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Podcast: Being Brown at Work
Episode: Don't Code Switch - Be Unapologetically Yourself with Angela Thompkins
Description: As a Black professional, you are probably guilty of it. I know I am. It's called code-switching, and The Harvard Business Review defines it as "adjusting one's style of speech, appearance, behavior, and expression in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in exchange for fair treatment, quality service, and employment opportunities." In this episode of the Being Brown at Work Podcast, Angela Thompkins, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Consumers Energy joins me to talk about code-switching and how we can show up unapologetically ourselves in the workplace. As...