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  • Leading Below the Surface

  • How to Build Real (and Psychologically Safe) Relationships with People Who Are Different from You
  • By: LaTonya Wilkins
  • Narrated by: LaTonya Wilkins
  • Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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Leading Below the Surface

By: LaTonya Wilkins
Narrated by: LaTonya Wilkins
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Real connections within teams can create a culture shift for an entire company. Leading Below the Surface illustrates this vision, taking a radical stance against the "surface-ness" of corporate culture and exploring how highly rewarded behaviors are actually destroying organizations, blocking us all from creating truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures of belonging.

This audiobook is not a step-by-step instructional guide or dry academic theory. With a foreword by Amy Edmondson, author and Novartis professor of leadership at Harvard Business School, this audiobook is inspired by organizational culture research, social psychology, and neuroscience frameworks. Leading Below the Surface is a compass for the purpose-driven and forward-thinking leader. It merges true stories from the lived experiences of culture leader LaTonya Wilkins with actionable insights backed by dynamic interdisciplinary research. Just like she has done for hundreds of coaching and organizational clients, LaTonya effectively coaches you through this transformation through each engaging chapter.

Leading Below the Surface disrupts the way we think about traditional leadership standards and the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that have failed to make lasting change. The wisdom in these lines is powerful enough to not only change the way we think about corporate culture, but will instantly activate opportunities for the individual looking to advance their career while remaining authentic to who they are.

What you will learn in this audiobook:

  • Executives: You will learn how to create true cultures of belonging by leading below the surface, and through building real relationships with people who are different from you. Think of it as DEI 2.0. We all want to get there.
  • Managers: You will learn how to make meaningful shifts to foster real belonging within your teams through practicing empathy, psychological safety, and real leadership.
  • Individual contributors: You will learn how to advance your career while remaining authentic to who you are. You will also learn new ways to influence real personal and professional belonging in the workplace.
  • HR, DEI Leaders, and other related professionals: You will learn how to create real cultures of belonging so you can take all of your DEI efforts to the next level.
©2021 LaTonya Wilkins and PYP Academy Press (P)2022 LaTonya Wilkins and PYP Academy Press
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real stories, sound theory, practical guidance

if you’re into culture, inclusion, belonging, equity, leadership, coaching teams…LaTonya Wilkins book offers a refreshing, simple and powerful set of ideas and practices that can help make psychological safety at work a reality for everyone!

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Great read on DIB, I will definitely work harder to be a below the surface leader!

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Thought Provoking Leadership Perspective

Latonya offers a refreshing and thought-provoking perspective into leadership, and what makes great teams and corporate culture. With her own life and career experiences, LaTonya paints a clear picture of how she used this as fuel for her efforts in changes corporate environments for the greater good by coaching our leaders up from below. It is not an easy solution but possible with new ways of thinking and the willingness to learn. A fantastic listen.

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