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Colette Phillips was a guest on VoiceAmerica in the episode “7 Factors of an Inclusive Leader: Raise Your Cultural IQ” with Kimberli J. Lewis


Colette Phillips was a guest on The Bizgnus Podcast (Listen here)


The Includers is already receiving rave reviews from the media and business leaders:

7 ways to build cultural intelligence and become a more inclusive leader,” Fast Company

The Boston Globe


Colette Phillips was named one of the most influential Bostonians of 2023 by Boston Magazine


The Includers was highlighted in “With new book, Phillips highlights allies who promote diversity” in The Boston Globe.

The book is jam-packed with strategies for improving an organization’s diversity, examples of how it’s done, and descriptions of the tangible benefits.


The Boston Globe featured Colette Phillips in “Colette Phillips honors white male ‘includers’ in ‘The Includers,’ an anti-exclusion handbook for the C-suite

The idea for the book first came to me in 2020, after George Floyd’s death, at a time when the racism Black people were facing at the hands of the police was center stage. I thought the time was right to write a book from the lens of true inclusion because I believe the path to inclusion is radical anti-exclusion. Everyone needs to be at the table, and that includes white males and white male allies. (Read the Q&A)


The Bay State Banner reports on “Blue Hill Ave. banners honor Black women leaders” featuring Colette Phillips


Colette Phillips was a guest on C-Speak: The Language of Executives by PNC & Boston Business Journal in “Colette Phillips, president and CEO of Colette Phillips Communications, on making a difference by getting involved


Harvard Business School featured a case study on Colette Phillips and Get Konnected!, the networking organization for people of color that she founded: “Colette Phillips and GetKonnected!: Creating Inclusive Ecosystems”