In-Depth: The Elephant in the Room
We just can’t talk about it at work. Or can we? Conversations about race and identity in the workplace can be challenging to navigate. In this last in a four-part series, Erin and Ashley go in-depth and get a lesson from Mary-Frances Winters, founder and CEO of diversity and inclusion consulting firm The Winters Group, Inc.
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Mary-Frances Winters
Mary-Frances Winters is the founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., a 35-year-old global organization-development and diversity and inclusion consulting firm. She was named a diversity pioneer by Profiles in Diversity Journal in August 2007. She received the Winds of Change award from the Forum on Workplace Inclusion in 2016 for her contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Winters was also featured in Forbes*’ June 2016 publication that honored some of the Washington, DC, area’s most powerful women. Winters is the author of four books: *We Can’t Talk about That at Work!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics (2017); Only Wet Babies Like Change: Workplace Wisdom for Baby Boomers (2002); Inclusion Starts With “I” (2003); and CEO’s Who Get It: Diversity Leadership from the Heart and Soul (2006). Winters also authored a chapter in the book Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion (2013) and numerous articles.
RELATED RESOURCES
• Winters, Mary-Frances. We Can't Talk About That At Work! How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics. Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition (April 23, 2017).