlights a troubling trend judges call...
2025-04-0721 min
Le Club 57, l'actualité locale débattue autrementUne région en danger, un bilan sportif mitigé et un adieu pour les françaisNouvelle édition du Club 57 animée par Roger Cayzelle aux côtés de Michèle Larchez, Jean-Marie Vannesson, Stéphane Jourdain et Yves Wendling.Au menu de cette émission :- Le Grand Est est une des régions françaises où le RN fait ses meilleurs résultats ce qui exprime à l'évidence un sentiment d'abandon ou de déclassement chez nos concitoyens. Second constat : EELV est loin d'être en très grande forme et c'est même dans l’Est qu'il fait ses scores particulièrement bas.Pourtant les politiques de la...
2024-06-1742 min
ILTA VoicesESI ProtocolsIn this session, the speaker provides an in-depth discussion on the creation and implementation of standardized methodologies for managing each stage of discovery as it pertains to the preservation, collection, and production of ESI.
Moderator:
@Carolyn Robinson - eDiscovery Coordinator for the Americas - Office of the Regional General Counsel for Robert Bosch, LLC
Speaker:
Gabe Egli - Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon
Recorded on 03-31-2023
2023-03-3119 min
The Inclusion Bites PodcastEveryone should feel as though they belong, are welcome and valued Everyone should feel as though they belong, are welcome and valued
Esi is an advocate for disability inclusion in the workplace and longs for a world where disabled people are treated equitably in every cornerstone of life and that their disability is recognised and celebrated, and feel that they belong and are valued.
Status quo about what being welcome and valued should be, inclusion is a feeling that comes from within, so if we don’t feel included it is because what society or a specific organisation/business are doing does not help us feel in...
2021-12-3059 min
WorkLife StoriesCelebrating Disability at WorkIn this episode which recognises International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3rd, we talk to Esi Hardy, the founder of Celebrating Disability. She talks to us about her own experience of disability in the workplace and about how employers and managers can help their disabled employees and colleagues to flourish, be happy and fulfil their potential at work.
2021-11-3019 min
Accuro Out LoudEpisode 6: Accessibility and Inclusivity in the Workplace and BeyondIn this month's episode, Chloe chats with Esi Hardy, Founder, Owner and Managing Director of Celebrating Disability and David Swain, Head of Operations at Elysian and Trustee at Accuro, all about Accessibility and Inclusivity in the workplace and beyond.
Meet Esi...
Esi Hardy is a trainer, disability inclusion expert, public speaker podcaster and writer. Celebrating Disability provides professional, tangible support for businesses developing their workplace culture to be inclusive of disabled people. Esi also runs the disability inclusion community. An online membership community for organisations who are passionate about developing a culture of inclusion for disabled...
2021-04-2637 min
Diversity Alliance Talks022 Type Casting: Why we need to stop categorising humans if we want a diverse work forceOn this week's episode, we have special guest, Esi Hardy – Founder, Owner and Managing Director of Celebrating Disability. Esi is a trainer, disability inclusion expert, public speaker, podcaster and writer.
We draw parallels between Esi’s previous career as an actor and the roles she was often “typecast” into, and how as professionals seeking employment or working in the corporate environment, we are often being typecast or offered roles based on an "identity" we have been given, not taking into account, that human beings can occupy more than one identity.
We also discuss, with the shift to more virtual events, how event or...
2020-12-1037 min
Diversity Alliance Talks022 TRAILER Type Casting: Why we need to stop categorising humans if we want a diverse work forceOn this week's episode we have special guest
Esi Hardy – Founder, Owner and Managing Director of Celebrating Disability. Esi is a trainer, disability inclusion expert, public speaker podcaster and writer.
We cover why we need to stop categorising people if we want a diverse workforce. And how venues and virtual events need to become more accessible to be truly inclusive + more
2020-12-0900 min