PUSH MAGAZINE
CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONAL AWARENESS Leaders must take a stand and make it count. Where does your organization stand?
Following the movement to fight for racial freedom, liberation, and justice, there have been mostly lukewarm corporate responses. Hollow statements acknowledging Black Lives Matter’s importance, or social posts, are now followed by an unsettling quiet. It is an unnerving calm, and unfortunately, it feels like there has been a corporate sigh of relief with the hope that the turmoil is over.
A possibly combative and divisive moment in our country’s history is approaching as a trio of imminent factors awaits: COVID-19, the presidential election, and potential national unrest. Employees, clients, and customers watch for organizations to have a powerful voice on societal issues, like racial justice. Now is the time to develop organizational integrity and take the lead in ways that companies never have before.
However, businesses in the United States are reading this all wrong. The quiet we are witnessing is not quiet by any stretch of the imagination. It is the calm before the next movement.
Below are five considerations that every leader needs to brainstorm as they create more organizational integrity.
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