Beth Ridley discusses what leaders need to model: credibility, emotional capacity, and the ability to create belonging. She connects healthy workplace culture to business success and employee thriving, emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Beth Ridley is a leadership expert and workplace culture consultant. Leadership expert Beth Ridley is Beth Ridley. Beth Ridley is Beth Ridley. Beth Ridley. Beth Ridley. The ability to be someone to not just manage or deal with differences, but to really harness it and to be able to bridge across differences. That's leadership.
Also, as a leader, you cannot come to work wrapped up in your own issues. You have to have the mental capacity to be able to help other people and support other people emotionally.
When a corporate culture prioritized being busy, they became void of joy, meaning, purpose, creativity, and innovation. As leaders in companies, we can foster cultures that enable employees to thrive so that the business can thrive. Diversity, equity, inclusion. Those three words combine to create a culture of belonging. And a culture of belonging means that everyone in the workplace feels valued and respected for who they are.
As a leader, you need to model these behaviors that you expect in other people. To be a leader and lead with.
Credibility, the workplace needs to know really what you think based on all of that in order to again have a multitude of perspectives to lead to better decision making. And so companies are realizing their culture is going to be the differentiator.
If you are leading from a place of passion and purpose, that will exude outward and people will want to follow you because they see the energy and the positivity.
My call to action for you is super simple. Just figure out where your thin place is and go to it often.
