244: An Allyship Approach to Dismantling Systems with Wema Hoover

The Diversity Pivot

Wema Hoover is a global executive and transformational leader of diversity, equity, & inclusion (DEI) and human resources and Principal & CEO of Wema Hoover Advisors, executive coaching firm and Be Limitless Consulting a DEI and Culture firm.

Wema has a proven track record of creating systemic change in organizational culture by embedding diversity and inclusion into people practices, processes, and product approach on a global scale. Wema is a former global Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Culture who has lived in four (4) countries and ran global teams in 26 countries for Google, Sanofi, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

She has partnered with the United Nations and World Economic Forum on global sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Wema also serves as a contributing writer for Fast Company, Inc, NAMI and Diversity Magazine.

Together, we discuss:

• The need to shift from “diversity recruiting to “inclusive recruiting”

• How corporations can adapt their diversity programs including ERGs to comply with potential legislation while still maintaining their commitment to inclusion

• How to move the pendulum and remove DEI from being a partisan football

• What recent anti-DEI laws passed in Florida and Texas mean for corporate DEI efforts

Follow Wema at https://www.wemahoover.com/. and Next Pivot Point at nextpivotpoint.com