Nov 26 2024 51 mins
Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business.
This week we welcomed Natasha Wade to Intentional Conversations!
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KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM NATASHA:
- Its important to have a sacred brave space to name your shame, fears, and name your calling.
- Your activism and advocacy should be grounded in your lived experiences.
- "I’ve never lost when investing in Black women."
- When it comes to Black women we are not allowed to be anything but perfect…with Natasha Wade Black women are invited to be vulnerable and human.
- There is nothing at all wrong with centering Black women with our work.
- One-on-one coaching is powerful. However, cohort-based learning is on the rise for 2025 because of the community aspect ingrained within it.
- “Act our wage”, it is important to be able to express yourself without being career limited.
- I am not doing this to you, I am doing this for me.
- A lot of the times we go into our businesses due to what we lack.
- We (Black women) are often fueled based on what we missed out on.
- Sometimes when we work in silos, we think our reality is the reality and that is not always the case; that is why community is important.
- Never rob yourself of any resources you can have from the resources you have access to.
- How do we reimagine our workspace? What does a liberated workspace look like?
- In a liberated workspace, Black women are very unapologetic about the people we bring inside our organizations and ask them the hard questions.
- A one size approach is not going to get the job done, we have to learn our people one-by-one to create human-centered approaches.
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