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What’s Your Superpower?

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A while back, 20 Trailblazers came together from all over the world, for an experience of deep connection and community.

Most of the people didn’t know each other. And even fewer had any real idea about what would be taking place during the time together.

All they knew was that I was inviting some of the “most interesting, intimidating, and inspiring people I know to create a deep and intimate community experience where you’ll leave energized, aligned, and connected to yourself, others, and your higher purpose”.

Watch the replay for how the conversation took place:
+ What was done to create space and safety in advance?
+ What struck you or surprised you the most about this experience?
+ What is one thing this brings to mind that you’d like to bring into your leadership?

6 Questions we explored:
1) What are you proud about regarding the way you’ve shown up in the last 2 weeks
2) What are you confident about in the current space
3) What are the crossroads that you find yourself at right now?
4) What’s your HIDDEN superpower
5) What does the world need most right now?
6) What do *I* need most right now?

Upgrade your problems

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Do you feel like you have been dealing with different variations of the same issues?

Don’t you think that if you are going to be problem-solving oriented, that your problems had better be worth solving?

Activate your Diversity and Inclusion Program When Needed Most (Live Conversation Today)

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Activating your D&I Program When it’s Needed Most
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At 7 pm Eastern tonight (June 24), my friend and colleague Margaret-Ellen Christensen and I will be holding a candid coaching and consulting conversation with leaders in organizations who are looking to activate their Diversity and Inclusion Program When it’s Needed Most.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leading-diversity-and-inclusion-during-crisis-tickets-110264203200

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The Question IS the Invitation
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In the midst of a global pandemic, we are also taking systemic racism and inequality head on across the globe.

Similar calls to action are being made of companies and leaders by employees and customers alike.

So the question becomes:

How do you answer the call and activate the resources in your organization to rise up to the occasion?

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Challenges to answering (or even hearing) the call
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It can feel quite daunting especially during times of
a) great uncertainty.

It’s hard to make the right decision during stable times, let alone now.

b) great social unrest.

It’s hard to address difficult topics and systemic racism in all its forms within your organization in stable times, let alone now.

c) great fear for doing the wrong thing – or not getting it EXACTLY right.

it’s hard to say or do something related to identity without offending someone or being called out in stable times, let alone now)

d) great accountability in recognizing just how much work may be needed

It’s hard to be confronted with how much injustice others around you face simply to be in the same conference room as you in stable times, let alone now.

We get it. We’re navigating it ourselves. And have navigated it in through our experiences as People Experience Consultants.

So we’re creating a space for you to bring your real-time, real-world challenges and opportunities to the surface for consulting, coaching, community today at 7 pm Eastern.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leading-diversity-and-inclusion-during-crisis-tickets-110264203200

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Answering the Call for Justice with your Employees and Customers
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Margaret-Ellen and I led a presentation to a global audience of leaders earlier this month where we laid out the foundation of overcomes the challenges and obstacles leaders face in being meaningfully responsive during times of crisis.

Whether your D&I program is fully robust and persistent or just getting off the ground and ad-hoc, we have experience helping leaders activate their people, programs, and projects in a way that meets the needs of those they serve.

During today’s conversation, we’re going to work with a handful of leaders on their real-time and real-world challenges to help them activate what’s needed for their organization in a tailored fashion.

Join us tonight at 7 pm Eastern
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leading-diversity-and-inclusion-during-crisis-tickets-110264203200

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One more thing…
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Niiamah here – and I need to say that I’m incredibly excited for tonight’s experience.

Margaret-Ellen and I worked together in at tech company in NYC where were served as People Experience consultants.

It was literally our job to look after the experience of the employees of a global organization -> from cultivating our culture, to championing our values, to supporting leaders within our diversity and inclusion ecosystem.

And now we’re able to come back together to serve you in the most powerful and meaningful way that we can.

If you or someone you know is looking to really activate your organization’s D&I program, come join us today at 7 pm. It’s free but you will need to invest your energy and trade in your comfort for a transformative experience.

Join us tonight at 7 pm Eastern

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leading-diversity-and-inclusion-during-crisis-tickets-110264203200

“I am an angry black man” – Confessions of my guilty secret

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I am an angry black man.

(This one’s for me)

This is the guilty secret that I’m been afraid people will find out.

This is the secret that I’ve been afraid of ejecting me from being an accepted Outlier to a rejected Outcast.

This is the secret that informs my actions as an entreprenuer and a leader.

This is the secret that I have to make public now, so that I can be free of the burden and energetic drain it takes to hide it from others.

For what’s coming next, I need to allow myself to step into that which has been uncomfortable and frankly unsafe for me in the past.

And now trust that I have built the tools to navigate the wilderness of the frontier of change.

This one’s for me.

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I published this in June 2020 to express and share my lived experience as a black man and the fears I had around being labeled as a black man as well. Sharing it publicly is a part of my process – In owning and declaring the things I felt most vulnerable about, I removed the power it had over me. 

I share it now because many people have reached out to tell me personally how it has impacted them. A part of me wants to bury this in the corner of the internet. The other part of me, the part that longs to be free , knows that it has already served its purpose for me. Now, I share it in case it’s of service to you.

I welcome a conversation about this at any time. You can reach out to me directly (niiamah@niiamahashong.com) .  

Are you looking to share your story with the world unapologetically and constructively? Join our Trailblazer Tribe, so we can support you with all that comes along with being the leader who does.

https://niiamahashong.com/tribe

I also organize experiences for my community of socially and globally concious leaders who are stepping up to shape the next era of humanity by taking on the complex problems of the world. 

Powerless vs Empowered vs Powerful

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As an individual, do you feel powerless, powerful or might you be in the neutral space of waiting to be empowered?

Whatever space you are in, what action are you taking to ensure it serves you right?

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