Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcomed Dr. Shinika McKiever to the Intentional Conversations co-host chair and just wow! Dr. Shinika has shared so much wisdom in our time together. We wanted to share a couple of quotes that really resonated with our community: "My light warms, it doesn’t burn!" "Confidence is a stain that can’t be wiped off. Know who you are and be confident in that!" If you are an entrepreneur and working daily to realize your dreams or maybe you haven't quite gotten there y ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcomed Yvonne Alston to the Intentional Conversations co-host chair. So, grab your headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation begin! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS: We should normalize difficult conversations. Arizona upholding an 1864 abortion ban has many implications. 1864 ruling brings us back to the last century when women couldn’t vote and slavery was upheld. Ther ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcomed Tara Turk-Haynes to the Intentional Conversations co-host chair. So, grab your headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation begin! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS: When you are in the room, how are you creating access for other people? Companies need to think about how to embed equitable practices in a practical way. Your customer base, which is your candidate base ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcome Abenaa Hayes to the Intentional Conversations co-host chair. So, grab your headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation begin! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Even among the noise, there are people who still want to do this work of DEI. Communication is a discipline that helps us accomplish so many things. It helps to create communities and can drive and power movem ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. It was an honor to welcome a dear friend and fellow DEI practitioner, Natasha Bowman, to the Intentional Conversations mic. This was a conversation we had been looking forward to for a long time and it did not disappoint! So, grab those headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation go! Be sure to subscribe to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM NATASHA: Language matters. If we’re having the uncomfortable convers ..read more

Wow, wow and wow! We welcomed Christy Rutherford to our weekly Intentional Conversations vodcast this past week and she showed up! We can't wait for you to listen. Grab your headphones (or earbuds) and press play to listen to the full encore episode now! Be sure to subscribe to our channel to never miss an episode. You can also watch the full replay on the NWC YouTube channel HERE  KEY TAKEAWAYS: Choose how you use your super power! You can walk around as a 20,000 watt light bulb and light up the city or burn it down. Distorting your energy to make people ok with who you are... over time ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcome Janice Omadeke, Founder of The Mentor Method and author of Mentorship Unlocked: The Science And Art Of Setting Yourself Up For Success, to the Intentional Conversations co-host chair. So, grab your headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation begin! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Stats are real - you can advance your career 4 - 5x faster with mentors. 7 types of men ..read more

We welcomed Marie Deveaux to our weekly Intentional Conversations vodcast this past Friday and our hands hurt from taking so many notes! We can't wait for you to listen. Grab your headphones (or earbuds) and press play to listen to the full encore episode now! Be sure to subscribe to our channel to never miss an episode. You can also watch the full replay on the NWC YouTube channel HERE  KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM MARIE: 1. Often it is the experiences of trauma that allows us to figure out what we need to do. If it can happen to me, it can happen to other people. 2. Workplace trauma does require ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcome Kelly George, founder / CEO of Real Resilience, where she helps leaders and organizations create emotional ecosystems with the neurodiverse in mind, to the Intentional Conversations co-host chair. So, grab your headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation go! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM KELLY: Isolation is what stifles us moving through difficult times. When ..read more

Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business. This week we welcomed Kamini Wood to the Intentional Conversations as our guest co-host. So, grab your headphones ?, press play, and let the conversation go! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel because we're all about keeping the great conversations flowing. KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM KAMINI: Kirsin Neff's 3 pillars of self-compassion: Self-Kindness Common Humanity Mindfulness 47% of our day we're either in the there or the then. Self compassion says we’re coming back to this mome ..read more