

EP. 3 How Companies & Individuals Can Lead Authentically in a Volatile World with Abenaa Hayes
Abenaa is a 20+ year communications executive with a focus on Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as well as healthy equity and social justice. She has been in senior leadership roles at agencies like MSL, Weber Shandwick, Edelman, and Real Chemistry where she counseled Fortune 500 companies on their DEI and thought-leadership efforts. She has since started her own firm, Elysee Consulting, specializing in this area.
Learn more about Abenaa:
Top 3 Lessons:
1. Address DEI challenges with purpose and intent
2. We can’t “solve” DEI in a silo, it requires the entire organization
3. Being an ally in DEI requires that you learn more and speak out
Episode website URL:
https://www.howiechan.com/blog/podcast-abenaahayes-ep3
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