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The Continuing Journey Towards Racial Equity and Inclusion

Four years ago, amid the worldwide COVID pandemic and political tensions, 1.4 billion people worldwide watched as a White police officer kneeled on the neck of a handcuffed Black man until he died. Helpless to do anything, those watching it filmed. That over 8-minute footage of the murder of George Floyd set off months-long global protests and a racial […]

Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Leadership

Recently, in honor of Women’s History Month, I participated in the HR Alliance DC ‘s panel on “Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Leadership.” In preparing for the event, I asked women in my network, including my Nebo colleagues, what they thought the barriers were and what they thought I could uniquely offer (The responses I received deserve their own […]

Conversations About Race: Start From Within

Growing up, many of us learned not to discuss politics, religion or money if we wanted to avoid highly-charged conversations. Race is another topic I would add to that list. Race is so taboo that we do not even talk about the fact that we do not talk about it.

Backbone and Heart: The Dance of Coaching

As coach and author Mary Beth O’Neill describes in her book, Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges, a coaching engagement “is a continual dance of balancing backbone and heart,” requiring coaches to speak not only with kindness, but also truthfully and courageously.

Four Questions to Ask a Coach

When leaders come to The Nebo Company looking for leadership coaching, they differ in many ways — from their career stages to their openness around the coaching process to what they want to accomplish and more.

Values-Based Recognition

Unpacking the Study A recent study called Bringing More Humanity to Recognition, Performance, and Life at Work by Globoforce found that workers are looking for a sense of meaning at work, even more so than salary and benefits. When asked, “What makes you stay at your company?”: