Snack Leadership

Perfectionism is the refusal to accept any standard short of perfection.

"Perfection happens in hindsight not in foresight" - Ben Easter

Benjamin Easter the Founder and Head Coach at Lucid Shift Coaching where he helps freedom-seekers to develop the resources, strategies, and mindsets they need to build authentic businesses so that they can experience more meaning, fulfillment, and impact.

Favorite snack is chicken with mustard and spinach.

https://lucidshiftcoaching.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamineaster/

https://www.facebook.com/LucidShiftCoaching

https://www.instagram.com/lucid_shift_coaching/

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Cultural competence is the ability to understand, communicate, and effectively manage diversity.

"To be culturally humble means I am willing to learn." Joe Gallagher

How Cultural Competence Improves Your Business - business.com

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Cultural competence is the ability to understand, communicate, and effectively manage diversity.

"I am what I am because of who we all are." Ubuntu

Our guest, Lenora Billings-Harris, is a diversity and inclusion strategist who specializes in helping organizations make diversity and inclusion a competitive advantage by disrupting bias. She is the author of two books, and she is included among the top 100 thought leaders on diversity by the Society of Human Resource Management. Lenora is a past president of the Global Speakers Federation and was recently inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame!

Favorite snack is chocolate with mint on the inside.

https://ubuntuglobal.com/

https://thediversityadvantage.info

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbillingsharris/

https://www.instagram.com/disruptingbias/

https://www.facebook.com/lenora.billingsharris

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Cultural competence is the ability to understand, communicate, and effectively manage diversity.

"I am what I am because of who we all are." Ubuntu

Our guest, Lenora Billings-Harris, is a diversity and inclusion strategist who specializes in helping organizations make diversity and inclusion a competitive advantage by disrupting bias. She is the author of two books, and she is included among the top 100 thought leaders on diversity by the Society of Human Resource Management. Lenora is a past president of the Global Speakers Federation and was recently inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame!

Favorite snack is chocolate with mint on the inside.

https://thediversityadvantage.info

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbillingsharris/

https://www.instagram.com/disruptingbias/

https://www.facebook.com/lenora.billingsharris

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Leadership motive is your reason for being a leader and at what level your team questions your motives.

"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." Rosalynn Carter

http://strategicdiscipline.positioningsystems.com/blog-0/leadership-whats-your-motive

https://hbr.org/2015/11/how-company-culture-shapes-employee-motivation

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Leadership motive is your reason for being a leader and at what level your team questions your motives.

"If serving is beneath you then leadership is beyond you." Rory Vaden

Michael Tanner is a leadership veteran with more than 28 years of highly engaged and practical experience. Through successful leadership positions of increasing scope, ranging from the U.S. Marine Corps infantry to C-suite executive, Michael is constantly increasing his knowledge and experience as a leadership practitioner. He prides himself on leveraging his unique combination of education, skills, and experience to harness the greatness within his clients and unleash the possibilities of their leadership potential.

Favorite snack is anything milk chocolate

https://www.credibleleaders.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rookie-leaders-podcast/id1487735799

https://www.linkedin.com/in/1tanner/

https://www.facebook.com/CredibleLeaders

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Inclusive Leadership- leaders who are aware of their own biases and preferences, actively seek out and consider different views and perspectives to inform better decision-making.

"Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance." Verna Myers

https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/when-inclusive-leadership-goes-wrong-and-how-to-get-it-right/

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Inclusive Leadership- leaders who are aware of their own biases and preferences, actively seek out and consider different views and perspectives to inform better decision-making.

"Sometimes my direction for someone else is me getting out of the way. It is knowing when to step out of the middle and let there be space." Ruth Diaz

Ruth Diaz supports individuals and groups as a strength's based Gestalt therapist and organizational consultant. She is a licensed therapist and completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Pacific University where she pursued special projects and research on organizational development, healthcare technology, and re-defining disability.

Favorite snack is roasted cashews

https://www.figureitin.org/consulting-and-workshops.html

https://www.linkedin.com/company/figureitin/

https://www.facebook.com/howtofigureitin

https://instagram.com/figureitinllc

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Trauma informed assumes that an individual is more likely than not to have a history of trauma.

"Being trauma-informed can help us change the message from "what is wrong with you?" to "what happened to you?" by Dr. Gordeyko.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/onemind/2020/06/25/employers-is-your-workplace-trauma-informed/?sh=62f88e64320e

https://traumainformedoregon.org/7-trauma-informed-workplace-wellness-practices-to-strengthen-your-team/

https://business.kaiserpermanente.org/insights/covid-19/trauma-informed-workplace

https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)

Trauma-informed is about ensuring you are treating others with respect and kindness so that behaviors and symptoms from adverse childhood experiences are not triggered in the workplace.

"Be sure to think a good day. Plan a good day. Put good into each day." Gene Sharrat

Steve Sparks is a retired U.S veteran and information technology sales and marketing executive with over 35 years of industry experience with a BA in Management from St. Mary's College. He is an author of Reconciliation, a Son's Story, a husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. His passion and life work are mentoring and improving K-12 education and served as board and vice-chair of NeighborsForKids for 6 years. Steve currently works part-time as a professional services business and strategic planning consultant and leadership coach.

Favorite snack includes berries of all kinds topped with whipped cream.

https://www.facebook.com/sparks1946

https://youtube.com/channel/UCCVHSlQ_isdNxHURy2_TPpQ

https://twitter.com/shsparks63

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sparks-516331b/

Reconciliation, a Son's Story https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1935991302/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_1935991302

Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA)