{"668127":{"#nid":"668127","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Inclusive Leaders Academy Celebrates This Year\u2019s Graduates","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Wendy Yu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI have been a part of plenty of leadership development programs, but the Inclusive Leaders Academy is drastically different,\u201d said Michael A. Dixon, director of operations in the Office of Commercialization. \u201cThis life-changing experience extended spaces to unlearn and relearn ideologies gained throughout my life. I learned new information that positively changed me both personally and professionally.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESince the program\u2019s 2017 launch, ILA has become a premier leadership development program for staff and faculty at Georgia Tech. It is also vital to the Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI) strategic plan goals of cultivating inclusive leadership and retaining and developing a world-class workforce where everyone feels supported, valued, respected, productive, and engaged.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo achieve this, ILA employs a curriculum designed to improve self-awareness, social intelligence, and courage. The self-paced program gives participants the opportunity and space to be self-reflective while offering practical tools to integrate into their leadership practice.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfter attending a workshop from the NeuroLeadership Institute, Jonathan Rivera Perez, global internship advisor in the Office of International Education, said, \u201cBias in the workplace is something I feel more comfortable identifying and mitigating now. Learning skills around creating shared goals, focusing on similarities and taking in all viewpoints has allowed me to implement these teachings from the ILA program and apply them every day.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe curriculum blends content from multiple disciplines, including mindfulness, the science of teams and bias, and the courage-based leadership research of Bren\u00e9 Brown\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Ph.D., in her book, \u003Cem\u003EDare to Lead\u003C\/em\u003E. Speaking to the ILA pillar of social intelligence, Kelly Rowland Prather, director of catering for Georgia Tech Dining, said, \u201cWhile I engaged my direct reports daily and felt a sense of connectedness, there was limited engagement with their direct reports. So now I start my day in the catering pantry and kitchen speaking with staff as they prepare for the day\u0027s production and deliveries, which has helped build rapport as well as a mentorship program with a frontline supervisor.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo complete the program, each participant also practiced courage through personal storytelling. The intensity of self-reflection was a challenging first for many, but they understood that vulnerability and sharpening their communication skills were integral to learning how to create connections, have candid conversations, and strengthen relationships.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOn June 7, President \u00c1ngel Cabrera and Archie W. Ervin, Ph.D., IDEI vice president, kicked off the closing program of the 2023 Inclusive Leaders Academy, followed by a keynote address on allyship featuring Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at the New York University School of Law, who discussed using neuroscience to recognize and break down the barriers to allyship, \u201cAn ally is someone who leverages their advantages in support of others who don\u2019t have those same advantages,\u201d he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe are thrilled to continue the work of supporting this network of empowered leaders who join hundreds of previous participants to expand the community of mindful, socially intelligent leaders at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Pearl Alexander, executive director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement. As Dixon said, \u201cThe cohort model shattered silos by bringing colleagues from across the Institute together under the spirit of evolving self-awareness, strengthening one\u2019s personal power, and unleashing the capacity for global leadership.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlexander invited \u201call people leaders to continue to grow with us and become \u2018Culture Champions,\u2019 each doing their part to transform the culture here.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EILA is enriched by the engagement of leaders and subject matter experts from across the Institute \u2014 including Joi Alexander\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003Edirector of the Wellness Empowerment Center,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eand Christie Stewart, senior academic professional in the School of Biological Sciences,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ewho facilitated a lab on resilience; story coaches Lindsey Laney\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003Eassistant registrar of Academic Scheduling; Rayne Bozeman\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003Eacademic professional in the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing; Stephanie Ray,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eassociate dean of Students and director of Student Diversity Programs;\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eand Melissa Foulger, artistic director of DramaTech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor a full list of the newest cohort of Culture Champions, \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/leadership-strategy-and-culture\/inclusive-leaders-academy\/inclusive-leaders-academy-cohort-7\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eclick here\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo learn more about the Inclusive Leaders Academy, including how to nominate yourself or a colleague, 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