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In this episode, Wendy Horng Brawer speaks with Howard Behar. Howard Behar's career in business spans over 50 years, all in consumer oriented businesses covering several industries. He retired from Starbucks Coffee after 21 years where he led both the domestic business, as President of North America, and was the founding President of Starbucks International. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning five continents. He served on the Starbucks Board of Directors for 12 years before retiring. Mr. Behar is committed to the development and education of our future leaders and has been a longtime advocate of the Servant Leadership Model. He has also authored two books on leadership titled It's Not About the Coffee and The Magic Cup.

Wendy and Howard focus their conversation specifically on the Servant Leader Model that Howard cultivated during his tenure at Starbucks. Howard defines what servant leadership is and how he first encountered it. Wendy and Howard discuss how companies can adapt and develop this people first model in any iteration of the business while sharing personal experiences. 

They also discuss how the emerging workforce shaped their social emotional skills through their educational experiences. With expectations for a people first approach growing amongst the workforce, the time is ripe for leaders to value the perspective that they are first and foremost in the people business over being in business. It’s evident that employee retention, productivity, and the overall health of the company increase when Servant Leadership is in the DNA of the business. 

To learn more about Howard’s work at howardbehar.com. 

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human discussion is all about how applying experiential design to the workplace is shifting the way companies' cultural touchpoints are physically and conceptually structured. 

In this episode, Lisa Hardy, Chief of Brand/Design Strategy at Intune Collective,  speaks with Jamie Shaw. Jamie is the co-founder of LMNL Studio, an experience design company specializing in spatial solutions that bring more humanity into the workplace. Previously, she was the Global Head of Creative at Cogs & Marvel, working with well-known brands like Adobe, Disney, Tik Tok and Google. 

Jamie defines what exactly is Experiential Design and why businesses need to develop this type of thinking to attract and retain top talent in this tight market. Lisa and Jamie discuss why the times we are finding ourselves living in, have been one of the most important catalysts for the need to bring experiential design to the forefront. They both offer ideas on what’s possible for the future workplace. Finally, Jamie offers some quick tips on how companies can build a culture from the inside out.  

To learn more about Jamie’s  work at LMNL Studio, go to lmnlstudio.com. 

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human discussion is all about the CEO. What current challenges they are facing and how they can lead in a manner that empowers people.

In this episode, Christine Hildebrand speaks with Scott Johnson, the CEO of Motivosity. Scott is a founder and technology entrepreneur, for the last three decades has founded two companies. Launched in 2013, Motivosity is a software platform that helps employees be happier at work through tools that generate gratitude and connectivity. 

Scott shares with Christine his own journey as a CEO and investor. He highlights the tension CEO’s often face while managing a board and investors while leading a management team, managing the people side of the operation while maintaining focus on strategic priorities and productivity. Christine and Scott discuss how to cultivate a company culture that is built on purpose-driven, human centric tactics over fear-based practices to accomplish business goals.

They discuss current challenges CEOs are facing as they address the new demands of the  ‘people side’ of business and how gratitude plays a major role in team building. They highlight how investing in your people through coaching and skill building versus getting rid of people cultivates a deeper level of accountability and leadership. They detail the new critical partnership between the CEO and the CHRO as core practice for retention, culture building, employee morale, and overall business success.

Being a CEO today requires courage, trust, and faith in your people and your mission. This episode is seeped with practical and visionary actions that will encourage and inspire CEOs to get clear on their vision, invest in their people, and take more leadership in creating more happiness and fulfillment at work.

To learn more about Scott’s work at Motivosity go to motivosity.com. You can connect with Scott on LinkedIn. Check out this article about the ripple effect of Extreme Appreciation.

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human discussion is all about the employee and how leadership in companies can care and support their employees with concrete, practical steps, all from a human centered approach.

In this episode, Wendy Horng Brawer speaks with Leslie Forde, the CEO and Founder of Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs. Leslie Forde has been a leading voice for policies that will benefit working families, such as increasing access to affordable and quality child care and transportation, expanding mental health initiatives, preserving child tax credits, and canceling student loan debt. 

Currently, she’s running a national study of 2500 parents on the pandemic’s impact on their lives and careers. She’s a frequent speaker, researcher, and consultant who’s working to help employers support parents in the workplace. 

Leslie and Wendy deep dive on the current state of employees and their needs. Leslie’s been conducting a survey for parents since the pandemic. What’s glaringly evident in the study is that for a long time work conditions haven’t been humane. There is a power rebalancing occurring due to a labor shortage and employees are now more than ever holding power to advocate for a more humane work environment. 

They discuss the top four needs of  employees now: psychological safety, flexibility, subsidized mental health care, and child/elder care. Wendy and Leslie discuss how employers can shift their company culture, policies, structure, etc to be human-centered and address these needs. Making these shifts benefits everyone! Employees can be productive at work and still have the energy and time to care for their families, their health and more. How can workplaces make this possible?

To learn more about Leslie and the Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs go to the website. You can follow Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs @moms_hierarchy_of_needs on Instagram, @momshierarchy on Twitter and @MomsHierarchyOfNeeds on Facebook. Want a practice on self-care? Check it out  here. 

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook, and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human offers a simpler way to approach DEIB. This approach puts human beings at the center and  addresses the fear that is so common around taking on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging within organizations.

In this episode, Wendy Horng Brawer chats with Victoria Rodgers. Victoria is the IDEA Strategy Director at TiER1 Performance and is responsible for the establishment of IDEA - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility. Victoria has a combined 20 years of leadership in business development, culture transformation through DEIB, learning development, leadership coaching, master facilitation and strategy consulting.

Wendy and Victoria share insights on how they have learned, grown and experimented in the DEIB space and share helpful tools that help simplify what DEIB is essentially about - creating spaces where people feel that they belong and can have productive and authentic relationships with one another. 

Fostering belonging is another topic Wendy and Victoria touch on. Belonging is a two way street, meaning that organizations can do a variety of things to foster equity and inclusion, and individuals can close the loop to create belonging within a system by choosing to accept their company’s invitation to belong. Both sides take responsibility for the mutual relationship together. 

Other tools discussed and shared include design thinking and applying it to creating lasting and generative human experiences within organizations that celebrate diversity. How might we foster empathy, connection, respect, and collaboration and build trust, safety, vulnerability and agency. These seasoned leaders of inclusive spaces share in this fireside chat.

You can connect with Victoria on LinkedIn.

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human Salon discussion is about Corporate Racial Equity and what role Companies and Employers play in creating Racial Equity within company culture.

In this episode, Christine Hildebrand speaks with Nikki Lanier, JD of Harper Slade. Nikki Lanier is the CEO of Harper Slade. A racial equity advisory firm focused on helping organizations advance equity for some and equality for all.  An experienced leader with over 25 years of career achievements that span Banking, Labor and Employment Law, Collective Bargaining, Human Resources, and State Government.  A Private and Public Sector CHRO adept in a multitude of HR disciplines, Nikki is experienced in managing multi-site operations, ensuring compliance with all federal and state employment laws and employing comprehensive approaches that effectively align human capital priorities with the overall organizational strategy. 

Christine and Nikki define the meaning of  Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Equity. They expand these definitions within the context of the growing data that suggest by maintaining gaps in equity between race and gender that businesses and our US economy are losing productivity and economic growth. 

Nikki centers on how business can begin to create racial equity through her metaphor of The Garden. Nikki and Christine identify what roles employers and companies should play in creating equity. They discuss current limitations in DEIB work and how structural inequity plays a role. They talk about how companies can cultivate employee engagement through racial equity during this changing hybrid era of work. 

This episode is steeped with so many clear and concise ideas on how you can begin to make the necessary changes for your company to cultivate a garden of racial equity and, in the long term, create cultures where top talent will want to work in addition to spurring  economic growth for your company and bottom line.

To learn more about the research and data showing the projected demographic changes in the American workforce and the need for racial equity for economic growth, please read the articles below:

• $3 Trillion a Year and Growing: Potential Economic Gains from Equity
• Confronting Inequity: A Framework for Change
• New Tool Reveals Potential GDP Gains from Closing Racial and Gender Gaps
• The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045, Census projects

To find out more about Nikki’s work at Harper Slade, please check out Harper Slade’s website. You will find out more about Harper Slade at 12 - Webcast, Racial Equity Index, The Garden Program, and upcoming events Harper Slade is hosting. You can follow Harper Slade @HarperSladeRacialEquity on Facebook and @harpersladellc on Instagram. 

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human Salon discussion is about Corporate Culture in the Great Re-evaluation.

In this episode, Wendy chats with Candra Canning, founder of Live Bright Now, to discuss what companies can do to retain talent and create empowering work cultures. Candra is a certified leadership coach and a master facilitator who has been coaching corporate leaders and teams to brighten their performance for over 20 years.

Starting with how to bring joy into the workplace, Candra outlines the importance of honoring employees’ strengths and asking “what is the larger why of the company.” Candra shares how the "culture conversation" is a conversation around performance and doing great work together as a team. In a business culture that allows people to play with their strengths, there will be collective ownership in the larger WHY of the company.

The Great Resignation is calling quits on meaningless work; companies are needing to intrinsically inspire people to join and do something. Candra recognizes that it’s important that the CEO embodies the inspiring vision of the business to cultivate an empowering culture. In her work, she creates co-horts among team members to cultivate a place of openness and safety for employees to share their full experiences.   Candra fosters intimacy between teams by taking companies out of the conference room and into the outdoors, incorporating The Science of Awe.

This conversation will help you reimagine how performance is linked to its culture.

To learn more about Candra Canning and Live Bright Now, go to her website. 

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human Salon discussion is about Human-Centered Design or Design Thinking. 

In this episode of the Business of Being Human, Wendy Horng Brawer, our Chief of Learning and Innovation,and Sofia Chancey, Head of Strategy at Intune Collective, discuss how Design Thinking can be used as a tool to face the unknown future in ways that can identify possible solutions, bring teams together, give leaders more information, and activate a more innovative spirit through the organization. Sofia and Wendy outline the framework of Design Thinking and give examples they’ve put into practice in real life.  Wendy shares a few examples of her own experiences. They both discuss how Design Thinking will unpack the fear of failure and help organizations become more comfortable with taking risks.

With the next generation being trained in Design Thinking, this conversation will introduce you to how the future will approach ideation and customer service. 

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

The Business of Being Human podcast discusses the future organization. What new structures are required and how to evolve existing frameworks and leadership styles for continued growth.

In this episode Christine sits down with Sofia Chancey, Head of Strategy at Intune Collective, to discuss how organizational structures are evolving and what is required from leaders to generate growth and optimize talent. They share the kinds of changes they are seeing with clients, what trends they are noticing across industries, including why people are leaving their jobs. Noting the shift to remote work, distributed teams, and the great resignation, they consider what types of structures will support both people and business growth in the future. And what leaders need to be looking out for when it comes to re-inventing their own leadership styles that will serve their organizations and teams.

This conversation will help you gain insights into reimagining your organization's structure for future growth.

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s The Business of Being Human Salon discusses the importance of authentic human connection for building team cohesion whether it is online or offline, and what tools Jenny Sauer-Klein has found to do just that.

In this episode Wendy sits down with Jenny Sauer-Klein to discuss her transition from in-person Culture Conferences to the remote team building resources with Scaling Intimacy. Jenny Sauer-Klein is passionate about designing transformational experiences that prioritize connection over content, and regularly consults for organizations like Google, Airbnb, Dropbox and the Haas School of Business. She is the founder and CEO of the Scaling Intimacy School of Experience Design, which trains event leaders to strategically weave connection into the fabric of their events. She created Play On Purpose, a video tutorial library with over 80 of her best virtual and in-person team-building games, to support facilitators to confidently engage and connect groups and teams.

During this pandemic, Jenny has pivoted and learned to train others how to maximize virtual platforms for connection and engagement. Whether it be in-person or online, she outlines how play is a tool that can help a team handle stressful situations in the future. Jenny imparts that team building can be as simple as consistently asking one question in the weekly stand-up meeting. All that is required is a little bit of space for authentic human connection for a difference to be seen in the team. 

This conversation will help you reimagine how your team can show up in-person and online, engaging with work as three-dimensional humans.

To learn more about Jenny Sauer-Klein, go to her website. You can follow her on LinkedIn. To learn more about Scaling Intimacy please go here. To access the video tutorial library with over 80 of Jenny’s best virtual and in-person team building games check out, Play On Purpose.

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Today’s bonus episode of The Business of Being Human is the first in a series of discussions around the importance of team alignment through individual and group awareness. When a team is truly aware of everyone’s strengths and challenges, the effectiveness in actualizing mission, vision, strategy is exponential. Positive energy is released that helps move teams and organizations towards the impact they seek in these dynamic times. 

In this episode, Christine and Wendy interview Dr. Adriana Popescu. Dr. Popescu is a licensed clinical psychologist and empowerment coach with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. 

Christine, Wendy and Dr. Adriana Popescu discuss how building team awareness first starts with understanding your individual selves. Being seen, heard, valued is the key to strengthening the overall buy-in to the mission, vision, and strategy of the organization. This in turn releases the energetic “lift” or “engagement” that then creates ripple effects over time. 

Dr. Adriana, Christine and Wendy share concrete practices for cultivating self awareness. It can be as simple as pausing before each meeting to conduct a check in to implementing the five elements of intimacy to executing a leadership offsite that energizes the whole. 

This conversation will help you activate team energy by fostering team alignment through self awareness, celebrations, vulnerability, slowing down together, and more. Stay tuned for the next conversation in this series as they explore the skill of sensing what the organization, team, or culture needs in order to include people in safe, authentic, and collaborative spaces.

To learn more about Dr. Adriana Popescu, go to adrianapopescu.org. You can follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. She also has a podcast Kaleidoscope of Possibilities: Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health.

To learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer, go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

A company’s spirit and how that is expressed for the common good is what centers a business to not only survive but thrive. The technological revolution has been the golden ring businesses have been trying to grasp. With that focus, a shift away from the human genius has formed. Since Covid, however, companies have realized that it’s not electrical receptors that advance us, but rather the human connection that builds a company’s true success. So where does humanity fit in to keep pace with technology? We have only one place to go and that is to develop ourselves in our innate human capacities.

In this episode, Christine welcomes Brian G. Bachand, Founder of Evolution Evolution, to discuss whether spirituality has a role in business. Christine and Brian discuss what spirituality is and distinguish how it is NOT a religion. Brian and Christine both detail how spirituality’s role within their personal and work lives and how spirituality has accelerated their capacity to bring their business visions into reality.

Now Christine and Brian are both aware there may be some resistance towards integrating spirituality into business. They name those resistances. They also share how you might jump-start developing your spirituality by understanding your intuition. They share personal stories on how leaning into their intuition affects work and productivity. 

Finally, Brian leads us through a breathing micro-practice that you can begin to utilize. 

To learn more about Brian G. Bachand and his work, go to EvolutionEvolution.com and connect with him on LinkedIn.

If you are interested in finding ways your company can foster spirituality into your company’s culture, go to intunecollective.com. You can learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Too often, we think of company retreats as big deals in terms of time, coordination, and effort. What could be possible if we could participate in company retreats that have been reinvented and produced in ways that allow teams to develop clarity, alignment, relationships, and cohesion with ease? If you’re curious and what this might look like, tune in to this episode and listen in.

In this episode of The Business of Being Human, Christine and Wendy offer insights on why company retreats are important in strengthening your team’s connection, refocusing on purpose, and strategizing for the coming year.       

Christine and Wendy invite you to re-envision what you see as the potential of your teams by reimagining your company retreat. They walk through the characteristics of what Intune brings to retreats they create for clients:

• Safety
• Playfulness
• Relationship building
• Recognition of the Positive
• Entity Visioning - intuitive imagining what’s possible
• Graphic Recording
• And more

Wendy and Christine offer a small taste of what your team could experience with this episode’s Micropractice. If you are interested in learning more about Intune Collective's Company Retreat services go to intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

When you hear the term “intelligence” in business, these days it’s often associated with A.I. - artificial intelligence. The reality is that human beings are composed of many different intelligences. Is your organization supporting these intelligences?

In this episode of The Business of Being Human, Christine and Wendy define four important human intelligences that create a wholly empowered and productive organization. Our hosts share how they arrived at identifying these four intelligences and why most organizations focus on 2 out of the 4 intelligences.

They define the four intelligences as:

• Emotional Intelligence
• Relational Intelligence
• Functional Intelligence
• Analytical Intelligence

Hear how all four intelligences combine to create a flourishing ecosystem for employees. You do not want to miss the centering Micropractice Wendy leads us through. She guides listeners on ways to integrate these intelligences consciously and somatically.

You can learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer at intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Over the past year, we have seen a profound change in the “world” of work. How can leaders be effective in the midst of dynamic change? In this episode, we’ll review the three main skills - Power Skills- needed to build cohesive teams and lead with joy and confidence.

In this episode of The Business of Being Human, Christine and Wendy introduce and discuss three key power skills that leaders and their companies will benefit from in this new world of work. At the center of each of these skills is the belief that, a new type of leader that inspires and leads their people by engaging their whole being, blending their analytical minds and their energetic heart. 

Christine and Wendy address why power skills are so important. Leadership teams are navigating different issues which require grounding, human connection, perspective and safety. Learning and adapting to the  power skills of 

1. Self-Awareness / Sensing 
2. Holding the North Star - Organizational Identity Transformation 
3. Human Connection

will address these leadership team issues. Through defining and storytelling, Christine and Wendy launch you into the journey of exploring how these skills will help your organization.

To deep dive further into the powers skills, we recommend you download Intune Collective’s Power Skills for Leaders in a New Era E-book on the Get Intune page. Also, check out Episode 8 - Beyond Mindfulness to learn more about Self Awareness and Sensing. Check out Episode 5 - Brand Energy- The Power of Purpose to learn more about Holding the North Star. Finally, check out Episode 4 - Joy @ Work, Episode 6 - It’s OK to Not be OK!, and Episode 9- 5 Essential Elements For Building Today’s Dream Team on ways you can foster Human Connection in your organization.

 You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

When you hear the phrase Dream Team what comes to mind? Do you feel it’s possible to build a dream team? Christine and Wendy KNOW it’s possible and they have a party of elements that will help you and your company to practice and build a dream team.

In this episode of The Business of Being Human, Christine and Wendy define what is a Dream Team and why these teams matter. They share how adopting the 5 key elements of a Dream Team strengthens the culture, relationships, vitality and productivity of your company.

These are: 

• Connection
• Communication
• Consensus
• Collaboration
• Cohesion

Christine and Wendy define each element with concrete storytelling. This episode helps create expansion for you and your teams, allowing you to not only dream, but also how to make your dream a reality. 

If you are interested in learning more about how you can receive support as you build your Dream Team, go to intunecollective.com.  You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Mindfulness is a practice that has entered into our daily lexicon. It’s more than a trend. It’s more than self-care. How do mindfulness practices affect the ecosystem of an individual and an organization?

In this episode of The Business of Being Human, Christine and Wendy share their personal experience with mindfulness and how adapting mindful awareness created a ripple effect in their daily lives, personal relationships and work performance.

Christine and Wendy view mindfulness as a powerful tool that creates clarity, builds a resource of flexibility, a bird’s eye view of empathy and recognizing human behavior, and confidence to make challenging decisions.  

They define what mindfulness is. They offer 3 core but basic tools of mindfulness and insight on how you can apply it to your life, work and relationships. Finally, they embody this practice and invite you to participate in mindfulness during this episode's Micro-Practice.

If you are interested in learning more about how you can apply mindfulness to your life, work and relationships, Christine and Wendy encourage you to go to the Get Intune page at intunecollective.com You can learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer at intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

Unlearning old patterns and learning new practices.

In this Era of New Possibility, we are ripe for making big and small shifts that will allow us to GROW. It’s possible to let go of old, unproductive patterns and open up to adapting new skills that aid in our flourishing. 

Where do we even begin?

In this episode, Christine and Wendy offer ways in which you can make changes that will help you become a better human and better leader. It is a journey of inner work that you can start today. 

First, Christine and Wendy introduce us to the concept of unlearning. They detail how we can create more space for new, helpful and supportive patterns. They share what we have to unlearn: limiting beliefs, social pressures, our fears and more. Then they dive into the action steps of unlearning:  how to center yourself, stay grounded, and listen to your intuition through developing rituals and practices that help you stay the course. In this work, you gain clarity, freedom, and confidence that can permeate all aspects of your life beyond work.

What habit or programming are you ready to unlearn today? Let us know! We would love to journey with you as you evolve and create new ways of being in the world.

You can learn more about Intune Collective and the services they offer at intunecollective.com. You can follow Intune Collective at @intunecollectivesf on Instagram, @intunecollective on Facebook and @intunesf on Twitter.

This is Part 2 of a Business of Being Human Bonus Episode. It is from the Intune Collective Salon discussion The Role of White Leaders in Achieving Racial Equity. It is the first in a series of discussions spotlighting critical perspectives for creating work cultures that meaningfully foster diversity, belonging, inclusion, and equity. 

In this episode, Christine welcomes Karen Fleshman, Founder of Racy Conversations and Author of “White Women, We Need to Talk,” and Jared Karol, Author of upcoming book, “A White Guy Confronting Racism,” to discuss the role of white leaders in bringing about racial equity. Dignity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging—DEIB—isn’t an HR issue or a special initiative; it is a necessary human development strategy for all organizations.

Christine, Karen and Jared discuss all the different conditions and catalytic events that spurred  this imperative change that affects not only  individuals’ lives but also, work environments. They clearly define specific DEIB terms and offer insight and frameworks on how individuals, specifically people who identify as white, can do the work to provide safe space and support their fellow BIPOC peers. 

Christine, Karen and Jared also offer recommendations on what  white leaders within corporations can do to consciously approach DEIB work and advocate for their BIPOC employees. It requires that in every aspect of your corporation, “everyone with a face” learns, practices, embodies and models your organization’s values around  equity. 

Finally, they encourage us to envision what the world and workplace could be if all white leaders join in bringing about racial equity. 

To find out more about Karen Fleshman (she/her/hers) and her work with Racy Conversations, check out her website here. You can purchase her book, White Women, We Need to Talk: Doing Our Part to End Racism here. Connect with Karen on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

To find out more about Jared Karol (he/him/his) and his work check out his website here. You can learn more about his upcoming book, set to release in the fall, A White Guy Confronting Racism: An Invitation to Reflect and Act here. Connect with Jared on LinkedIn.

Karen, Jared and Intune Collective have all collaborated on sharing a robust list of resources so you can begin to do the work.

Go to IntuneCollective.com/salon  to access many resources the Intune Collective Team, Karen and Jared offered. 

This is Part 1 of a Business of Being Human Bonus Episode. It is from the Intune Collective Salon discussion The Role of White Leaders in Achieving Racial Equity. It is the first in a series of discussions spotlighting critical perspectives for creating work cultures that meaningfully foster diversity, belonging, inclusion, and equity. 

In this episode, Christine welcomes Karen Fleshman, Founder of Racy Conversations and Author of “White Women, We Need to Talk,” and Jared Karol, Author of upcoming book, “A White Guy Confronting Racism,” to discuss the role of white leaders in bringing about racial equity. Dignity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging—DEIB—isn’t an HR issue or a special initiative; it is a necessary human development strategy for all organizations.

Christine, Karen and Jared discuss all the different conditions and catalytic events that spurred  this imperative change that affects not only  individuals’ lives but also, work environments. They clearly define specific DEIB terms and offer insight and frameworks on how individuals, specifically people who identify as white, can do the work to provide safe space and support their fellow BIPOC peers. 

Christine, Karen and Jared also offer recommendations on what  white leaders within corporations can do to consciously approach DEIB work and advocate for their BIPOC employees. It requires that in every aspect of your corporation, “everyone with a face” learns, practices, embodies and models your organization’s values around  equity. 

Finally, they encourage us to envision what the world and workplace could be if all white leaders join in bringing about racial equity. 

To find out more about Karen Fleshman (she/her/hers) and her work with Racy Conversations, check out her website here. You can purchase her book, White Women, We Need to Talk: Doing Our Part to End Racism here. Connect with Karen on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

To find out more about Jared Karol (he/him/his) and his work check out his website here. You can learn more about his upcoming book, set to release in the fall, A White Guy Confronting Racism: An Invitation to Reflect and Act here. Connect with Jared on LinkedIn.

Karen, Jared and Intune Collective have all collaborated on sharing a robust list of resources so you can begin to do the work.

Go to IntuneCollective.com/salon  to access many resources the Intune Collective Team, Karen and Jared offered.