Coaching Circles
Reading offers information. Coaching fosters transformation. Let’s do both together.
Join us for a eight-week virtual coaching intensive led by Jeana Marinelli based on the book The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh. Together we will notice biases, own blindspots and practice interrupting biases at the personal, social and structural level. Commit to your growth and transformation in a small cohort of leaders dedicated to building more equitable communities and workplaces. Leave challenged and changed with reflection practices to apply to your life and work.
Cohort dates: TBD.
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Examine our biases.
Together, we will dive deep into the science of implicit bias to examine our own personal biases and the many sources that inform our thinking at an unconscious level. We will notice what Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum describes as “smog”- the messages that we breathe in and breathe out every day about what and who matters when it comes to race, gender, class, sexuality, education, religion, and other important parts of our identities. We will make the smog in our lives visible, at the personal, social and systemic levels.
Let go of the idea of a “good person” in service of becoming better.
Our desire to be seen as a “good person” is often what prevents us from becoming better. When faced with an opportunity to learn about our biases, we have a choice. We can let our fixed mindsets take over and leave no room for making mistakes. This often leads to defensiveness, fragility and direct harm for those we are trying to support. Alternatively, we can accept that we are a work in progress and embrace the idea of being good-ish. We will practice our growth mindset skills through listening, noticing and challenging ourselves and each other to take ownership of our blindspots.
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Grow together alongside leaders who are committed to transformation.
Information can only get us so far. Transformation happens when a community of leaders comes together to examine our heads and hearts. When it comes to bias and inclusion, we cannot be part of the solution until we see how we are part of the problem. In this community, we will take ownership of our growth and development. We will embrace our own discomfort as part of stumbling upward. We will practice being curious with ourselves and each other. We will push ourselves to listen with the intention to learn. Our individual and community reflection will provide the catalyst for our growth. Accountability will be high. There will not be an option to passively listen or observe.
Coaching Circle Details
In this interactive, eight-week coaching intensive, you will work with other leaders to examine implicit biases and the systemic sources of biases in our lives, in our work and in ourselves. You will build the muscle memory to commit to a lifelong learning journey of noticing and interrupting biases.
Your Journey Includes
Four virtual workshops every other Wednesday from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm ET
Pre-reading and journal assignments before each workshop
Homework and next steps following each workshop
Two 50 minute coaching calls with Jeana Marinelli
A small, intimate cohort experience with up to 12 leaders across sectors
Copy of Dolly Chugh’s The Person You Mean to Be
Requirements
Attend all virtual sessions, arriving early and staying until the end
Be fully present and engaged during each workshop
Complete all readings and surveys 48 hours in advance of the workshops (approximately 2-3 hours of work total between each workshop)
Uphold confidentiality
Maximum of 12 participants
Selection Criteria
We are looking for 12 individuals who:
Commit to leading for equity
Love to learn and grow
Examine blindspots, bias and identity
Engage and push through discomfort
Take ownership of growth to maximize program experience
Stay curious with themselves and others
Lead with head and heart
Build habits of regular reflection
Welcome feedback and new perspectives
Follow-through on commitments and meet deadlines
Apply insights to life and work
Tuition
$3000 per participant (individual license only)
Includes four virtual workshops, two individual coaching sessions, access to virtual cohort community, pre-work and journal assignments, and a signed copy of The Person You Mean to Be.
Book Your Spot Now
A $500 deposit is required to hold your spot.
In addition to a few basic questions, you will be asked to reflect on these questions (1500 character max each):
Tell us how you would like to grow as a result of the Coaching Circle experience.
The coaching circle is a small, intimate learning community of a maximum of 12 people. What will you contribute to the cohort?
Tell us about a blindspot when it comes to bias. How did you discover this and what have you done about it?