Equity Coaching
Live into your fullest humanity
One of the biggest perks of any social privilege is that it means there are so many things we don't have to think about; the dominant culture aligns with that part of who we are, so we're never forced to learn anything different. But, of course, this comfort ultimately limits us and others.
These days, many of us are on steep learning curves around our privilege, and if we're in leadership, those learning curves may be especially public and impactful.
My work as an equity and leadership coach is to help you find sustenance for and sparkle in doing the work of change. The confidential coaching space allows room to get personal, practice, question, make mistakes, struggle, reflect, and integrate along your particular growing edges. Whether you've been at this for a while, or you're not even sure where to start, I can offer you compassionate companionship for the journey.
About Me.
When engaging with folks as an equity coach, I typically do so through partnerships with organizations and efforts led by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color). As a white woman, I often coach other white folks to wrap our heads and hearts around issues of race, although that is often just the entry point to the multifaceted exploration of practicing equity in our lives!
I've coached members of senior leadership across a range of industries and roles, but my coaching work began--unofficially--more than a decade ago when I was an instructor of adult literacy and GED preparation at a rural community college. Many of my students there were older and wiser than I was. My role wasn't to teach them all of the content they would need for the test--that wasn't possible. The process was self-paced, everyone in the class was at a different level, and I didn't know everything (still don't). The real work of that job was to accompany people through mindset shifts, to help them tap into their personal motivation for changing their lives, and to hold them accountable to their own goals and potential.
My next job as a facilitator dunked me into intensive training and power analysis that helped me understand the work I'd been doing at the community college (and my whole life) from another level. A conscious, equity framework has been foundational to everything I've done since.
Tools I use...
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