In this episode of our podcast, we dive into the topic of how to create belonging from a leadership position. I’ll warn you that the tactics she shares sound deceptively simple and the power they have to create belonging could easily be underestimated. We challenge you to activate at least one of Denise’s suggestions here and let us know how it worked!
Denise shares what happened when she went to visit Gary Vee at his office that she’d never experienced before or since that instantly created belonging. She also shared three unconventional takeaways specifically for leaders and how they can create belonging:
1. Make your employees feel welcome and at home from the moment they walk in the door, like they're walking into someone's living room. Leaders have the power to create or destroy belonging in these moments.
2. Become an "Over Introducer" and make an effort to make the new person in the group feel seen and valued. When introducing them, be sure to share something unique about that person, so that the rest of the group knows how special they are to you.
3. Be honest about what you love and appreciate about the people that work for you, it's a huge motivator for them to keep working for you, and it doesn't cost you anything.
Join us for this episode as we explore the topic of how to create belonging in the workplace and how leaders can make a positive impact on their employees.
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About Denise:
After going from a stay-at-home-mom to award-winning activist filmmaker (screening link below), Top 100 podcaster and sought-after international speaker, Denise Soler Cox uses her experience to produce inspiring content that sparks meaningful and transformative dialog.
In 2020 Denise was recognized as a “Featured Host” by Apple Podcast North America for her podcast “The Self-ish Latina'' which has listeners in 32 countries. Denise has been invited to speak on over 300 stages including two TEDx talks and has worked with some of the world's most recognized brands like Progressive, Microsoft, AARP, Facebook, LinkedIn, JP Morgan Chase, Salesforce, Proctor & Gamble, Dow Jones, Eli Lilly, KPMG, Starbucks and VaynerMedia, SONY, to name a few.
Her work with Project Eñye has been featured on NBC Nightly News, Forbes.com, CNN, NBC Latino, Chicago Tribune, Telemundo, Univision, Fox News Latino, HOLA and the Huffington Post.
Denise is a distinguished member of the 4th Cohort of the Stanford Latino Leaders Entrepreneur Program and was a National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) 2017 Fellow. She was honored to be selected as the 2018 recipient of the "Bridge Builder Award in Education" from the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Denise is currently in production with her second feature length documentary and also working on a forthcoming book about Belonging.
To watch Denise's award-winning film >>> https://bit.ly/3Hibhrp
