Build Psychologically Safe Relationships with People Who are Different From You with Bestselling Author, LaTonya Wilkins

Imagine Belonging at Work

Today’s episode of the Imagine Belonging at Work Podcast is a very special encore presentation of a talk that originally aired during last week’s 4^th Annual Belonging at Work Summit.

The Belonging at Work Summit is an annual event designed for DEI professionals and other inclusive leaders to gather, learn from some of today’s most celebrated DEI & social justice thought leaders, and build community over the course of 5 days so that we can maintain the stamina to keep going in our work.

It’s truly an epic learning journey – and on its fifth and final day, we launched a special viewers’ choice award. This award allows every single Summit participant to choose their top 3 most favorite speakers – as a special gift to participants, we offer an encore talk on Saturday featuring the most popular talk from the Summit.

What you’re about to hear, is the speaker who won the viewers’ choice award, bestselling author and founder of change coaches, LaTonya Wilkins. LaTonya partners with executives, professionals, and teams to build cultures of belonging through highly customized coaching and consulting services. Latonya is a sought-after keynoter and has inspired audiences all over the world. And today she’s here to inspire us.

A few key highlights from LaTonya’s talk include:

• Ways old models of leadership don't serve us anymore, including those with power and privilege.
• The key reason why most workplace culture transformation efforts fail.
• Everyday actions you can take to lead below the surface to cultivate real connections with your co-workers and team.
• Examining the "Terrible Three" biases and the nonsensical human instinct to exclude in order to belong.
• The importance of leaders being vulnerable and "sharing their slips" to model letting go of perfectionism, a harmful trait of white supremacy culture.
• Practical skills on how to listen better, how to build more empathy, and how to create psychologically safe relationships.

Savor this insightful talk, and please consider checking-out some of the other Summit speakers from last week by visiting: belongingatworksummit.com.

Then, be sure to visit the podcast’s homepage where you can learn more about how to support the show and catch up on your favorite episodes here: www.imaginebelongingatwork.com.

Thanks for growing our #BelongingMovement!