The Role of Male Allyship in Conscious Leadership and Business

Without the avid support of men, significant progress toward ending gender disparities is unlikely. Here’s how to enroll — and be — male allies.

Creating workplaces that support diversity, inclusion, and belonging requires leaders to lean into discomfort, embrace a different mindset, lead with heart, and instill safety and trust in their communications and behaviors throughout the organization. One pathway forward toward creating a culture of belonging is to empower allies at work.

What is an ally? An ally is someone who is not a member of an underrepresented group but who holds positions of privilege and power, and who can advocate and take action to support less represented groups. Allyship is incredibly important so that everyone and their contributions are not only invited to the table at work but also heard and acknowledged.

As women and other minority groups have become painfully aware, the most dominant and powerful group in the workplace and the world are men.… READ MORE...

TRANSTECH

November 15th-16th, 2019 Palo Alto, CA

Carley will be leading the opening meditation for the The Transformative Technology Conference, a 2 day event focused on tech for mental health, emotional wellbeing, and human flourishing. TTC sits at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, tech, entrepreneurship, and innovation with keynote speakers and cutting edge science.

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How to Deal with Anger at Work

We are emotional beings. Expressing emotion during a bout of frustration or fear isn’t something to hide, nor should it induce guilt or shame. Yet I see a different picture when I visit workplaces to teach emotional intelligence and resilience. Students often tell me privately, “Emotions are not welcome at work.”

In many work environments, expressing emotion is seen as unprofessional. But when we’re compelled to check our feelings at the door, we tend to disengage from our duties, feel alienated from our team members, and have less creativity. No one feels comfortable showing who they really are.

Researchers from the likes of Google and MIT find psychological safety to be one of the most important elements of successful teams — and thus high-performing organizations. Psychologically safe workplaces create space for teams to share feelings, needs, and truth without reprisal or punishment, and they foster an environment in which people can share their wholes selves.… READ MORE...