Welcome misalignment so that you can work as a team to build the necessary shared understanding to allow for progress toward the change.

There is so much we could learn from each other, if only we could say it. If you want to increase the ability in your organization for your people to share their valuable perspectives, there are three steps you can take starting today.

Leaders, if you're planning to do a values exercise with your team, you'll get the most accurate answer to the question "what are our values?" not by making a lofty list of what the team might value in a utopian workplace, but by looking at actual recent team behavior.

Often people managers who got to where they are thanks to their technical proficiency have received little to no training on managing people. CHART is an acronym that will help new or untrained people managers understand what they need to know.

As a leader, you can use coaching skills to more effectively engage those around you. One of the primary ways that a coach supports someone is through change. I'm going to share a change framework with you called ACT.

Inclusion is the sincere and explicit invitation to join.

You can see, in the definition alone, the proactive nature of valuing inclusion. I picture extending a hand, metaphorically speaking.

At the heart of equity lies fairness. Having equity among a group means everyone in that group has what they need to have a fair chance at the same opportunities.

Diversity refers to the range of human differences - in any and all human differences.

Is DEI progressive wokeism or is it good business sense?

Working harder and working smarter to achieve business goals will not address team dynamics. The best thing you can do is bring it to the team as a whole.