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Accent Bias: How It Impacts You and Your Work

Accent Bias: How It Impacts You and Your Work

FromThe Anxious Achiever


Accent Bias: How It Impacts You and Your Work

FromThe Anxious Achiever

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Heather Hansen challenges the notion of "good" and "bad" English. Good communication is about getting the message across. She’s based in Singapore and helps executives with their linguistic and communication skills. Hansen is helping us tackle a real problem in our increasingly globalized work world: accent bias. Hansen is on a mission to help increase awareness about our assumptions of what “perfect” English sounds like-- and what we think a good leader sounds like. She explains the negative impacts that accent bias can have, and how we can fight it. 

To learn more about Heather, check out her TedTalk: https://www.ted.com/talks/heather_hansen_2_billion_voices_how_to_speak_bad_english_perfectly
Released:
Mar 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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