Avoiding the Avoidance Placebo And Embracing The Pain of Resistance

“The natural tendency in the face of this trepidation is to stall or even back peddle, and our minds are brilliant at redirecting us to other priorities and deflecting our responsibility with logical-seeming excuses as to why we shouldn’t take the risk(s) of proceeding.”

Is Implicit Bias Stopping You From Being An Inclusive Leader?

“Effectively managing unconscious bias is crucial for shifting an organization that is merely demographically diverse into one that is truly equitable and fully inclusive.”

Red to Teal: Leadership Has Come A Long Way & So Can You

“At the Teal Level, opposites can become complementary and integrated into a comprehensive whole that is self-sustaining.”

Brake, Accelerate, or Yield? Navigate The Way to Inclusion by Letting Employees Decide

“While it may seem contradictory to emphasize individual choices in order to boost group results, giving employees space to practice their judgment also gives them opportunities to demonstrate their special value within a team.”

Are Your Values Aligned With The Inclusive Leader You Want To Be?

In organizations operating at the green level decisional dynamics are intentionally less “top down” and are more “bottom up” with an emphasis on distributing power to avoid traditional hierarchies.

Want To Achieve The Optimal Inclusive Leadership Level?

Through the Orange lens, leaders see the world as an assemblage of separable, permanent, well-defined objects and forces to be manipulated in the service of human needs.

Is your Leadership Lens Promoting or Preventing Inclusion?

At the end of the day, inclusion can only develop when leaders and their organizations evolve beyond “business as usual” and come to see that many common leadership ideals, status quo management models, and typical organizational practices are merely relics of the past.

The Evolutionary Purpose-Driven Leader

Staying overly committed and resisting change leaves us unfulfilled, lethargic, frustrated, and frankly, bored, and not innovative.

Count Yourself In First: 3 Tips for Inclusive Leadership

Inclusive leadership is a personal and professional journey. The skills you’ll need along the way
aren’t found on any checklist, but finding the path forward starts with considering who you are,
unpacking what you think you know, and reframing your concept of success.

Co-create a New Future: Ask the Right Questions to Tap Into Limitless Possibilities

“What you question becomes your focus. Focus only on your problems, you get fault-finding and a view of the past. Focus on your positives, and what is working, and you get possibilities and a forward look into your desired future.”