Episode 249: Demystifying Diversity with Daralyse Lyons: How Can Embracing Biracial Identity Lead to a More Inclusive Workplace Culture?
In today’s episode, Daralyse Lyons joins Erin on the pod. Daralyse is a business growth officer, podcast host, author, and journalist.
Daralyse shares concrete strategies for making your workplace culture more inclusive and equitable.
Daralyse also shares:
Her experience working for a hedge fund and stepping away to teach yoga, which led to a career in journalism and writing her first book
Her biracial identity and experiences growing up & as an adult in community with other biracial and multiracial folks
How improv has prepared her to jump into whatever makes her happy and allows her to give back to the world
If you’re interested in learning more about biracial experiences and how to make your workplace more equitable—this is the episode for you.
Special sprinkles on top of this episode:
What a “partial offer” is on the improv stage & why it matters for your everyday life
How to use improv to say “no”
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Erin Diehl is the founder and Chief “Yes, And” officer of improve it! and host of the improve it! Podcast. She’s a performer, facilitator and professional risk-taker who lives by the mantra, “get comfortable with the uncomfortable.” Through a series of unrelated dares, Erin has created improve it!, a company that uses improv-used talent development to elevate the new generation of work. Her work with clients such as United Airlines, PepsiCo, Groupon, Deloitte, Motorola, Walgreens, and The Obama Foundation earned her the 2014 Chicago RedEye Big Idea Award and has nominated her for the 2015-2019 Chicago Innovations Award.
This graduate from Clemson University is a former experiential marketing and recruiting professional as well as a veteran improviser from the top improvisational training programs in Chicago, including The Second City, i.O. Theater, and The Annoyance Theatre.
When she is not playing pretend or facilitating, she enjoys running and beach dates with her husband and son, and their eight-pound toy poodle, BIGG Diehl.
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