Episode 15: LGBTQIA Inclusion – How Leaders Can Encourage People to Bring Their Whole Selves to Work (30 June 2025)

In a special guest episode of the R3 Podcast recorded for Pride Month, Francesca Tackie of Mercury Corporate Recovery Solutions and a founding member of the R3-Insolvency Service Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, interviewed Emma Cusdin and Rachel Reese from Global Butterflies about LGBTQIA+ inclusion. This episode covered Rachel and Emma’s stories of their own personal experiences in working engineering, law, education and HR, how to have sensitive conversations in the workplace, and practical advice for how firms of all sizes can create an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected, and able to be themselves at work.