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 When Stated Values Are Not Lived Values
admin June 21, 2022 Corporate Values, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

When Stated Values Are Not Lived Values

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…

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 Feeling Under Assault? It’s Time for Self-Care
admin June 7, 2022 Coaching

Feeling Under Assault? It’s Time for Self-Care

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…

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 From the National Guard to the Hall of Fame: A Story of Progress
admin April 10, 2022 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

From the National Guard to the Hall of Fame: A Story of Progress

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…

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 Consciousness + Courage
admin February 10, 2022 Coaching, Corporate Values, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Consciousness + Courage

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…

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 The Appropriation of “AMERICAN”
admin February 3, 2022 Coaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Intent vs Impact, Language

The Appropriation of “AMERICAN”

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…

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 The Curious Case of Centering & Othering
admin January 27, 2022 Coaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

The Curious Case of Centering & Othering

“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…

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 Why Language Matters
admin January 17, 2022 Coaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Intent vs Impact

Why Language Matters

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,…

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 Mitigating the Impact of Fear: Strategies for Being an Inclusive & Equitable Leader
admin September 24, 2021 Coaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Mitigating the Impact of Fear: Strategies for Being an Inclusive & Equitable Leader

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…

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 Recognizing and Changing a Negative Self-Narrative
admin August 18, 2021 Coaching

Recognizing and Changing a Negative Self-Narrative

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…

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 Stepping Over the Edge of Your Comfort Zone
admin July 31, 2021 Coaching, Expanding Comfort Zones

Stepping Over the Edge of Your Comfort Zone

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…

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