Co-Conspirators at Work

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Inspired by her long career as a scholar, teacher and champion for diversity, equity and inclusion, Tuck Professor Ella Bell Smith is in conversation with the most fascinating thinkers and problem solvers that she knows on a wide range of topics, all centered on a single mission: How do we make our workplaces truly inclusive? Ella and her guests have real talk about what’s holding us back, always with a focus on practical, research-backed solutions that help everyone thrive at work. ]]>

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February 17, 202523 min

Courageous and Compassionate Leadership, with Daisy Auger-Domínguez

Daisy Auger-Domínguez is an award-winning, cross-sector global leader, speaker, author, and advisor who guides organizations to meet the moment and address the pressing question: “Is there a better way to work?”.With decades of experience driving transformations at the leading edge of people and culture at Moody’s Investors Service, Google, Disney, and Vice Media and extensive nonprofit board leadership, Daisy is known for innovating, inspiring and driving impact across business practices and empowering leaders and teams to stay fully engaged and bring their best to today’s complex world of work. She brings clarity, practicality, and purpose to complex challenges like fostering inclusive leadership, managing burnout, and building high-trust teams.

February 4, 202529 min

Pay and Pay Equity, with Meggie Palmer

In this episode, Ella speaks to her good friend Meggie Palmer, one of the leading advocates for pay equity. Meggie is the founder and CEO of PepTalkHer, an organization with a mission to close the gender pay and leadership gap. Ella and Meggie talk about Meggie’s personal experience with gender inequity, and why it inspired her to get loud about something so many people are uncomfortable discussing.

March 18, 202428 min

The “Multilingual” Leader, with Mary Kay Henry

In this episode, we discuss how to lead diverse organizations with the mindset of a co-conspirator. Ella is joined by her friend Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the first woman to lead the two-million-member organization. Ella and Mary Kay go deep into Mary Kay’s unique leadership journey, and how important it is to be a “multilingual” leader.

September 28, 202329 min

We Start With History, with Professor Matthew Delmont

In this episode, we meet the inimitable Ella Bell and learn a bit about her life’s work studying organizations and why she believes we need more co-conspirators at work so that everyone can thrive. She is joined by her friend and Dartmouth colleague Matthew Delmont, author of the groundbreaking new book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. An expert on African-American history and the history of Civil Rights, Matt is the Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of International Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth. Ella and Matt have a wide-ranging conversation about why knowing history matters, especially in the times we are living.