EQUITY-CENTERED LEADERSHIP

Approach: We begin by diving into essential characteristics, roles and responsibilities of equity-centered leadership. We facilitate a process of critical and reflexive inquiry around our individual identities and positionalities within a socio-historical and cultural context. Equity-centered leadership requires taking the time to reflect on personal relationships with issues of equity and inclusivity. It is critical that leaders become aware of how identity and experiences shape our approaches to equity issues. We cannot disrupt inequities or dismantle racism if we do not understand our relationship to them.  

Components: Leadership philosophies, accountability, types of power, types of self awareness, and creating cultures of trust. The workshops will unpack different types of identities and self-concept which comes from our perceived membership in social groups.

What to Expect: 

• Understand how different types of power operate through various identities and leadership style

• Name the historical context for various leadership styles and philosophies and how they play out in the cultural context of the workplace

• Understand the implications of positionality, power dynamics, and gatekeeping

• Understand the need for accountability, belonging and inclusivity in the workplace

• Identify the connections between positionality and leadership styles, and name their impact within the cultural context of the workplace

• Gain tools for self-awareness and self-care as they lead an equity-centered practice

• Understand how to use their positional power to center and remove barriers for those who have been historically and culturally disadvantaged

• Name the modalities and benefits of power-sharing

• Apply strengths-based leadership philosophies within the cultural context of the workplace