Dr. Nika White and her team welcomed Kobena Collins to the Intentional Conversations vodcast and of course wanted to share the encore presentation with you here.

Key Takeaways From Kobena:

1. Cultural competency is ever evolving, there are generational differences within our own cultures. Cultural competency is always a moving target.
2. There’s a difference between leaders and management. Leaders need to be open to feedback and if they don’t have followers then he/she/they are just going for a walk.
3. We should be looking for leaders who seek to promote others as opposed to themselves.
4. DEI is change management in essence., and we must bring awareness to the why in our stories.
5. Recruitment, retention, reputation, and representation, Resources are the 5 R’s and shape the outcome of what you bring to others.
6. No one population is a monolith, you will have differentiating opinions within one group of people, and they are all valid.
7. When we think about the mental state of DEI leaders, they’re working with varying degrees of push back.
8. The work of DEI can test your self-confidence, because one you’re pushing against the norm.
9. People don’t care how much you know until they realize how much you care. Learn about others so it becomes an authentic conversation.

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