150: Help Adults Play Nice Together with Scott Hoesman, Founder + CEO of inQuest Consulting

Written By Rhodes Perry

Scott is a reformed mortgage banker, who is now a 20+ year veteran in the inclusion and diversity consulting space and the CEO of inQUEST Consulting. He, and his team, work some of the world’s largest brands on their people strategies and as he says “helping adults to play nice.”  He believes we need to challenge ourselves to do “D&I differently” and not rely on the same old solutions.  Scott is also a civic leader.  He is board chair for the Chicago Sinfonietta, the country’s most diverse orchestra and board member for Disability:IN, one of the largest disability inclusion organizations.

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      Who is Scott and what does his business do?

·      What motivated Scott to take the entrepreneurial leap?

·      What advice does Scott have to help you build a more inclusive business?

·      How can you get in touch with Scott after today’s interview?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Visit inQuest Consulting’s website

·      Follow inQuest on Twitter

·      Follow Scott on LinkedIn

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

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