In NLYB Solutions’ signature framework, SHIFT, we address the difference between stated values and lived values. Sometimes, there is a clear disconnect between the two. What is the difference? Stated values are aspirational. They are who we think we are…
My emotional, mental, psychological, and spiritual well-being have been under assault. And just as I rise to brush myself off, I am under assault again, enduring blow after blow after blow after blow. I would like to retreat, but my…
If you are lucky, you might get a standing ovation at the end of your speech. It is not often that you make your way to a stage through a standing, cheering crowd, but that is exactly what happened to…
The impetus behind NLYB Solutions—and my general philosophy— is that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must exist in the consciousness and courage of individuals. When it does not, no law, policy, or strategy can create it. Policies can be (and…
In what ways might your language be erasing “others”? For people living in the United States, it might be surprising to realize that America is a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. While the United States of…
“African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” The above may be the most obvious example of a Freudian Slip. Well… maybe not. A Freudian Slip reveals some unconscious aspect of the mind, and I…
For several months, a commercial running on national television about tipping in the restaurant industry uses the phrase “it’s literally a slave wage”. Every time I hear this phrase on TV, the hair on the back of my neck raises,…
What propels you forward? Is it motivation, inspiration, ambition, or fear? What holds you back? If you said “fear,” you are not alone. Fear can be both a motivator to drive you forward and a paralyzing force. Sometimes we are…
What stories do you tell yourself about yourself that hold you back? What are the self-narratives that negatively impact your life? One of the self-narratives I’ve had for years is that I am afraid of heights. I don’t know when…
Stepping outside of our comfort zone. I ask clients every day to step outside of their comfort zone as it relates to their personal and organizational DEI journeys. I can’t ask my clients to step outside of their comfort zone…