by Michelle Doerr | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
We’re living in a time when DEI initiatives are not just under scrutiny but actively targeted for rollback. For those of us working in conservation, this has placed a chilling effect on the meaningful strides we’ve been trying to make—whether through grants, internal...
by Michelle Doerr | Jan 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’ve been wrestling with some hard questions lately. As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives face growing resistance and outright erasure in some sectors, I’ve found myself wondering: What will this mean for the work I do? As someone who believes deeply...
by Michelle Doerr | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Michelle Doerr | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
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....
by Michelle Doerr | Dec 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
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....
by Michelle Doerr | Jan 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I continue to unpack the sentence, “let’s meet them where they are.” In my last post, I suggested ways to reduce harm when taking people outdoors. In this post, I cover four additional ways to guide us all to simply meeting people. Understand self (Spoiler) The last...