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My partner Jyo and I are working on a program for early career professionals. During our early design conversations, emotional intelligence came up. The way I was taught about emotional intelligence felt too heady to me, and I mentioned that I think we should shift to talking about emotional inclusion. The next day, I saw […]

I completed an assignment as a part of a current project that required us to ask people in our trusted circle this question; If you could extract one thing from me and plug it into your life to improve it, what would it be? I believe it gets to my leadership essence. At first, it […]

I have found that celebration is an important part of maintaining my capacity to do leadership development and diversity/inclusion work. The work I do often challenges the status quo, which means I must be prepared mentally, emotionally, and physically for resistance. Because I ask people to push beyond comfort, I also experience a higher likelihood […]

To be objective means to not be influenced or based on personal preference or bias. And yet everything we do is influenced by our experiences and beliefs. So, is there really such a thing as being objective? In September, I attended the opening plenary of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies conference. I was […]