WIL Talk (Women in Leadership Talk)
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WIL Talk (Women in Leadership Talk)
WIL Talk #165: The Cost of Comfort – How Inclusive Leadership Begins with Curiosity with Gabriela Alcalde
What if your comfort is costing someone else their voice?
In this eye-opening episode of the WIL Talk Podcast, host Vicki Bradley sits down with Gabriela Alcalde, CEO of the Sewall Foundation and author of What Your Comfort Cost Us. Together, they explore the hidden cost of white comfort in the workplace, the shared challenges faced by women of colour, and how empathy, curiosity, and storytelling can drive real change in leadership and corporate culture.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Workplace culture reflects what leadership values—it's never neutral.
✔ Curiosity and empathy are essential to understanding lived experiences.
✔ Productive discomfort creates space for learning and transformation.
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