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Jean Latting

In this podcast, Hamza Khan and Jean Latting engage in an animated conversation about leadership, resilience, belonging, and burnout.

Jean Latting

Jean addresses an issue in publishing her new book where she was confronted with the highly offensive misdeeds of one of her heroes. Read how she worked her way through it.

Jean Latting

Amri Johnson has a few provocative things to say about the current state of efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Jean Latting

Jean sums up her history of optimism, the arc of social justice, and the deliberate steps one has to take to keep an eye on the prize.

Jean Latting

Jean discusses transitional justice and the race class narrative: what works, what doesn’t, and how to stay the course.

Jean Latting

Given our country’s long and difficult history with inclusiveness, Jean decided to sit down and write out her thoughts – during this year’s Black History Month.

Jean Latting

How do you self-identify? Our identities affect our allyship with those who are being marginalized because of one or more of their identities.

Jean Latting

Jean interviews Daniel Oestreich, co-author of two books on what to say to someone, especially people in the workplace, when you are afraid to say it.

Jean Latting

How do you even begin to articulate a goal that lights you up, not to mention working toward it? Jean has some thoughts.

Leading Consciously

We envision a world of peace, mutual support, and mutual responsibility, including intolerance for hunger, climate action, responsible news outlets, and compassionate leadership.

Jean Latting

Nina proposes susceptibility to harmful radiation and absorption of Vitamin D as the simple explanation for why people have different skin colors, a product of evolutionary adaptation.

Jean Latting

What inspires you to feel gratitude?

Jean Latting

Jean started listening to Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors, honing in on his leadership skills. She was blown away by his insights.

Jean Latting

Dr. Pratt learned how to follow the whisper of the spirit, work within and without the system, address racism and sexism head on, and promote impactful diversity initiatives.

Jean Latting

Brain fog is a trap we fall into when our emotional reaction to a negative experience keeps us frozen. If we don’t have tools to keep us moving, we get stuck where it hurts the most.

Jean Latting

In today’s world, leadership is not about telling people what to do. Rod McCowan trains leaders to consider moral principles when making decisions.

Jean Latting

Studies show the benefits of affirming our value, yet we hesitate to share these affirmations with others.

Jean Latting

Victor Varnado, born with albinism, chose to beat the odds stacked against him in life by using his comedic skills to pursue his dreams.

Mike Todt

The Gross National Happiness Index exists, and it works in Bhutan as well as other countries. Mike writes of his upcoming visit to Bhutan to see this phenomenon in action.

Jean Latting

Sherra Aguirre speaks with Jean about the leadership role she took on in her community to promote changing the typical African American diet.

Jean Latting

In June of 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in college admission.

Jean Latting

Ilana Redstone says the Certainty Trap happens when we have moral principles we are 100% sure of and shut out any objections to the contrary.

Carole Marmell

We realized my brother was gay when his photo was on the cover of Time magazine titled “The Homosexual in America”.

Jean Latting

Elizabeth Melendez Fisher Good was burned out and ended up with a mission to address sex trafficking.

Jean Latting

Research shows that groups who put in the effort to welcome diversity and promote inclusiveness may have more conflicts but are also more productive and innovative.

Jean Latting

Joanna Cea and Jess Rimington wrote Beloved Economies: Transforming How We Work, that invites us to reimagine work and reimagine capitalism.

Jean Latting

The most successful people in any field know how to seek the expertise of other successful people in order to improve themselves and their performance.

Jean Latting

Dr. Melissa Ochoa has a few things to say about the word Latinx; mainly, she doesn’t like it. For one thing, it doesn’t work in Spanish. Hear what she proposes instead.

Carole Marmell

Unsung heroes are all around us. Many were women; in many cases, their work was known but men took the credit.

Jean Latting

After George Floyd's murder, Ronald McDonald House-Houston wanted to make a difference for their staff and also their families across the world.

Jean Latting

Journalist Talia Lavin began a social experiment aimed at understanding and exposing the White nationalist movement.

Jean Latting

What happens when you lead with love? Helen Stagg talks about how making change starts with honest, respectful, direct, and open conversations.

Jean Latting

What is the culture – police and American – that allows this to continue? What are the obstacles? What can we as individuals do about it?

Jean Latting

When disaster inevitably strikes, what is your response? Wait for someone to fix it, dwell on the unfairness of it all? What do you need to move ahead?

Jean Latting

It’s the new year, and we all have good intentions. What about our determination to stop procrastinating now?

Jean Latting

May all your tomorrows be filled with peace, love, and joy.

Jean Latting

What if you had no inner critic telling you you’re just not good enough? What if you learned to silence your inner critic? What could you accomplish?

Carole Marmell

To some Native American peoples, it’s a “day of mourning”; how can we still practice Thanksgiving as a day of gratitude?

Jean Latting

Ethical behavior in corporations include anticorruption, sustainability, human rights, culture and behavior, and employee and stakeholder engagement.

Jean Latting

The polarization in this country has grown so vast that words we use in common do not mean the same things. Is there any hope for bridging the divide?

Jean Latting

Dina Gilio-Whitaker answers what would be lost if Indigenous people were completely assimilated into White society and if they would even be accepted?

Jean Latting

As initiators of change, the ICTJ works with victims and survivors of massive human rights violations to hold those responsible to account.

Carole Marmell

Our online membership program, Pathfinders: Leadership for social and racial justice, uses the blog posts for members to read, reflect, and discuss.

Jean Latting

Brian talks about the Baldrige framework, how it changed American business, and the need to hardwire equity and inclusion into business practices.

Jean Latting

Jean talks about three common breakdowns in email communications, how to handle them to avoid rework, and reduce stress and anxiety in the workplace.

Jean Latting

The California Reparations Task Force is seeking reparations to overcome the legacy of privileged whiteness and racism in this country.

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We are living in turbulent times. What to do? How to cope? How are each of us in Leading Consciously coping?

Jean Latting

Dr Bonnie McGill is on a mission to make indigenous people visible again.

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Jean Latting

Why do we seesaw so much in American political life? What happens that people want to change direction?

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Jean Latting

Mark is that remarkably rare White person willing to take on true allyship. This is Part 2 of our conversation with him.

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Jean Latting

Mark is that remarkably rare White person willing to take on true allyship. He talks about his continuing commitment to racial justice.

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Jean Latting

First Lady Michelle Obama proclaimed to an adoring crowd, “when they go low, we go high.” Find out way of going high when you want to go low.

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Jean Latting

Dr Barbara Love speaks about envisioning a world that benefits everyone, the power of transformation, and the plantation’s money box.

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Amy Hageman

Amy Hageman writes about racialized trauma and healing. She courageously speaks out about what many feel, yet are afraid to even think.

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Jean Latting

How do you apologize for mistakes in a racially charged world? Learn from Amy Porterfield as she navigates the path of racial understanding.

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Jean Latting

Jean lists steps on how to address racism by effectively talking to others who think differently than you.

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Jean Latting

If we want to overcome impostor syndrome, we must learn to remove our internal barriers and negative self-talk.

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Jean Latting

What is a microaggression, and how is it different from racism? This blog will help you understand the implications of these words.

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Jean Latting

People want to engage in racial dialogue that promotes equality and inclusion.

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Amy Hageman

Amy Hageman shares what inspired her to speak honestly about race for 30 days on Facebook and why it was hard to talk about race.

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Carole Marmell

What does it mean to develop an awareness of racism, starting to see things differently, interpret history differently, identify causes differently?

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Jean Latting

Amy Porterfield's honest and difficult journey with her commitment to justice, her missteps and along the way, the model of a very public apology.

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Jean Latting

Eliminating fear is not a desirable goal. Rather, the question is how to move ahead in spite of the fear.

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Carole Marmell

Carole Marmell talks about participating in change by joining a small band of committed citizens to take down Confederate monuments in their hometown.

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Jean Latting

How can one person make a difference? Macro action-oriented approaches: protesting, voting, writing to members of Congress are all viable options.

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Jean Latting

How to refer to various ethnic/racial groups? This is my deep-dive on the many labels we use.

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Jean Latting

This week’s blog is about the momentous change I have witnessed over the last two weeks in White people’s awareness of systemic racism.

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Jean Latting

What is antiracism? Here's a curated list of reliable sources of information on race and racism in the workplace

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Amy Hageman

Struggling with how to respond to White fragility & privilege? Amy Hageman’s post will help you understand what happens behind the scenes & what works.

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Jean Latting

George Floyd’s murder has spurred protests for justice nationally and internationally with a call for fundamental change.