Manageable Conversations
Manageable Conversations brings you insights and advice straight from leaders across industry sectors. In each episode, you'll discover what helped them in their career, how they stay sharp and ways they get the best out of their teams. Join Farley Thomas, the co-founder of Manageable, to learn from others how to be a great leader.
Manageable Conversations
Dannie Lynn Fountain, Global Inclusion Lead at Google’s #IamRemarkable, Author, People Expert
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Farley Thomas
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Season 4
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Episode 1
Dannie Lynn Fountain is a passionate storyteller who helps companies focus on people. By day, she works at Google hiring the world’s most talented software engineers. By night she supports clients and brands with HR-focused diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies. Dannie is a five-time author and in her latest book, Ending Checkbox Diversity, she rewrites the story of performative allyship in corporate America.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Duality of DE&I, contrasting authentic and performative actions
- Growing people as a growth strategy
- Being CEO by night and what that means for you
- Integration of work and life as opposed to finding that elusive balance
- How she prefers feedback in writing due to autism/ADHD