Should children in public schools be “spared” the knowledge of the history of segregation, slavery, and the fact that Rosa Parks was Black? Listen to my conversation about this with Chad Lassiter Hear what Chad Lassiter has to say on my recent podcast guest on “Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People,” www.raceconvo.com. Chad is the Executive Director of the…
Inclusive leadership doesn’t just happen. It takes intention and culture. Real inclusive leadership is more than just having a strategy. You need people to lead. Inclusive leadership practices are necessary to build cultures that last. Peter Drucker, said “Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast.” Your organization’s culture determines whether it can sustain itself, retain employees, be a hub of innovation and…
If you want to create and lead inclusive cultures that last, then as a leader, you have take leadership. Too many organizations are delegating culture development to the Human Resources Department and abdicating their leadership responsibility. When a new client, Soraya, (CEO of a mid-size company) told me that she wanted her organization known as a best place to work,…
Ten Ways To Foster Amazing Innovation Through Diversity Leadership In this business era of speed, competition and globalization, innovation rules all. You never know where the next great product, process or profit builder will originate. Good Diversity Management and Culturally Intelligent Leadership can make the difference between repeatedly hearing mediocre ideas from the same people, or mining the hidden…
Why “Employee Engagement” Sometimes Makes Me Want to Plug My Ears There are times when I hear the term employee engagement and just want to add the words, “blah, blah, blah!” Here is reason number one of five. The other four will follow in additional posts. 1-Employee engagement has become a buzzword with no meaning in some workplaces. What some…
Inclusive Leadership; leveraging diversity and building community with employees and customers I hated my first job. It was selling aluminum siding over the telephone. I didn’t even know what it was, how much aluminum siding actually cost. I didn’t know who owned the company or what happened once a live person showed up at the house of the perspective buyer….
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