CEO Secrets | Belonging and Employee Retention | Monica Dalwadi & Tim Shurr

The Mesmerizing CEO Secrets is a special series in Tim Shurr's "How To Be Mesmerizing" podcast. Our goal is to shine a light on extraordinary business leaders around the country who are using their business as a force for good in the world! Today, Tim Shurr sits down with Monica Dalwadi, Managing Partner of the DC Region of Baker Tilly, a major international accounting and consulting firm.  She also serves on the firm's National Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Steering Committee and the D.C. Growth and Retention of Women Committee, among others. Here are some of the questions Monica provided answers for: Monica, why are diversity and inclusion crucial to the success of an organization? What is the relationship between diversity, inclusion, and employee retention? You have a motto “We got DIBS.” DIBS stands for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Describe what you mean by “belonging” and why is it so crucial for employee engagement and retention? How do you incorporate the motto of DIBS into the workplace culture? Like many companies who have pivoted due to the pandemic, you have a hybrid workforce. How are you maintaining connectivity among peers? Many visionary leaders are ushering in a new era of leadership where people and the planet are just as important as profitability in business. How are you measuring success now? Baker Tilly is a large international accounting organization, so you know numbers. Is it true that investing in your people and culture increases the bottom line because productivity, engagement, and retention improve while recruiting costs and hiring costs are lower?   Learn more at https://bakertilly.com The Mesmerizing CEO Secrets Mission: Use Business As A Force For Good To Bring Kindness, Unity, and Humanity Into The Workplace! Purpose: Improve ourselves, our communities, and our planet! In this special series, Tim Shurr has in-depth conversations with Top C-Suite Leaders who are leading the charge of bringing humanity & happiness into the workplace. These Innovators, Disruptors, and Visionaries have proven that when you have Mindful Leaders running a Conscious Organization, it produces a tremendously engaged, happy, loyal workforce and greatly improves the surrounding community while continually increasing profitability and stakeholder satisfaction. These people-centric, culture-oriented CEOs, Founders, and Conscious Executives believe every organization should prioritize mentally well, high-performing, and burnout-free cultures. They deeply believe in the power of human potential and that genuinely caring about people creates economic value. They are the people turning business into a force for good in the world! In these conversations, we explore how to build extraordinary organizational cultures, where great team performance comes from, how successful leaders have pivoted through the pandemic, and how they are leading the evolution of meaningful work in the 21st century. My goal is to shine a light on these mesmerizing leaders and provide other leaders around the world with tools, insights, and proven strategies for applying the principles of B Corps and Conscious Capitalism. Who Is Tim Shurr Tim Shurr, MA, is the special forces of personal transformation! As one of the world's top Hypnotists and Unconscious Beliefs Expert, Tim helps high achieving individuals and teams increase their effectiveness, influence, productivity, and impact through upgrading unconscious paradigms, biases, and blind spots. He is the GO-TO executive coach for helping people improve their habits at work and home. http://mesmerizingpodcast.com https://TimShurr.com https://IndyHypnosis.com http://powermindsetprogram.com