Brave Spaces: Advancing DEI/AR Thinking in True North Boards
In accordance with our PRIDE values, our goal is to cultivate a culture that encourages collaboration, flexibility, and fairness to enable individuals to contribute to their full potential. We have developed for the Coaching Kata in all of our True North pillars to consider ‘what are the differences in patient populations, including considering personal background and understanding of language, that might be impacting this metric’.
By introducing and hardwiring PRIDE into our True North Boards and problem-solving thinking, we are developing structures and strategies to equip leaders with the ability to manage diversity, be accountable, measure results, refine approaches on the basis of such data, and institutionalize a culture of inclusion.
To advance this thinking, managers must have the capacity to hold Brave Spaces to facilitate conversations about the impacts of personal background and understanding of language. We have included a number of resources in this toolkit to support these efforts.
BRAVE SPACE COACHING SCHEDULE
Toolkit is currently being revised
Please REGISTER to attend one of the following Brave Space sessions.
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Brave Space Flyer
BRAVE SPACE CARDS
Do you want to find an interactive way to talk about diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism? DEI/AR Brave Cards get people talking in ways that are engaging and constructive.
- Creates a brave space to explore
- Builds personal connections
- Increases knowledge about DEI/AR
- Motivates action
- Generates ideas to foster DEI/AR
- Thought provoking questions invite ideas to proactively include colleagues
- The conversations build empathy
HOW TO CONSIDER ADDRESSING THE DEI PROBE
Coaching Roadmap
Before we can begin to talk about the differences our employees may feel by REAL, it’s important that we first understand the ways in which power and privilege show up in our workspace. We are all at different places along the journey of understanding REAL inequities. It is important to build in time for self-reflection and deepening our knowledge and skills. Please register for a Coaching Session before embarking on the steps of your Coaching Roadmap:
Step 1: PRE-WORK
Building one’s capacity to hold a brave space to facilitate conversations about REAL requires self-reflection and a commitment to educating oneself. We recommend reviewing the shared language/definitions identified in this toolkit; and actively engaging in our Resources. We highly recommend the LinkedIn Learning module Skills for Inclusive Conversations.
Step 2: PARTICIPATE in Coaching Kick-Off
You will be invited to participate in a one-time Coaching Kick-Off session with your BCH DEI Council Coaches.
Format: 6-9 participants per month in facilitated coaching session with 2-3 BCH DEI Council Coaches. 90 minutes.
Step 3: ONGOING SUPPORT
In order to receive ongoing support, you can request to have one-on-one support with any of our Brave Space Coaches. In addition, we have a MS Team page for Brave Space facilitators to share resources, presentations, and to create a supportive network. We request that you indicate your objectives for the support sessions.
Format: One-to-one support with BCH DEI/AR Council Coaches. 30 minutes. Schedule by request.
Step 4: BE ACCOUNTABLE to change
Take time to engage with the resources recommended in this toolkit; set goals for you and your team; engage in the coaching; join the monthly sessions at least once a quarter; listen; be open to feedback.
