In this video blog, I discuss "fitting in" versus "leaning in" and the myriad challenges for Black women in professional development. This video was inspired by Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead". In the meantime, I want to hear from you: Should we be "Leaning In"? Should we be doing something … [Read more...]
Reflections on The World’s Toughest Job
My friend from graduate school sent me this video and I just wanted to share it with the moms and those who have mothered us along the way. While Mother’s Day for 2015 has come and gone, my wish for all moms is that they know they are loved and appreciated 365 days of the year. Although many workplaces in the United States and Canada can be very difficult to … [Read more...]
Empathy: A Critical Leadership Skill For The 21st Century
In this video blog, I discuss the importance of having empathy as a critical leadership skill for the 21st Century while reviewing a chapter of Daniel H. Pink's "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future". In the book, Daniel talks about how those of us who are more right-brain leaning have the creative capacity to really advance and move things … [Read more...]
Publication To Spotlight “Accomplished Black Women’’
By Lincoln Depradine, Pride Contributing Writer. (Republished with permission from Pride News Magazine (Canada's Weekly African Canadian and Caribbean News Magazine); some links and text style edits added by The Institutional Diversity Blog) A trio of African-Canadian females is spearheading an attempt to document, and publish, a book chronicling the achievements of … [Read more...]
Race Together Towards Understanding Each Other’s Humanity
In this video blog, I discuss Starbuck's #RaceTogether initiative and provide three recommendations for approaches to try in engaging the topic of race via productive dialogue. These are the books I mentioned in the video: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation by Dr. Derald Wing Sue: http://amzn.to/1Ouaa5c Why Are All the … [Read more...]