Author: Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez

Navigating the VUCA World: Recruiting and Hiring for Racial Justice 

Navigating the VUCA World: Recruiting and Hiring for Racial Justice 

Posted by | Apr 8, 2022 | , , | 0

With recruiting talent being a top concern among CEOs and with multicultural populations being cited as “the growth engine of the future of the United States” by Nielsen, applying a justice lens to your hiring will undoubtedly lead to a better organization. Equity is a win for all. Here, we look at three areas related to recruiting and hiring that can help increase diversity in the workplace despite these volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times. 

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Navigating the VUCA World: Finding Fulfilling Work During the Pandemic

Navigating the VUCA World: Finding Fulfilling Work During the Pandemic

Posted by | Mar 4, 2022 | , , | 0

This week’s feature highlights the experiences of navigating our Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous world from The Winters Group’s Learning and Innovation’s newest team members, Tami Jackson and Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez. Following is an excerpt from Tami and Gabby’s discussion on the different reasons that brought them to The Winters Group, plus the common takeaways that helped them transition to new roles in the middle of the pandemic. 

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A Point of View: Moving Toward Justice – Why Nominating the First Black Woman to the Supreme Court Is the Opposite of ‘Offensive’ 

A Point of View: Moving Toward Justice – Why Nominating the First Black Woman to the Supreme Court Is the Opposite of ‘Offensive’ 

Posted by | Feb 3, 2022 | , | 0

As we kick off Black History Month, now is a good time to lift up history in the making with President Joe Biden’s unprecedented commitment to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. If this sounds to you like it’s been a long time coming, you wouldn’t be wrong: Of the 115 Supreme Court justices who have served since 1789, only two have been Black (both men), five have been women, and a total of 108 — roughly 94% — have been white men.  

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The Buzz: Showing Your Support With Year-End Giving

The Buzz: Showing Your Support With Year-End Giving

Posted by | Dec 16, 2021 | , | 0

With the end of the year fast approaching, it’s a good reminder that the time for making tax-deductible donations for 2021 is coming to a close. To celebrate this season of abundance, we’re lifting up past grant recipients of Live InclusivelyⓇ Actualized, The Winters Group’s corporate social responsibility arm. Consider supporting one or more of the following organizations, all of which cultivate diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in their communities by centering marginalized groups. 

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Centering Abundance: Reimagining Our Common Wealth

Centering Abundance: Reimagining Our Common Wealth

Posted by | Dec 2, 2021 | , | 0

The age-old idea of cooperative economics is tied to the ‘Ujamaa’ principle of Kwanzaa. Cooperative economics is about creating values-based, people-centered businesses that are owned, run, and served by members. As a dear colleague wisely pointed out, the co-op sounds wonderful in theory, but may still be out of reach for some. In that case, supporting BIPOC-owned businesses also plays a role in leveling the playing field so that people from marginalized groups as a whole can come to the table from a position of abundance and economic strength, upending the status quo.

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Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change

Racial Justice at Work book cover

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy and Belonging Across Differences

We Can’t Talk About That At Work! (Second Edition)

Cover of the book We Can't Talk about That at Work (Second Edition) by Mary-Frances Winters and Mareisha N Reese

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