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Intentionality Goes A Long Way In Sustaining Your Racial Equity Commitment
Move organizational commitments to action by focusing on the how of your work.
How to Manage Resistance to Racial Equity
The key to sustainability is for exeuctive leaders to recognize resistance to racial equity and create a plan for working through it.
How to Address Implicit Bias in Nonprofit Hiring: Tips to Distinguish Between Culture Fit and Bias
Culture fit is often used to disguise bias. This blog post by Dr. Joanna Shoffner Scott offers one way to know the difference between culture fit and bias in hiring.
Managing Fatigue as a Leader
Many of us are working through fatigue. This blog post offers leaders practical questions to ask themselves, as well as powerful insights on how to move forward with their work.
Organizational Trauma Leaves Lasting Effects on Employees
The experience of trauma in the workplace can have a lasting impact on employees. It's important to recognize and address the reality of organizational trauma.
Your Organization Needs A Shared “Equity Why”
Creating a clear, shared “Equity Why” anchors your organization’s racial equity approach and provides direction for new practices.
The Safety of the Journey
As anti-transgender legislative activity continues, I believe there are equity considerations for leaders of nonprofits, philanthropies, government agencies, and private businesses, particularly for in-person meetings or other on-site work.
Three DEI Lessons for Organizations That Shaped My Year
This week, I’d like to share three lessons for organizations I've learned as a consultant and after another year of guiding the hard work of organizational change.
Org Leaders, Honor Your Equity Commitments for a Successful Start to 2023
As 2022 closes, it is not too late to honor the equity commitments you have made to yourself and your staff.
3 Strategies to Add Accountability to Your Decision-making
Organizations yearn for accountability in their implementation of DEI approaches but often are not sure how to create it.
Five Steps to Transform the Idea of Racial Equity into a Lasting Organizational Practice
Shifting from racial equity as a theory to an organizational practice means changing the way you work. Here are five actions to take to help you build a sustainable organizational practice.
The Jagged Journey: How to Identify Your Organization's Racial Equity Stage
Identifying where your organization stands in its journey toward racial equity is important for setting realistic expectations and making progress. Based on my experience, each stage of growth comes with its own set of opportunities and challenges.
Lead equitably!
Race in the Workplace provides the resources and help you need to lead equitable organizational change. It is delivered to you weekly and is written for leaders of organizations and teams. It includes actionable tools, practical guidance, and best practices from experienced leaders who believe that racial equity matters for nonprofits, philanthropies, and businesses.