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When your team wants diversity results without changing how they work

Our team hired me to be the 'diversity expert' but every time I push for real structural changes, I get pushback about being 'too aggressive' or 'not understanding the business.' My colleagues want to support diversity in theory but when it comes to changing how we actually operate, suddenly I'm the problem for asking too much.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Someone hired to drive change is discovering their colleagues want the outcome of their expertise without accepting the disruption their professional role requires.

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