Why You Should Lead Below The Surface

<p><strong>LaTonya Wilkins</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Founder of The Change Coaches, Latonya, and her team, build cultures of belonging through customized coaching and consulting services.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A sought-after keynote speaker, she has inspired audiences all over the world, and was featured on a list of most inclusive HR influences in 2019. Her book,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leading Below the Surface</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, features her revolutionary signature concept of 'Below the Surface Leadership.' About creating psychologically safe relationships across differences, and empowering underrepresented employees to feel valued, heard, and engaged.</span></p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why LaTonya HATES Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The magic sauce missing from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">he issue with school leaders having real empathy instead of sympathy. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Demystify the myths leaders believe around being “nice” or “kind” to redefine archetypes of leadership.</span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lead Below the Surface</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to throw out dominant leadership standards.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Build</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> a continuum of psychological safety where intersectional identities can bring their entire selves to work. </span></li> <li style="font-w