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Prioritizing Well-Being in a VUCA World  

Prioritizing Well-Being in a VUCA World  

Posted by | Mar 17, 2022 | , , | 0

At The Winters Group internal meeting this week, we held an open forum to discuss how VUCA is impacting the team. There were some heartfelt emotions centering around the stress of navigating serious personal health and family issues while attending to our DEIJ work that more often than not carries significant emotional labor. We need to take our mental well-being seriously. With this new level of VUCA, it is ever more important. The team discussed some coping strategies that I offer here. 

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A Point of View: Beyond The Pursuit of Self-Confidence – Cultural Wisdoms as an Antidote

A Point of View: Beyond The Pursuit of Self-Confidence – Cultural Wisdoms as an Antidote

Posted by | Mar 10, 2022 | , | 1

In shedding the pursuit of “self-confident-lady-boss,” I felt my foremothers exhale a sigh of relief. I became who we have always been: women of faith, women of Love. Our faith and love finding its expression, its home, in community and in service. What I’ve come to realize is that what the world needs is not more confident leaders, but a deeper consciousness of our interdependence; a celebration and cultivation of our interdependence.

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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: Diversity Bombing

A Point of View: Diversity Bombing

Posted by | Feb 17, 2022 | , | 0

We’ve seen it before. An organization reacts to an employee complaint about discrimination. In an effort to get ahead of the complaint, the leaders in said organization hire a DEI consultant, require a series of diversity trainings, and release a statement about supporting diversity in the workplace. However, once the dust settles, the organization returns to its former self. It is often the case that more harm has been incurred and tensions may be even deeper than before. I call this phenomenon: Diversity Bombing.

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The Buzz: Banning Books, or Banning Blackness? Why We Need Diverse Books Now More Than Ever

The Buzz: Banning Books, or Banning Blackness? Why We Need Diverse Books Now More Than Ever

Posted by | Feb 17, 2022 | , | 0

In the past few months, the sociopolitical tensions of our pandemic world have infiltrated not only our bookshelves, but also one of the core values that (theoretically) unites Americans: access to knowledge and education. This most recent book ban wave, spanning across school districts and counties, to state legislation and national political interest groups, is propelling the dangerous censorship of education, world awareness, and most importantly the lived experiences of gender, race, and religiously diverse people. What can we do as students, parents, community members?

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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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