Leading Consciously

In today's episode, Cindy discusses the concept of spiral dynamics. In Cindy’s words, spiral dynamics “is a model of human development.” In Jean’s, it is “a theory about the past, present, and future of humankind.” Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts! You can find all the graphics talked about in this interview here . --------------------------------------------------------- Conversatio...

In this episode, we have Cindy Wigglesworth, the founder and president of Deep Change, Inc. as our guest on our blog.  Cindy developed a skills assessment for spiritual intelligence. She and Jean Kantambu Latting discuss spiritual intelligence and its benefits. You can find all the information spread in this interview here . This is a two-part discussion. Stay tuned for part 2! --------------...

Cherry Steinwender went from picking cotton and cleaning houses to co-founding the Center for the Healing of Racism. And, by the way, along the way she met and married a man who spoke only German. Would you like to know more? Listen to the full episode. --------------------------------------------------------- Conversations with forward-thinking leaders about patterns that keep us stuck and how th...

In Part 1, Mark Hays described how a challenging childhood fostered in him the desire to serve as an ally to foster racial justice. If you haven’t looked at Part 1 yet, I suggest you do so. It paves the way for this, the second part of the conversation. Here are excerpts by Mark from the conversation. On being a White male as an advocate for persons of color: “I pretty much learned that my shelf l...

I met Mark Hays many moons ago at the Center for the Healing of Racism. Mark is an organizational consultant specializing in leadership, change management, relationship and engagement, and inclusion and equity work. He holds a master’s degree in education/counseling and completed 30 hours towards a master’s in history from Texas Southern University. He has been an advocate for racial and social ju...

Dr. Barbara Love speaks about the power of transformation, the pitfalls of helping others, and the plantation’s money box. This week I had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Barbara Love: consultant, coach, author, lecturer, climate change activist, organizational transformation specialist, personal transformation specialist, and Professor Emerita from the University of Massachusetts College of Edu...

In my blog #9, I wrote about Amy Porterfield, an online marketing guru and a top-flight podcaster. Amy went through a very public and painful learning experience following the murder of George Floyd. I invited her to this interview for her perspective on the journey from obliviousness to learning and growth. Here she demonstrates recovery from mistakes as we navigate the path of racial understandi...

How do you inspire your White friends while writing 30 days of love letters for your Black friends? If you are Amy Hageman, you start with Day Zero. Amy, like many of us, was shaken by the brazen murder of George Floyd. She felt comfortable enough to post on Facebook. Yet her ending comment, “This is all I have to say about the matter,” did not sit well with her Black friends. So to challenge hers...