This work is based in part on Gregg’s book, Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations, co-written with his father, Bob Vanourek, based on research and interviews with 61 organizations in 11 countries and a winner of the International Book Awards. 
​Gregg Vanourek is a writer, teacher, facilitator, and speaker on life design and leadership. He’s worked at market-leading ventures across industries and sectors. Founder and owner, Gregg Vanourek, LLC (helping people craft a good life with good work). Former senior executive at a tech startup, now a market leader with $1 billion in sales. Co-author of three influential books, including LIFE Entrepreneurs (a manifesto for integrating our life and work with purpose and passion) and Triple Crown Leadership (a winner of the International Book Awards, called “the best book on leadership since Good to Great”). Co-founder, Vail Alliance for Purposeful Living. Adjunct faculty at Stockholm Business School.

The Leadership Forum Community (LFC) acknowledges that one of our most pressing leadership challenges is understanding racism and how it exists and impacts our organizations, communities, and the fabric of a civil society.
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In recognition of Black History Month, our February 22nd learning session was brought to you by the LFC Unlearning Racism Lab in partnership with Polarity Partnerships. In this session we embraced the LFC values of diversity and inclusion and sought to advance our leadership journeys through reflection, dialogue, and an exploration into Polarities as we expand conscious leadership to better lead and serve in our organizations and communities.

Multicultural Competence
by Dr. Cedric Williams

Dr. Cedric Williams shared his expertise as a consulting psychologist who integrates psychological principles and leader development models to help individuals, teams, and organizations move toward occupational thriving. He teaches courses on multicultural competence, assessment for clinician-consultants, private practice development, and clinical dissertations. He has published on various topics including racial microaggressions, multicultural competence, performance, and resilience. Dr. Williams currently works with several non-profit organizations, government agencies, and private firms to provide learning and education on multicultural competence, recognition and response to racial microaggressions in the work environment, implicit bias, and effective allyship. 

Dr. Williams holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, three master’s degrees, and a B.S. from Illinois State University. Dr. Williams has also served on the executive board of the American Psychological Association's Division 13, Society of Consulting Psychology as the Diversity and Inclusion chairperson. In addition to his work as a psychologist, Dr. Williams has served in the US Army (active and now reserves) since 2002. He is an Airborne and Ranger qualified Infantry officer who has led soldiers in a variety of settings. 

Founder of The Change Coaches, LaTonya Wilkins partners with executives, upwardly mobile professionals, and teams to build cultures of belonging through highly customized coaching and consulting services. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and has inspired audiences all over the world. She built her career working in HR, talent management and learning & development at Fortune 500 companies before teaching and taking on progressive leadership roles at the University of Illinois’ Gies College of Business. LaTonya is currently the President of the True Star Youth Foundation board. She gained industry recognition when she was featured on the peer-nominated list of most inclusive HR influencers in 2019. 

LaTonya developed her signature concept of Below the Surface Leadership based on her own experience climbing the corporate ladder and researching across disciplines while constantly being the “only one” on her teams. This revolutionary approach to leadership is about creating psychologically safe relationships across differences, empowering underrepresented employees to feel valued, heard, and engaged, and creating cultures of belonging in the workplace. 

LaTonya’s clients often describe her as approachable, non-judgmental, inspiring, creative, unique, and insightful. You may experience her the same way as you read through Leading Below the Surface.

To learn more about LaTonya and her work, visit her website:
 leadingbelowthesurface.com

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Conscious Leadership Conversation:
A Leadership Lab Workshop

Led by Faith Hassell and Joel Wright 
​"Our mission is not just to inform, but to inspire leadership in action. "

Would you like to explore your leadership challenges with others in the community?  We utilized this session to explore some of the challenges that were brought to light during the Summit , further define the problems and determine where the greatest interest is for some members to form groups (Leadership Labs) to take action.
 
Here are the topics that were explored.
·   Resilience vs. fatigue/burnout
·   Women in leadership - being heard & seen
·   Unlearning racism and building equity, and inclusion
·   Democratizing Leadership in Education
·   Polarities: dealing with divisions at work and socially
·   Building connections across remote locations
·   Exploring a framework of a leadership journey for new and existing leaders
·   Facilitating group dialog

If you are interested in exploring any of these topics with others who share your concerns, please us the contact us form and we will connect you with the appropriate leaders.

For the months of June and July our programming is devoted to our annual Leadership Forum Summit about "Leading to Repair". You can still experience the Summit through our YouTube recordings of the sessions. For information go to our ​2021 Summit page.