Managing Workplace Conflicts Without Involving HR

Issue 02

Editor’s note: We're doing something a little different with this issue of the Say More About That newsletter - we're calling it the SMAT Digital Experience.

For the listeners and viewers among us, we've recorded a video with Amber's responses to your questions so you can hear her responses in her voice.

Let us know what you think! - AML

The Amber Nugget:

"There is no HR out in the world.

There is no HR at your local park. There is no HR at your local grocery store. There is no human resources department as you are walking down the street.

It's important that you build the skill so that when you're in a circumstance when there is no one that is supposed to be accountable for helping to create a certain environment for you, YOU are the person who is accountable."

Join the conversation by leaving us your comment, or send in your new questions and scenarios for Amber.

She may respond with a relevant script just for you. You can submit your specific question or scenario here.

See you in the next issue!

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In Other News...

Check out the new podcast ?Guilty Privilege?

Listen to the new podcast Guilty Privilege or watch the video interviews on YouTube.

Register for the Free Course - Meeting the Moment: Skills for Navigating Today's Inclusion Climate

"I’m reaching down into my magic bag to do what I know how to do best: ?Teach.?

For ?? free.??

No catch. ? I am facilitating a free course focused on helping folks of all stripes to navigate today’s “DEI” climate.?

There are tools, tactics, and resources that people can use to help them navigate today's tough discussions - both in the workplace and out. And factually, identity ain’t going nowhere! Not a soul (or a SCOTUS ?? ) can legislate it away.?So if the capitalistic machine of it all won’t pay me to give it to you in your company, don't worry: I'm going to give it away. I want you armed with the skills.?I want those who want to know how to be inclusive, equitable, and impactful to have every ?? single ?? thing ?? they ?? can. ??" - Amber Cabral

?? Here are the details:

??What: Meeting the Moment: Skills for Navigating Today's Inclusion Climate

??When: July 26, 2023 at 1pm EST - 90 minutes

??Where: Zoom - register here:?cabralco.com/free-course

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About Us

Amber Cabral?is an award-winning inclusion strategist, certified coach, speaker, and author of two books, Allies and Advocates (Wiley, 2020) and Say More About That (Wiley, 2022). Through training, coaching, and speaking, she helps organizations, diversity and inclusion leaders, and high achievers appropriately disrupt the status quo to invite the innovation, momentum, and the diversity of thought necessary to achieve their inclusion goals.

A people-passionate, idea-generating, strategist, Amber develops inclusive leaders and cultivates diverse and equitable cultures for Fortune 500 Organizations with $50B in sales and small 5-person organizations alike.

By applying new and existing knowledge and using her knack for creating vulnerable spaces, Amber leads a team of strategists at Cabral Co to bring safety, authenticity, and honesty to difficult topics.

Amber is best known for sharing respectful, authentic, and no-nonsense training, strategies, and content. Her delivery is rich with simple tools, impactful steps, and eye-opening insights that inspire behavior change.

Amanda Miller Littlejohn is a brand strategist, executive coach, and writer. With a career spanning 15 years across journalism, public relations, and coaching she has been a pioneering voice on personal branding - teaching her students and clients across the globe to package their genius ideas, strategies, and services so they can contribute their most impactful work.?She works as an executive coach and executive storyteller helping senior leaders build powerful thought leadership platforms to increase their revenue, relevance, and recognition.

A lifelong writer, Amanda wrote the foreword to Say More About That.