Name: 143 - The Language to Connect by Littler Inclusion, Equity & Diversity
Duration: 16 min 18 s
Description: As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close this week, Littler Shareholder and Reunión Co-Chair Mel Cole (San Francisco) and Shareholder Anne Sanchez LaWer (San Jose) discuss their experiences with the Spanish language and the ways in which learning it – and not learning it – have impacted their individual connections to their Hispanic heritage.

As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close this week, Littler Shareholder and Reunión Co-Chair Mel Cole (San Francisco) and Shareholder Anne Sanchez LaWer (San Jose) discuss their experiences with the Spanish language and the ways in which learning it – and not learning it – have impacted their individual connections to their Hispanic heritage.

143 - The Language to Connect

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An inclusive workplace that ensures equal opportunity for all can boost resilience, foster innovation, improve hiring and retention, enhance public image, and help employers better respond to their consumers and the communities they serve.

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143 - The Language to Connect

Littler Inclusion, Equity & Diversity

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