Welcome to October which means settling into fall, enjoying everything flavored with pumpkin spice, and perhaps sightings of the Great Pumpkin on October 31st that may make Halloween a little less scary. Oftentimes, what we have been conditioned to think of as scary about other people is predicated on one intense encounter. What have you been conditioned to be terrified about concerning other people up until now? What tall tales have you come to associate with other people that simply are not true? Depending upon how we’ve been conditioned to make assumptions about other people, it may take us a while to recognize our intellectual arrogance, which is simply believing that what we THINK we know about other people is right. And that can be a scary discovery! This month, we’ll work through that together with my guest Kelli Kirkland. Stay tuned!

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To conclude this month’s Real Conversation from the C-Suite, Monica Pleasant will talk about the growth mindset that people leaders must cultivate to foster a sense of belonging that isn’t forced but is a result of inclusive leadership. That means finding, or better yet CREATING, opportunities to amplify the voice of a colleague around the table in a meeting at work, or in the streets at a march. When employees experience a sense of belonging, employee engagement is limitless.


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In Monica’s work leading the Belonging Project at Medtronic, she will share with us the concept of an Inclusive Meeting Toolkit which is certainly new (N-E-W) knowledge you’ll enjoy hearing about. Then, she’ll talk about Medtronic’s Belonging Video Series that will reframe knew (K-N-E-W) knowledge about what belonging looks, acts, feels, and sounds like from the perspective of diverse employees at Medtronic. We have all experienced being part of an out-group and NOT feeling a sense of belonging. And, we have all experienced being part of an in-group and absolutely feeling a sense of belonging. Either of those experiences has been known to all of us and reframing how to foster a sense of belonging for everyone sometimes is reached by remembering what it felt like NOT to belong, so we avoid contributing to that feeling for others.


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This month, I’m having a Real Conversation from the C-Suite with Ms. Monica Pleasant, HR Director at Medtronic. She is also the President of the Orange County National Human Resources Association, and a member of the LA & Orange County NHRA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion council. Today, we’re focusing on Monica’s work in leading the Belonging Project at Medtronic.

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Monday is Labor Day and I wanted to think about labor in terms of the labor of love that is also known as fostering Belonging. When we think of creating employee experiences during these final days of summer, let’s gather our teams, practice the fundamentals of human-affirming behaviors, and cheer on our teammates by amplifying their voices. Then, let’s load up the bases, swing for the fences, and hit a home run in the belonging ballpark!

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If you are a woman of color, or if you support a woman of color, join Dr. Anita and get the 411 about the N-Formation community co-founded by Ms. Deepa Purushothaman which provides a safe space for C-Suite women of color that integrates the power of me and the power of we.

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When Dr. Anita talks about her role as a C-Suite trusted advisor, her goal is to help executives reframe diversity conversations from difficult to different. Simply put, it means being open to different lived experiences without feeling threatened about one’s own lived experience. Listen in as Dr. Anita and her guest Ms. Deepa Purushothaman explore three big ideas from her new book The First, The Few, The Only available on Amazon and all major retailers.

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An oxymoron is described as a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates a self-contradiction. (Think: “jumbo-shrimp”) Join the conversation as Dr. Anita and her guest Ms. Deepa Purushothaman unpack a common phenomenon experienced by many women of color in the C-Suite.

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This month we continue our journey of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Join me and guest Ms. Deepa Purushothaman in what may be one of my most personally insightful and revealing broadcasts yet!

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While CEOs obviously have deep knowledge in their field of expertise, we may not realize that, especially in the C-suite, work gets done through relationships. It might surprise you that C-suite peer groups spend a lot more time discussing their personal perspectives than their professional perspectives. In this Real Conversation from the C-suite, we’ll be exploring how important it is for executives to engage in discussions about Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging from a personal perspective as well.

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