Less Talk, More Action: How to Amplify Inclusive Teaming
While there has been an increased push of diversity initiatives in companies, diversity in and of itself is not enough. What I suspect is that you yearn for not just “a seat at the table”, but to feel as if you are fully accepted, understood, and valued by those you work with…in short, to be fully included.
Because of this natural yearning we all have, a more powerful endgame for organizations is to grow from diversity to inclusion, to maximize the engagement and talent of its people. However, there are barriers that can get in the way of moving from just an acknowledgment that inclusion is important, to real action that can spark change.
Given that teams are a cornerstone of driving results within organizations, they can provide fertile ground to be a catalyst for adopting and practicing behaviors that are the antidote to these barriers. Through this talk, you'll walk away with greater awareness of how you can be a change agent for more Inclusive Teaming for yourself, and your organization.
Learning Objectives:
Discover some key barriers to inclusive teaming,
Learn the remedies to overcome them, and
Identify the most powerful step you can take to champion more inclusion in your team.
Kimberley Lewis Parsons
Kimberley Parsons is the Chief Executive Officer of Bamboo Teaming, and is passionate about supporting leaders to develop and deliver on the full power of their leadership so they become a catalyst for their teams to reach higher levels of performance and results.
With deep experience in Technology and talent development, she has led high-stakes business initiatives and developed differential investment leadership programs. As a team consultant and executive coach specializing in team effectiveness, she has helped leaders from various industries increase their impact and results.
Kimberley’s clients say that they are more aligned in their thinking, goal setting and conversations with their teams, and that their teams experience a sense of greater collaboration after working with her. Her pragmatic yet compassionate approach in both team coaching, and designing and facilitating strategic offsite experiences, ensures that her clients create a safe and trustworthy space for their teams to better understand their tasks and each other, resulting in increased productivity and sustainable transformation.
Highly credentialed, Kimberley holds numerous certifications, including the International Coach Federation’s Professional Certified Coach accreditation. Currently, she is a co-director and adjunct faculty in Georgetown University’s Leadership Coaching Certificate Program. She has a BBA and MS in Computer Information Systems.