Hi, loves: I always tell my (super well-meaning!) tech clients if you're surprised to hear about injustices, like
the US Supreme Court ending affirmative action for racial minorities (but keeping it for legacy and $ donor kids); women being scared of being murdered on first dates (while men are more afraid of being laughed at); swastikas popping up in your progressive neighborhood;research showing half of queer people feel unable to be âoutâ at work - even in your rad company; âŚthen it's a clue to more deeply engage with marginalized people + effortsâŚ
Until we are so well-informed that we're no longer surprised
To do so, I recommend you:
Volunteer for a community effort led by queer, women's, and/or BIPOC. Invite in your employee resource groups (ERGs) to advise you - as a focus group (not just on diversity; see Frito Lay example below). Swap in more queer, women's, and/or BIPOC voices to your bookshelf, YouTube, podcast list. Support ($) an affinity group in your professional field and go to their events that are open to allies (like Society of Women Engineers, Latinosin.tech, the Hidden Genius Project, Lesbians who Tech)⌠Hire me in 2024 to advise you (monthly 1:1 calls) on what you don't know you don't know - about the rapidly-changing world of inclusion, leadership, + allyship. :)
Executive Director, American Association of Corporate/Gender Strategists
+ "Silicon Valley's Gender/Inclusion Advisor"
p.s. My
program for âinclusion workersâ
started last month with
thirty (!!!) participants
from dozens of fields, + all racial/gender/orientation backgrounds. All pushing for a more just workplace + world. :)))) These advocates give me
so much hope. If you're crying your face off for not getting in (I know you are!), you can still
join the program for the remaining 8 months
before July 19 . :)
pssst: ARE YOU A RELUCTANT THOUGHT LEADER?
If so, you might love
my flagship program
âFuture Thought Leaderâ
(for busy feminists + LBGTQAIs
who are exhausted by the thought of
self-promotion and/or creeped out by seeming âsalesy.â
Secret: You do NOT have to do any
(I help you do fewer social medias. While gaining your momentum. )
Credit for the phrase âreluctant thought leaderâ from my new friend and comrade, Donna Lichaw, an executive coach, keynote speaker, and author of the bestselling book, The Leader's Journey.
ALL MY Love + power to the people.
Photo by Sarah Deragon / Portraits to the People
