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LEADERSHIP BLOG
An intro from Sheila.
Performance Reviews Should be a “No-Surprise” Zone
It’s that time of year – performance reviews. Whether you’re on the receiving or giving end of a performance review, it can be an anxiety inducing process. This week we’ll consider ways to try better on the giving side.
Resilience Found in a Slinky
When I was a kid, there was always a Slinky toy around. Maybe even more than one! I spent hours flipping that thing back and forth as the tinny sound of metal meeting metal accompanied whatever I asked of my Slinky.
Surprisingly there’s a real-life lesson to be learned from a Slinky. Resilience.
Celebrating 10 Years!
I met Precious J. Stroud, Founder, BlackFemaleProject, a handful of years ago after receiving an invitation to an event. I was so impressed with her mission that I wanted to know more.
Thankful Thursday: Ben Reuler
This week’s Thankful Thursday gratitude is for my new friend, Ben Reuler. Ben is the CEO of In the Area Productions in Seattle Washington and is leading some powerful anti-racism conversations with white leaders.
Venu Gupta, Creating Systems Change from the Inside Out
Venu Gupta is a real one! Find a way to join her doing something important anywhere that she is. She’s a truth teller and heart healer and I couldn’t be happier to call her my friend.
Try Better Tuesday: This is how it’s done!
It's Try Better Tuesdaty and THIS is how it’s done! Congratulations, Nicole Taylor, and your team at Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Achille Massoma, Founder of Akoma Coffee
I love what what Achille Massoma has built with his Akoma Coffee based in the Bay Area of Northern California!
Thank You, Richard Chacon
It’s Thankful Thursday and today I’m shouting out a longtime colleague, partner, collaborator, and client of both of my companies. Meet Richard Chacon, who retired this month after a decades-long career of significant impact in supplier diversity and community development. He’s a dean in supplier diversity who has led organizations to great change and commitment to businesses led by entrepreneurs representing ALL disadvantaged and marginalized groups across the country.