Inclusive Leadership: Making DEI More Than Checking Boxes | Sean Choi

How do you build diversity, equity and inclusion into a culture instead of just checking boxes? Sean Choi, who leads DEI at FirstBank, makes the case that inclusive leadership is everyone's responsibility and comes down to everyday leadership skills. He shares how one of the most diverse management teams in the company helped grow its Aurora market's loan production from roughly 20 million to nearly 200 million.

In this conversation: - Why DEI is a set of leadership skills, built on helping people feel they belong, feel comfortable and feel supported - How being vulnerable and admitting you do not have every answer helps when you worry about saying the wrong thing - The diversity iceberg: what you can see versus what sits below the waterline - Why asking individuals what they prefer works better than assuming what a group wants

Guest: Sean Choi, Senior Vice President and Director of DEI, FirstBank Colorado. https://linkedin.com/in/sean-choi-colorado

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