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Consultants who focus on diversity and inclusion said companies need to get comfortable with the transparency many employees and consumers want.

Forward-thinking pioneer and entrepreneur Sacha Thompson has been blazing the trail as a diversity equity inclusion professional for over 20 years, in the

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year the theme is "Back to Basics. Sacha Thompson, Diversity Equity Inclusion coach knows from experience that for

Much of the work required to push toward these goals falls to DEI executives themselves. Without a change, executives say, their burnout could lead expensive diversity plans to fall short. For over four years, she’s worked on corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion as the CEO and cofounder of The Melanin Collective — but never in a climate like today’s. In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, her inbox has been flooded with requests from corporate and nonprofit leaders. They want change, and they want it fast. But at the same time, she felt many were not respecting her.

For over four years, she's worked on corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion as the CEO and cofounder of The Melanin Collective — but never in a climate like today's. In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, her inbox has been flooded with requests from corporate and nonprofit leaders. They want change, and they want it fast. But at the same time, she felt many were not respecting her. Over the past few months, she said, business leaders have yelled at her, sent her demeaning emails, and even questioned the existence of racism in corporate spaces, despite her expertise and her lived e...