The ugly truth about diversity is that some people worry they must give up their power for others to have a chance. La'Wana Harris's Inclusion Coaching method helps people realize that sharing power isn't the same as losing it.
La'Wana Harris is a Consulting Partner for The Ken Blanchard Companies, Certified Diversity Executive, and ICF Credentialed Coach. She has created diversity and inclusion awareness programs, cultural competence programs, and overall integrated management solutions. La'Wana has conducted trainings around the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South Africa.
"Diversity Beyond Lip Service makes a good read for all
concerned with the question of human training, leadership
development, and organizational change. It challenges us to think
about diversity in more concrete ways to ensure transformative
change in organizational leadership and within institutional
structures. At the heart of diversity is addressing the power and
structural issues of critical engagement of ideas, beliefs,
practices, and social action. The book's major strength is the
focus on concrete and actionable practices to realize the hopes and
dreams of genuine inclusion and diversity."
-George J. Sefa Dei, Professor of Social Justice Education,
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto,
and Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
"Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging
Bias provides a clear, powerful guide through what a growing
number of us in the coaching profession believe is imperative to
our survival and relevance as a profession. To provide the service
to our clients that we claim, we must do our own work to become
aware of our personal and organizational blind spots and biases in
the complex realm of diversity and inclusion. Through many powerful
examples, and with a very calm, incontrovertible voice, La'Wana
Harris has made the intersection between coaching and inclusion
work crystal clear. Bravo!"
-Halli MacNab, PCC, President, Association of Coach Training
Organizations, and C.O.O., Accomplishment Coaching
"La'Wana Harris has opened this coach's eyes to the power of
coaching practices to create new paths for diversity and inclusion
work-whether or not you are formally trained as a coach. Please
read this book and help create workplaces with honest engagement
and access for all."
-Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and two-time #1
Leadership Thinker in the World
"Diversity Beyond Lip Service is a wonderful guide to
diversity and inclusion for intelligent, caring human beings and
their organizations. La'Wana Harris wants us to understand that
inclusivity is everyone's responsibility. There's no shaming
or finger-pointing here. We all have room to improve-because
whether we know it or not, we all have biases. No matter who you
are, you'll be a better person for reading this book."
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager
(R) and Servant Leadership in Action
"Coaching is about expanding people's view of themselves and the
world around them. La'Wana Harris demonstrates how we can use a
coaching approach in conversations to help people courageously
recognize when they have acted out of judgment, power, and
privilege. We don't need to be told to be more inclusive; we need
people who help make awareness and inclusion a conscious choice,
even when the conversations feel uncomfortable. All leaders,
coaches, and people who care about healing the divisiveness in the
workplace and the world should practice what they learn from this
book."
-Marcia Reynolds, board member and past Global President,
International Coach Federation, and author of The Discomfort
Zone
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