This month, we present one of our most powerful members, Tara Robertson. She has been a leader in the DEI space for several years and challenges the narrative of race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. In this episode, you’ll learn more about Tara’s journey, her passion for coaching, and her relationship with being courageous as a thought leader.

About the Guest:

Tara Robertson brings nearly 15 years of experience in connecting DEI strategy across the employee lifecycle through to core business services and products using inclusive design methodologies. Her years of experience led to massive change in open-source technology communities, including three years leading diversity and inclusion at Mozilla. She is skilled at meeting leaders where they are and supporting them in making measurable and lasting improvements.

She is mixed-race and queer and knows that people live intersectional lives, not simply linear ones.

Tara has firsthand experience navigating systems that were not designed for people like her. Along with her work experience and education, Tara tapped into these experiences to co-design employee experiences to help people feel like they belong and can do their best work.

Tara’s pandemic hobbies include the daily New York Times daily mini crossword, too many hours playing Fortnite, and biking fast nowhere on her Peloton bike.

Tara’s gift is analyzing qualitative and quantitative HR data to diagnose where companies’ biggest diversity and inclusion issues are, and she works with internal stakeholders to co-design interventions based on research best practices and experience about what actually moves the needle.

Tara is based out of Vancouver, Canada.

Connect with Tara

Website: https://tararobertson.ca

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tararobertson

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tararobertsonconsulting

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening Credits
00:28 Show Intro + Announcements
02:27 Alex welcomes Tara to the show
04:45 Tara’s origin story as a disruptor
07:14 How does Tara light up her clients?
10:35 Tara shares her thoughts on the importance of ‘being’ as a leader
17:17 How coaching has allowed more grace into Tara’s life
19:39 Tara’s impact on white executives
21:53 Tara asks Alex a powerful question
23:52 A Fast and Furious sidebar
25:00 How does Crossfit + Taekwondo affect coaching?
32:40 The origin of the Coaches’ Summer BBQ
41:26 Tara shares her experience in the BIPOC Coach Collective
43:49 What’s next for Tara?
45:20 Connect with Tara + Final thoughts
46:51 Show Outro

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