The Elephant in the Room: Let’s talk about EDI
June 25, 2021 (Webinar) 12pEST-1:30pEST (*May Bookclub)
CCEUs- 1 Core Competencies and .5 Resource Development
The elephant in the room with EDI work is that people with privilege must use it to allow others equal access to power. This is often why well-meaning efforts falter--people believe in EDI until they feel that they have to give something up. How do we support them through this shift?
What role does coaching play in advancing greater equity, diversity, and inclusion? Let's talk about it.
About our speaker, La’Wana Harris, CDE, ACC
Harris is a Certified Diversity Executive, an ICF Credentialed Coach, and a global leadership development professional who has dedicated her career to aligning performance with business strategy. Her most recent book, Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias, introduces an “inside out” approach for diversity, equity, and inclusion, (DEI) and is the foundation of her coaching paradigm.
La'Wana is contributing to the coaching industry with this body of work merging DEI, leadership development and professional coaching spaces. She developed a coach training program designed to equip coaches and leaders that are pursuing their development to become Certified Inclusion Coaches.
Spanning the decades of her professional career and social justice activism, La’Wana has received numerous industry and community awards. Most recently, La’Wana was recognized as one of 2018’s 100 Most Inspiring People in the life-sciences industry by PharmaVOICE magazine. She also received the Women in Leadership award from the National Black MBA Association and was invited to join the Forbes Coaches Council as a contributor and thought leader. She is currently serving on the global board of directors for the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association working to advance gender parity. La’Wana is also a respected humanitarian and philanthropist.
La’Wana believes in meeting people where they are to combat racism, poverty and injustice.
