4 Leadership Must Dos for Cultivating Mental Health & Wellness

4 Leadership Must Dos for Cultivating Mental Health & Wellness As you’ll have heard me share repeatedly in other blogs, supporting mental health in the workplace is integral to fostering inclusive and supportive employee experiences. It’s fundamental for creating environments where team members feel valued, motivated, and empowered to bring their full selves to work […]

Shift Leadership – A New Paradigm for Unlocking Engagement, Belonging, Empathy, and Psychological Safety in Workplaces

Shift Leadership – A New Paradigm for Unlocking Engagement, Belonging, Empathy, and Psychological Safety in Workplaces Our workplaces are deeply struggling. They were burdened before the pandemic, but as we’re seeing, it feels like we’re worse off now. And to boot, our old ways of leading won’t help to yield the change we desperately require. […]

As Leaders, We Choose How We Treat People

As Leaders, We Choose How We Treat People A few years ago, during a therapy session, I shared with my therapist that I had noticed how snippy I was being with people around me. From my clients, to my team members, to my Uber drivers, to my spouse, everyone was experiencing my crankiness. And this […]

How Our Perspective Shapes Our Lens on Life… and Our Leadership

How Our Perspective Shapes Our Lens on Life… and Our Leadership by Dr. Summer Allen, a DEI & Leadership Coach with bci and the author of Lose the Debate: A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Successful Dialogue Our perspective is a powerful force, subtly guiding our actions and shaping how we live, work, and […]

Why Minimization is the Enemy of Belonging in the Workplace

Why Minimization is the Enemy of Belonging in the Workplace “At our organization, we deeply value inclusion and belonging, and we encourage every team member to bring their authentic selves to work.” – Said by every organization out there! In bhasin consulting inc.’s inclusive leadership work, we leverage the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), a highly […]

5 Steps for Creating Belonging in the Workplace

5 Steps for Creating Belonging in the Workplace Belonging in the workplace matters. And it matters more now than ever before. As I share in my bestselling and award-winning book We’ve Got This, belonging is the profound feeling of being accepted for who you are by your own self and by the people you choose […]

DEI (and B for Belonging) are Here to Stay – Predictions for 2024

DEI (and B for Belonging) are Here to Stay – Predictions for 2024 “We’re doubling down on our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.” “We’re not watering down the language or substance of our DEI programming.” “We’re keeping the D, the E, and the I… and, in fact, we’re adding in the B for Belonging.” “We […]

We Must Keep Talking About White Fragility

Last week, we kicked off Black History Month, a celebration of Black history and excellence, and a continued moment to focus on interrupting the ways in which anti-Black racism permeates our workplaces and society at large. Over the last few years, it was so encouraging to see organizations working actively to address systemic racism and […]

4 Key DEI Areas to Focus on in the New Year

As we kick off 2022, DEI professionals and HR leaders are giving much thought to the key diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) areas to focus on in the year ahead. Here are four key DEI trends that organizations should make a key focus for 2022.

3 Things You Can Do to be Inclusive in the Wake of Islamophobia

In workplace DEI efforts, there’s often minimal discussion about the inequities experienced by people from religious minority groups. But in the wake of continued attacks on Muslims and other religious communities, we must make this a focus.