It’s budget season, which begs the question, is your employer investing in your career development to help you lead more inclusively in 2023?

o Learn 3 reasons why professional development (PD) budgets are a key ingredient to belonging at work.

o Gain key strategies to help advocate for a PD budget (if you don’t yet have one).

o Recognize the 3 common reasons why many fail to utilize their PD budgets.

o Gain a framework to clarify the specific skills you will need to lead inclusively at work.

o Avoid paying money out of your own pocket to gain the leadership skills you desire.

What's the difference between the golden rule and the platinum rule?

Decentering yourself.

The golden rule asks you to treat others in a way in which you want to be treated, while the platinum rule asks you to treat others in a way in which they want to be treated.

The platinum rule reminds you that the pathway to building more safety, trust, and belonging at work begins by becoming curious about others.

In this spirit, ask yourself: who am I intentionally including in this work, and who am I unintentionally excluding?

Does your organization have a long-term DEI vision? This long-term vision is one that can be developed using the Imagine Belonging transformation formula. Transformation = clarity to challenge the status quo + confidence to imagine a better culture + commitment to building a belonging culture. Yet, one of the primary reasons why an organization’s DEI goals stall out, or outright fail, is the lack of this long-term vision.

This reality begs the question, how can your workplace establish a long-term DEI vision that will lead toward a culture where you and your colleagues can not only survive, but thrive? This blog post offers three concrete strategies to help your organization answer this critical question, and activate a long-term DEI vision.