Embracing the Messy...with Dee - April 2024

At L3 Catalyst Group we disrupt inequity by building bridges, requiring us to learn, lead, and liberate. By growing equity leadership capacity and nourishing strong teams, we can see true change. We are excited to share themes and highlights from our clients’ learning, leadership, and liberation work.

 Clients are working on:

1. Updating mission, vision, and values with embedded and aligned equity and inclusion commitments.
2. Developing board capacity to lead for equity.
3. Using the DiSC to grow staff culture by learning about themselves and each other's motivations.

Recently, we kicked off a co-facilitated diversity, equity, and inclusion series with law enforcement officers and victim/survivor advocates. Feedback from participants includes the following:

• I loved loved loved this training. Our facilitators did an incredible job creating and explaining brave spaces. 
• I felt more connected to my team, and it was great to dive deeper with them.
• Thank you for modeling engagement with someone who doesn’t see things the same way, someone who is curious but firm. Having that modeled was transformational!
• I have been to many DE&I trainings, and this one felt different because it was brave. It was a breath of fresh air and a new perspective! THANK YOU!

The power of organizational guiding principles: Leaders often are working to update their Strategic Framework and Operational Plans rooted in equity and inclusion. Guiding Principles (also called values or organizational norms) are critical to living out organizational mission and vision. It was such an honor to facilitate the Grand Rapids Pride Center (GRPC) commitment to specifying their Guiding Principles to live out their updated organizational mission and vision. Check out their amazing work!

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Register today for upcoming events in 2024.

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Monthly Equity Leadership Conversations

Register today for one or all of our monthly Equity Leadership Conversations. Our free virtual events are designed to build community, share ideas, grapple together, and converse about leadership, learning, and liberation themes.

 

Difficult Conversations - Why are they so hard? What can we do about it?
April 17 at 10 PST / 1 EST

 

Applying Intersectionality: Isn't it simply the presence of difference? May 16 at 9 PST / 12 EST

 

Experiential Learning Cycle: How do adults learn best, and how can we apply that at our organization? Facilitated with Bela Bhasin.
June 9 at 9 PST / 12 EST 

 

Developing Liberatory Leadership & Teams

 

Register for free webinars: Developing Liberatory Leadership & Teams

 

Do you want to grow your capacity to build and maintain an equitable and inclusive organizational culture? 

Bela Bhasin (she/her) and/or Deanna Rolffs (they/them) are offering a FREE three-part webinar series on the following topics. 

 

Webinar #1. Leading for Equity in Complex Systems: How do we recognize and navigate the inherent tensions, contradictions, & uncertainty in leading for equity in complex systems?

April 18 from 10-11 PST / 1-2 EST

Webinar #2. Engaging Relationally to Work for Equity: How do we work and be in relationship differently?

May 23 from 10-11 PST / 1-2 EST

Webinar #3. Designing Towards Liberation: How do we design human spaces differently?

June 12 from 10-11 PST / 1-2 EST

 

I'm sending you good energy for the day.

Together we catalyze a brave, bold, and liberatory future.