Resources for Action – CrossRoads Program
Tools
P.I.E.S.
As a leader, it is paramount to connect with your team in a meaningful way. This simple tool provides a fun, engaging way to regularly check in with your team.
Above the Line/Below the Line
As humans, we naturally react to stress with a Flight, Fight, or Freeze response. This tool helps counteract that response by activating your empathy and curiosity.
Book Recommendations
Working with Emotional Intelligence
This book emphasizes the critical role emotional intelligence plays in leadership success, asserting its increasing importance for C-Suite executives. Whether in traditional or high-tech fields, emotional intelligence emerges as the indispensable ingredient for reaching and maintaining the pinnacle of success. Drawing from thorough research and presented in a clear, engaging style, the book contends that organizations embracing emotionally intelligent practices are poised to thrive in today’s fiercely competitive landscape. Find it on Amazon.
Love as a Business Strategy
Love takes center stage as a transformative force for business triumph in this book. The authors advocate that embracing love as a guiding principle in business can cultivate a culture that attracts and retains top talent. Beyond recruitment, it has the power to positively influence the behavior of individuals at all levels, creating a ripple effect of improvement. To achieve this, businesses must master essential elements such as inclusion, empathy, vulnerability, trust, empowerment, and forgiveness throughout their organizational structure. Find it on Amazon.
Inclusalytics
Businesses are increasingly recognizing the need for meaningful and impactful DEI work, which has a profoundly positive impact on business results, innovation, and performance. This book offers a clear and detailed process for internal DEI leaders, emphasizing the pivotal role of data in guiding successful DEI efforts, and serves as a comprehensive guide tailored for leaders spearheading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within organizations, advocating for a data-driven approach to transformative change. Find it on Amazon.
The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Organizations: How Diverse and Equitable Enterprises Will Transform the World
This book underscores that organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion are not only valuable goals in themselves but also essential means for achieving comprehensive sustainability. The authors introduce the concept of an inclusive organization—a transformative model that goes beyond profit-driven motives. In this new organizational paradigm, companies recognize their employees as valuable assets, embracing a broader responsibility for their actions. The authors emphasize the importance of diversity in contributing to the richness of organizational culture, innovation, and business outcomes. Find it on Amazon.
Ally Up: The Definitive Guide to Building More Inclusive, Innovative, and Productive Teams
The book highlights the pressing need for genuine diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly in the context of corporate leadership where a substantial majority comprises white men. Ciruolo argues that relying solely on new corporate policies is insufficient. Instead, the crucial missing element is allyship—the capacity for leaders to comprehend workplace inequalities and actively promote inclusivity, ultimately leading to the formation of more high-performing teams. “Ally Up” serves as a guide for individuals seeking to navigate and implement allyship principles, emphasizing its pivotal role in driving meaningful organizational change. Find it on Amazon.
Videos
Change Starts with You
An inspiring speech titled, “Be The Change You Want To See” by Fearless Soul explores your impact on sustainable change and the need for active listening and participation.
What is Your Why?
This video exemplifies the idea of doing good when no one is watching and inspires us to wonder what drives us to take action or make various decisions throughout the day.
Reports
Blue Notes
During a recent presentation on Transforming Unconscious Bias into Conscious Inclusion, we handed out blue sheets of paper and asked the audience to engage in a commitment exercise around the question, “What one thing will you do to practice conscious inclusion?” We barely got the question out before the audience exploded into collaborative conversations. The response was overwhelmingly positive, with the audience returning more than 70 ideas on how they would practice conscious inclusion right away!
Access their responses and find out more about practicing conscious inclusion in this comprehensive report.
Book Giveaway
UNSTOPPABLE: Inspiring Stories of Perseverance, Triumph, and Joy from Trailblazing Women in Healthcare
Our CEO, Sherrie Barch, recently authored a chapter in this book along with Fawn Lopez, Annette Walker, Ruth Williams-Brinkley, Carladenise Edwards, Ninfa Saunders, Stephanie Mercado, Sue MacInnes, and Teri Fontenot. These exceptional leaders generously share their personal stories, recounting the challenges, risks, and unwavering determination and perseverance that helped them reach positions of leadership and influence. Throughout their journey, they also discovered abundant joy and fulfillment, a testament to their resilience and triumphs.