LIFTED Network

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a joyful, purposeful 2025. To help you get started, I’m sharing a free resource to kickstart your goals—download The Daily Goal-Getter Guide for Leaders on the Rise here: https://lnkd.in/etdiXXm4

Who should attend this Information Session... * You support or work with racially and ethnically diverse women on your team * You are a racially and ethnically diverse woman leader seeking to lead without conforming and playing small * You oversee leadership development and training for your organization * You want to learn why Creating Cultures of Belonging (CCOB) is unique from other leadership development program We invite ALL to join us on Friday, Nov. 15th to learn about CCOB and listen directly from our participants on how they are leading differently in their organizations. Register today: https://lnkd.in/eS8k2__g

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Last year we had the honor to watch our first cohort build a culture of belonging that transformed who they were and how they led in their organizations and career. Today we're inviting you to join us in our mission to creating cultures of belonging. Register today for our program at: www.sageowomengroup.com

I’m so exciting to be facilitating again this year. The ah-ha’s visible and verbal #transformations that happened were beyond my expectations. I was truly honored to witness each participant’s journey into personal and professional growth, mindset shifts and behavioral changes. Join us in our 2nd cohort for Creating Cultures of Belonging. #ItsStartsWithYou This is the last week to join. Visit www.sagewomengroup.com to register. Or, reach out to me with questions.

A must read. This is vital to every single organization

What’s on your summer reading list? Here’s what I’m into this summer. I love a good podcast. So, I’m listening to Quote of the Day with Sean Croxton and The Moth by PRX What are your favorite podcasts? I’m also reading Effortless by Greg McKeown TRUST: Mastering the Four Essential Trust by Iyanla Vanzant you2 by Price Pritchett The Power of TED by David Emerald What are you reading this summer? Share your favorite books, podcasts and music playlists. Leave a suggestion in the chat. Everyone loves a good “READ!”

Let’s begin the week with positivity. Be mindful of your thoughts, feelings and energy.

#Repost The absence of physical safety can bring injury or death, but the absence of psychological safety can inflict devastating emotional wounds, neutralize performance, paralyze potential, and crater an individual’s self-worth. I have learned firsthand that a leader’s stewardship is to protect people. Not only physically, but also psychologically. There are two things you must realize about leadership: 1. The social/cultural contexts within which we work have a profound influence on behavior. You as the leader are, straight up, responsible for that context. 2. Fear is the enemy. Fear freezes initiative, ties up creativity, yields compliance instead of commitment, and represses what would otherwise be an explosion of innovation. If you can banish fear and create a nurturing environment that allows people to be vulnerable as they learn and grow, they will perform beyond your expectations and theirs. This is psychological safety, a culture of rewarded vulnerability. This kind of environment is built in four progressive stages based the natural progression of human needs in social settings. Just like humans need water, food, and shelter to survive, teams that want to innovate need four things in order to thrive: They need to experience genuine belonging. They need to engage in all aspects of the learning process. They need to contribute with a balance of autonomy and accountability. They need to speak up, innovate, and make things better. These needs exist across demographics, psychographics, nations, and cultures. We want to feel like we're humans first, and employees second, at work. Organizations that lack psychological safety and compete in highly dynamic markets are galloping their way to extinction. Leaders who can't create psychological safety are headed in the same direction. ~ Dr. Timothy R. Clark #the4stages #psychologicalsafety #leadershipdevelopment

Leadership is best served when leaders see & value another no matter their self expression. Let us NOT pigeonhole people or put them in boxes based on our level of comfort or understanding. #leadershipdevelopment #innovation #belonging