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Maylis Djikalou
Diversity and Inclusion
Allyship
LGBTQ+
Transform workplace cultures with Maylis Djikalou, speaker, DEI consultant and intersectional leadership expert. Maylis works with organisations to create inclusive environments, develop diverse leadership capabilities, and implement wellbeing strategies for competitive advantage.
Business Leader
Inclusion
Maylis Djikalou is a transformational coach and consultant who has worked at the intersections of creative, corporate, and charity sectors for over a decade.
A curator of experiential DEI learning journeys and Intersectional Leadership programmes, Maylis promotes ‘agency and wellbeing FOR ALL’ as a competitive advantage, to future-proof workplaces and their cultures, and up-skill their leaders to meet the needs of diverse teams during challenging global socio-political climates.
Maylis is a witty, high-impact moderator and storyteller. Her lived experience as a Black/West African Queer woman and parent, along with her previous struggles navigating addiction and mental health, have inspired an ongoing journey in service of historically marginalised communities – challenging systemic inequities and illuminating stories across all fractions of identity.
Maylis is also the Programme Director, a Founding Partner and Board Member at We Create Space, a Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion consultancy, learning platform and social enterprise, supporting LGBTQ+ professionals and communities globally.
Topics, sessions and talks
In this session, Maylis Djikalou will build on basic concepts to examine how social systems impact our identities and perspectives. After the session, participants will have a shared understanding of DE&I language and concepts, and a greater desire to support allyship within their teams and continue discussing how diversity, equity, and inclusion can positively impact the workplace.
In this interactive webinar Maylis Djikalou explores how leaders can incorporate inclusion into their organisations, with a focus on supporting employees from marginalised identities and providing equitable solutions. The session will examine the role of senior role models in shaping workplace culture and how power, privilege, and intersectionality influence ones sense of belonging. The aims being to emphasise that DE&I are everyone's responsibility, not just for marginalised, vulnerable, and/or underrepresented communities.
In this webinar, Maylis Djikalou focuses on Intersectional Allyship and how to better support marginalised identities both inside and outside of the workplace. This is designed to be accessible for those who are new to this work and will provide practical tools and hands-on learning opportunities to help participants embody DE&I principles in their everyday lives. The webinar series aims to create a supportive and reflective environment for participants to engage in conversation and learning.
In this informative session, Maylis Djikalou explores how to create the much-needed culture shift in order to facilitate a more inclusive and open work environment for employees who are part of the LGBTQ+ community.
In this session, Maylis Djikalou explores the unique mental health challenges faced within the LGBTQ+ community, and how allies can better support the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ colleagues at work.
Book Maylis Djikalou to elevate your team's DEI and leadership skills with her unique, experiential learning journeys. Leverage her intersectional expertise to future-proof your workplace and foster an inclusive culture. Benefit from her impactful storytelling and moderation, informed by her rich personal and professional experiences.
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Email maylis.djikalou@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Maylis's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Maylis Djikalou structures her sessions as interactive webinars and workshop series that build from foundational DE&I concepts toward practical application, using hands-on learning opportunities and group conversation to guide participants through intersectional frameworks. She draws on her own lived experience as a Black/West African Queer woman and parent to ground abstract concepts in concrete narrative.
Maylis Djikalou's sessions cover DE&I foundations, building cultures of belonging, and intersectional allyship in the workplace. She is a Founding Partner, Programme Director, and Board Member at We Create Space, a DEI consultancy and learning platform supporting LGBTQ+ professionals globally.
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