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LAOP 2021 · No. 08

Sit in Discomfort and Recognize Your Privileges

Meaghan Gilhooly

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We have to sit in discomfort and just take a hot second, become educated, recognize our own privilege.

Meaghan Gilhooly

About this episode

Dr. Meaghan Gilhooly told me that what keeps her up at night is turnover, and she traces it to how organizations reward the what and ignore the how. A veterinarian at Banfield Pet Hospital who leads its Women of Banfield group, she argued that we lead with diversity when we should solve for inclusion, and that big companies say no to anything they can't scale. Her own group dropped its first slogan once members likened it to Mary Kay.

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