S3 E1 - How To Lead Through The Lens Of Inclusion with Girish Ganesan

The Inspire Podcast

In this episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart speaks with Girish Ganesan, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion and Head of US Talent, at TD Bank. Bart and Girish discuss what the term ‘inclusion’ really means and what TD is doing as an organization to promote inclusion not only in the workplace but also in the broader community. Here are some moments from the conversation: Intro - 00:48.1 Covid challenges - 01:03.3 TD's commitment to inclusion - 01:33.4 TD's culture of caring - 01:55.4 What led you to this role? - 03:02.6 What happened when the pandemic hit? - 05:06.5 Globally shared experience - 05:32.0 Inequities are underlined - 05:50.8 Uncertainty - 06:18.4 How Covid will change diversity and inclusion? - 07:05.3 TD's response to covid - 09:16.0 Responding to George Floyd - 12:56.2 Acknowledgment, empathy and action - 13:25.9 Safe space sessions - 14:01.8 What were people saying in the sessions? - 14:26.8 How TD made safe conversations possible - 15:53.2 Top 3 things to turn dialog into action - 17:14.3 Commitments to representation - 17:22.9 Education and learning - 17:38.6 Course on Black experiences - 17:59.5 Professional development - 18:23.6 Align internal messaging with external messaging - 18:42.2 Supporting the Black community at large - 19:06.6 Mental health - 21:35.3 Storytelling - 21:56.2 Reducing stigma - 22:08.1 Mental health webinar - 23:13.1 #1 thing to do to support mental health - 24:14.4 Listening and prioritizing - 24:30.0 Stories matter - 25:01.3 "Listen to hear, not to respond" - 25:30.2 Looking forward -- what are TD's priorities? - 26:15.5 Stand together - every voice matters - 26:33.6 Advancing culture of inclusion - 27:47.2 Are you more or less hopeful a year into the pandemic? - 28:39.3 Links to resources you may wish to see: TD Ready Commitment Report: https://www.td.com/document/PDF/ESG/2020-TDRC-Report.pdf ESG Report: https://www.td.com/ca/en/about-td/for-investors/economic-social-governance-reporting/ TD's Stance on Anti-Racism: Combating anti-Black racism: https://stories.td.com/ca/en/article/actions-combating-racism-td TD on addressing the impacts of anti-Asian racism and discrimination: https://stories.td.com/ca/en/article/actions-combating-racism-td