We were thrilled to have Dr. Stephanie M. Kirkland join us for our weekly Intentional Conversations vodcast. She shared so much wisdom with passion and excitement, it was difficult to end. We are already looking forward to having her back!

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KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM DR. STEPHANIE:

1. Identity work is leadership work. You cannot have leadership without understanding who you are and leading yourself first.
2. Everybody wants to know their purpose, people don’t need to be convinced that they have one.
3. What is the message your life is called to speak?
4. Our impact is US, we are the gift to the world!
5. We exchange the greatness for who we are for assimilation.
6. You have to do the work for leadership development and it will then increase your capacity to appreciate other people’s difference.
7. When we know ourselves, we know how our “philosophy” will impact other people.
8. If you don’t know your identity blueprint, you become unconscious to how you impact the world around you and interpret the world around you.
9. Redefine what unity means. For most organizations, unity is centered on a social identity theory, all come together around a social understanding and that creates relevance. Unity is coming together to go towards the goal, toward the end, for organizational productivity.
10. We are existing, we need to learn how to live!
11. If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crushed in other’s peoples fantasies of me and eaten alive.
12. When you exist in spaces that weren’t built for you, remember that sometimes just being you is the revolution.

RESOURCE SHARED: The Portrait Of A Leader

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