Diverse & Inclusive Leaders

Andrew Pearce: Managing Director at AccentureLeila is joined by Andrew Pearce, Managing Director at Accenture, Executive Sponsor of the Accenture African and Caribbean network and UK Chair of the ELC. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT·         “Formative years”: Andrew’s adoption experience as a black baby to white parents and how this fostered his lack of judgment regarding gender, race, etc.·         The disturbing use of language around sensitive topics such as gender, sexuality and race that he experienced earlier in his career, and the acceptance of this as the norm·         The importance of using inclusion to make a difference in order to avoid treating D&I as just ‘box ticking’·         “Cross-culture”: how working and living abroad can contribute to the D&I agenda·         How Andrew has overcome racism and confirmational bias during his career through always overdelivering and encouraging others to treat people as individuals·         Pressure to conform in the workplace and how best to r