Leadership Lens Webinars

Thought-Provoking Free Training on Cutting-Edge Leadership Topics

At bci, we recognize the importance of offering free training in order to spread best practices related to shift leadership, talent management, DEI, and belonging to the widest possible audience.

Since March 2020, we’ve offered several dozen free Leadership Lens webinars on a leadership topic almost every month and have now trained tens of thousands of participants.

Focusing on a different leadership area each month, including bringing in thought leaders and experts as guest speakers, our hour-long free Leadership Lens webinars tackle some of the most cutting-edge, challenging, and sensitive topics. Our webinars address complex and difficult subjects head-on and offer opportunities for nuanced and thoughtful discussion.

Join Us At Our Next Leadership Lens Webinar!

It continues to be a very difficult time for DEI leadership across workplaces. We’re experiencing myriad issues: political and legal attacks; cuts to programming and budgets; heightened resistance and DEI fatigue; challenges related to geopolitics; spikes in racism, including anti-Blackness; and more. If you’re feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and disheartened as a leader, you’re not alone. 

The saving grace is that there are concrete steps that you can take to be courageous, compassionate, resilient, and motivated in the face of these hardships. And this is what we’ll explore during bhasin consulting inc.’s Leadership Lens webinar for February, We’ve Got This: Navigating DEI Leadership During this Difficult Time

We’re delighted to share that on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 from 4-5pm ET, Ritu Bhasin, bci’s CEO and leadership expert, will be joined by special guest Vernā Myers, an award-winning DEI pioneer, thought leader, advisor, speaker, justice advocate, and humanitarian. Vernā is also the founder of The Vernā Myers Company, she’s the author of the bestselling books Moving Diversity Forward and What If I Say The Wrong Thing?, and she was the inaugural Head of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix. 

During this important chat, which will take place during Black History Month, Ritu and Vernā will explore: 

  • How to practice compassion in the face of polarization and disagreement
  • Why and how to go micro when the macro feels so dark
  • How to be courageous in using our individual and collective voices in this difficult moment
  • What allyship, especially in the context of growing racism, needs to look like 
  • The inspiring work Vernā is focusing on to cultivate inclusion and belonging

 

Everyone is welcome to attend, so please spread the word. If you have any questions for Vernā or Ritu, please send them through by emailing info@bhasinconsulting.com. We hope to see you online!

Wednesday, February 26th at 4-5pm ET

Frequently Asked Questions

At bci, we record our Leadership Lens webinars primarily for internal use, so unfortunately, a recording will not be available for most of our webinars. However, we regularly upload clips from our webinars to our YouTube channel. We also encourage you to sign up for bci’s mailing list for resources and updates about upcoming events.

You can view bci’s latest videos and clips from our past webinars at our YouTube channel here. If you are interested in empowerment content, and how to live your best life, please check out Ritu’s YouTube channel here.

The best way to be notified about our future events and webinars is by signing up for our mailing list, where we share regular updates about upcoming events. Be sure to also follow bci on LinkedIn.

Yes, following each webinar, we send out an email to all attendees with a curated list of resources related to the webinar’s content.

bci’s Leadership Lens webinars take place live via Zoom and require advance registration through the links provided on our website. Immediately after you’ve registered for a bci webinar, you’ll receive an automatic email from Zoom with the login details for the session. You’ll also receive a reminder email from Zoom one day before the webinar. Please be sure to check your junk email folder if you are unable to find these emails. If you are having difficulty, please contact us at info@bhasinconsulting.com.

During bci’s Leadership Lens webinars, we always have the Q&A box and chat board open for attendees to ask questions. If you’d like to submit a question prior to the start of the webinar, please email info@bhasinconsulting.com.

The most common cause of technical difficulties in accessing Zoom webinars is wireless (Wi-Fi) connection issues. You can view the Zoom support page on resolving connection issues here.

If you are having trouble joining a webinar from a particular browser or device, you may want to try signing in using another browser or device or calling in by phone. Information on joining by phone is included in your registration email from Zoom.

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Dr. Komal Bhasin, MSW, MHSc, DSocSci

Komal is bci’s Senior DEI Consultant and Mental Health Expert-in-Residence and an accomplished DEI facilitator, coach, and strategist. Komal has over 20 years of experience in providing strategic and advisory guidance and program development across a range of sectors, with a particular concentration in mental health and racial inclusion. Komal is also the founder of Insayva Inc., a social enterprise focused on providing accessible DEI and health equity support to charities and non-profit organizations.

Komal has extensive experience in creating and delivering programming in a range of leadership and DEI areas, including  mental health inclusion, psychological safety, empathy, relationship repair, allyship, and cultural competence. She is passionate about driving transformational change in workplaces and has worked closely with bci clients – corporations, professional service firms, health care providers, and educational institutions – to embed cultures of inclusion within their organizations.

Komal has provided one-on-one inclusion coaching to hundreds of senior leaders and brings a unique approach that is informed by her background as a therapist. She is able to expertly handle sensitive conversations and situations and works with leaders to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to advance racial/ethnocultural, gender, and mental health-related equity across teams and organizations. Komal also offers a performance coaching program designed specifically for BIPOC leaders. This program aims to help BIPOC leaders harness their place, position, and identity to thrive in the workplace and beyond. Komal is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI).

As bci’s Mental Health Expert-in-Residence, Komal offers tremendous expertise around workplace mental health. As a doctoral trained mental health clinician, certified health executive, and registered social worker, Komal has assisted organizations looking to advance employee mental health inclusion and well-being through offering programming on inclusive dialogue, anti-stigma, burnout prevention, psychological safety, resilience, and self-care. Komal is committed to advancing mental health and wellness across the life course; she currently serves on the board of the Alzheimer’s Society of Ontario and previously served on the boards of Children’s Mental Health Ontario and the YMCA of Greater Toronto.

When Komal is not working, you’ll find her painting, cooking, or snuggling with her cats.