BEHAVE

"Do not critique people who are in the middle of a revolution. Folks are fighting for their lives."

Trina + Alfonso share how they are experiencing the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police Officer and the reactions to that murder. They speak directly to how workplaces can and should handle the needs of their staff and how colleagues can support one another. And they talk about speaking the truth and how workplaces can take direct anti-racist action now.

Team Dynamics has developed this tool to guide workplaces in responding to racism: LINK

"On a daily basis, just do your very best to tell the truth."

Trina + Alfonso host a live recording of the podcast via Zoom. They take questions from BEHAVE listeners and share strategies and tactics for living up to organizational mission and values during a financial downturn and a global crisis.

We're recording a live show online at 2pm on May 6.

Register for the link!

https://bit.ly/BEHAVEMay6

"I was trying to ask for help. You were trying to ask for help. We came to find out, that wasn't specific enough."

Trina + Alfonso openly share the conflicts & challenges they've run into while working on writing a book together. Get a preview of content from the upcoming book, Hiring Revolution: A Step by Step Guide to Disrupt Racism + Sexism in the Workplace.Trina + Alfonso also talk about how their identities show up, inform, and sometimes get in the way of their working together.

"It's interesting to notice what's working for me without judgement because I'm doing it by myself."

Trina + Alfonso share some of their own new learnings and reflections as managers, business owners, and people working/surviving during a global pandemic.

Some questions they wrestle with:

What has been changing for me?

What of my old patterns are still working and what new patterns am I creating?

Am I considering what I might keep that's come from this time once we land on a new normal?

What are you giving yourself permission to do differently?

"This is a forced reset of our organizational culture, whether we wanted one or not."

Trina + Alfonso dig into questions including;

What it's like not only to work in this uncertain time, but to keep doing it without any kind of timeline for when things may resettle?

What are the patterns we're developing and in what ways are we shifting from our typical patterns?

How do I do an entire hiring process digitally?

Just because I have the tools at home, can I really do the same amount of work?

"Our value is not directly connected to our output."

Alfonso + Trina disentangle the idea that productivity has anything to do with the value of a person or even an employee. They talk about how managers can rethink ideas of productivity, urgency, and priority at this time when so many folks are shifting to remote work. And they share strategies for clearly communicating boundaries with colleagues in a changing work environment.

"At work we've been conditioned to communicate as though we are always fine."

In our first ever remote recording of the podcast, Trina + Alfonso share their own ongoing experiences as business owners & managers shifting to all remote work during a global pandemic. They share strategies for equitable work & leadership while folks are working in ways they may never have before. & they get into the importance of remembering everyone is a whole human all the time.

"Fear and anger often come from a belief that, if we we're to change something, I might lose something."

Alfonso & Trina share things they've heard when folks being internal change champions at work bring pushback. They talk about how to determine where that might be coming from, what to consider when responding, and give a frame for deciding how to work through or around any barriers.

"You're going to mess up less, if you ask more."

Trina and Alfonso dig into how they think about hosting events, trainings, meetings. They talk about the kinds of questions to ask attendees in advance and how to think about and frame those questions.