Episode 108

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Published on:

31st Jul 2025

'The Race Paradox' Reimagining Leadership with Dr Carlton Brown

This week, we’re joined by the brilliant Dr Carlton Brown - author, business leader, and the man bold enough to call me his work wife.

We’re getting stuck into the real stuff: race, leadership, power, and why good intentions just aren’t enough.

If you’ve ever felt like progress on equity is moving at a snail’s pace (or backwards some days), this one’s going to challenge you - in the best way.

Highlights:

(03:10) Carlton’s unexpected start... in pest control

(11:22) Why purpose must be commercially viable

(21:45) The moment the Black Entrepreneur Report began

(30:08) What the Race Paradox actually means

(40:12) Why your boardroom might be a bubble

(53:17) The thing that still gives us hope

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Preorder The Race Paradox HERE.

Breaking the Brown Glass Ceiling (Aurora whitepaper) HERE.

Time to Change Report HERE.

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About the Podcast

The Wellbeing Rebellion

Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast! We are Ngozi Weller, a corporate wellbeing and productivity consultant, and Obehi Alofoje, a psychologist and behavioural change specialist.

We are the founders of Aurora, a corporate culture consultancy that specialises in creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive, and for us, wellbeing is personal.

The problem with employee wellbeing support, in most workplaces, is that it puts the responsibility on the person struggling to seek help. And when you are unwell, that is just too big a burden to bear.

It's not enough to say that your door is always open.

We need to get better at supporting our employees, and that is precisely what this podcast is about.

The rebellion is here, and it is long overdue. So this podcast is specifically for the HR or business leader who wants to make a difference to their employees. And the bottom line is we want to create psychologically safe workplaces where employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. We want to create a culture that is inclusive, supportive, and encourages everyone from the shop floor to the boardroom to play their part.

On the wellbeing rebellion podcast, we'll give you weekly up-to-date insights, strategies and tips that cover leadership capability, executive burnout, mental health, equity, diversity and inclusion and employee challenges such as retention, productivity and emotional resilience. Sometimes, it'll be just us. Other times we'll interview industry leaders and experts.

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About your hosts

Obehi Alofoje

Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

Ngozi Weller

Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.