So often we think the other person has to change to improve our circumstances, especially with a person in a position of power. We tend to think power is top-down and comes from the outside. But cultural intelligence empowers people from the bottom-up and comes from the inside of each of us. With cultural intelligence – what enables you to accept a person as they are and communicate with genuine respect for their circumstances — you can find words to care for both them and you.
When you take a moment, minute or hour to stand in that more spacious third way, you’re in a place of grace out of which creativity, humanity and fresh ideas emerge.
Because our culture has buried women’s voices so well for centuries, even women don’t always realize they have internalized the belief they’re not worth hearing.
While women represent over half the available talent pool, organizations struggle to retain and promote them. There’s a lot men can do to help achieve equity and a sense of belonging in the #workplace. This isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s critical to a company’s long-term success.
Each team member becoming more self-aware of how their thoughts, feelings, words and actions impact themselves and others is key to developing a cohesive culture at work. Cultural self-awareness is the pathway for ensuring no one feels sidelined or silenced, creating...
No doubt, non-violent communication takes time and intentionality. But it’s what ultimately gives you the bandwidth and power to create a win-win for you and everybody.
Being accepted as she is and given the right tools, she found her voice as a strong leader.
The antidote to cultural blindness is to become more aware of the systems that influence us, which make us less likely to perpetuate them.
Genuine human connection, not correction, allows us to experience more of our own and others’ humanity, increasing engagement, collaboration and innovation for everyone in the organization.
When a boss uses their cultural intelligence, they create the environment for human connection we all long for, effective relationships we need to be our authentic and productive selves and a work environment where employees thrive.