Jean Latting
How can one person make a difference? Macro action-oriented approaches: protesting, voting, writing to members of Congress are all viable options.
Jean Latting
How to refer to various ethnic/racial groups? This is my deep-dive on the many labels we use.
Jean Latting
This week’s blog is about the momentous change I have witnessed over the last two weeks in White people’s awareness of systemic racism.
Jean Latting
What is antiracism? Here's a curated list of reliable sources of information on race and racism in the workplace
Amy Hageman
Struggling with how to respond to White fragility & privilege? Amy Hageman’s post will help you understand what happens behind the scenes & what works.
Jean Latting
George Floyd’s murder has spurred protests for justice nationally and internationally with a call for fundamental change.
What is the culture – police and American – that allows this to continue? What are the obstacles? What can we as individuals do about it?
When disaster inevitably strikes, what is your response? Wait for someone to fix it, dwell on the unfairness of it all? What do you need to move ahead?
It’s the new year, and we all have good intentions. What about our determination to stop procrastinating now?
May all your tomorrows be filled with peace, love, and joy.
What if you had no inner critic telling you you’re just not good enough? What if you learned to silence your inner critic? What could you accomplish?
To some Native American peoples, it’s a “day of mourning”; how can we still practice Thanksgiving as a day of gratitude?
Ethical behavior in corporations include anticorruption, sustainability, human rights, culture and behavior, and employee and stakeholder engagement.
The polarization in this country has grown so vast that words we use in common do not mean the same things. Is there any hope for bridging the divide?
Dina Gilio-Whitaker answers what would be lost if Indigenous people were completely assimilated into White society and if they would even be accepted?
As initiators of change, the ICTJ works with victims and survivors of massive human rights violations to hold those responsible to account.
Our online membership program, Pathfinders: Leadership for social and racial justice, uses the blog posts for members to read, reflect, and discuss.
Brian talks about the Baldrige framework, how it changed American business, and the need to hardwire equity and inclusion into business practices.
Jean talks about three common breakdowns in email communications, how to handle them to avoid rework, and reduce stress and anxiety in the workplace.
The California Reparations Task Force is seeking reparations to overcome the legacy of privileged whiteness and racism in this country.
We are living in turbulent times. What to do? How to cope? How are each of us in Leading Consciously coping?
Dr Bonnie McGill is on a mission to make indigenous people visible again.
Today’s guest blogger explores the meaning – both literally and emotionally – of finding your way through the profusion of labels and why they matter.
Jasmin has written about generational trauma and her own experiences with it as the child of American Black and Caribbean Black parents.
This post explores how "not changing much" in the past three years proved that I did, indeed, take some huge risks.
Dave's novel approach toward disrupting the school to prison pipeline and his ability to understand multiple cultures brings him to this interview.
More people at the societal level are questioning if the best person always wins. We’ll explore monopoly as meritocracy and what is truly best.
This discussion covers the roots of racism, who suffers from it, and what can be done about it. Spoiler: it’s not just people of color.
For Women’s Month, we wanted to share this blog for women everywhere who may have feared (as we have) that we are not good enough.
Dr. Kira Banks talks about her work with internalized oppression, what she calls appropriated racial oppression.
Stephen B. Karpman’s drama triangle represents a pattern of dysfunctional relationships. It can exist in domestic situations and in the workplace too.
Jean asks André Harris about his sickle cell, his experience with sexual assault, and his ability to thrive where others might have given up.
How did Afrophobia get started, what are the signs it actually exists, and, especially, what can we do about it?
Are you consumed by work? And how can you produce excellence without burning out? Francine Derby has a lot to say about it.
A barrier to racial understanding is the fear of exposing oneself. What if we could find a safe place to have these uncomfortable conversations?
John Fisher depicts the emotional roller coaster we ride during a change. Jean uses the graphic to illustrate her journey toward realizing a vision.
Leading Consciously can help you in emotional suppression & engage in powerful listening.
What does it mean to develop an awareness of racism, starting to see things differently, interpret history differently, identify causes differently?
Amy Porterfield's honest and difficult journey with her commitment to justice, her missteps and along the way, the model of a very public apology.
Dr. Larry Brendtro founded Resilience Resources based on his work with troubled and Indigenous youth.
Interplay between victims and perpetrators: those who owned slaves/were slaves, Germans/Israelis of the Holocaust, or oppressors/ indigenous people.
Peter Michaelson explains how to throw off self-doubt and self-sabotage so you can realistically navigate a difficult world.
Think about a time when you were marginalized by a superior…or worse, when you did the marginalizing. You’re a good person. What can you do to change?
What did it take to make ordinary Germans into killers? Were there unusual circumstances, or could this still happen?
