REWIRING LEADERSHIP: Connecting the Dots for Sustainability and Equity
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REWIRE the leader in you
REHUMANIZE the workplace
REDEFINE the organization
REINVENT the future
For the last two years, the global community has been grappling with the unprecedented challenges sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, social injustices like George Floyd’s murder in the USA, and environmental issues due to climate change.
Some have tried to ignore these challenges. Some have only pretended to treat them seriously. But a growing number of governments, organizations, and leaders have taken this unique opportunity to fundamentally transform the way we see ourselves and treat others and the environment as a whole. THIS is how we create the organizations and leaders of the future.
Professionally, they are now rewiring leadership, re-humanizing the workplace and re-purposing the organization.
On December 20 we considered these questions:
How can I be and do good in a polarized world?
How do I develop the leadership mindset for a sustainable and equitable future?
How do I connect the dots between what society/community needs and what our workforce wants?
What has changed in these past 21 months since the beginning of the pandemic, exposing global and local inequities, and then, the murder of George Floyd and many others?
“…for the first time you see in the trust barometer that individuals are letting us know is that they have an expectation for CEOs to speak out on the societal challenges. It's no longer okay for the organization to have the communication experts that give the “correct” bullet points to share in front of the organization. For the first time you really see the need for that full presence of the organization’s leaders, this expectation that society and government is increasingly depending on business to take on the responsibility of the social things, that businesses and organizations really need to take up the challenge and deliver the future that we want. And the future that we want is looking at everything from the UN Development Goals everything that we're measuring and the ESGs: spanning the quality of the environment to the organizations to each government.
So the question that we went out and started asking was: how are the leadership rising to this challenge? What is moving is there are organizations that saying, ‘Okay this is the opportunity: to link what is happening, connect those dots with sustainability, ESGs, etch. and talk about being good for all.’”
CLICK TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW WITH MERCEDES MARTIN & PATRICIA NEAL [6:06]
We envision a socially sustainable world where organizations and their leaders foster inclusion, collaboration, and innovation.
Our mission is to develop leaders and organizations to effectively navigate and address the complex dilemmas in today’s business environment.
MERCEDES MARTIN, CEO & Founder
With over two decades of experience with Business Strategy, Diversity and Inclusion, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, and Organizational Change Management, Mercedes Martin brings a radically different approach to her work. As a Business and Leadership Development Consultant, she sheds new light on the topics of business transformation, inclusion, and innovation.
Mercedes believes that adopting the latest organizational development model, theory, or buzz word, will not lead to effective organizational change. She navigates uncharted waters by first examining the human need to be seen, heard, and connected, and builds from this premise.
Mercedes holds a Bachelor of Science in Transcultural Nursing from the University of Miami and a Master of Science in Leadership Development from the University of San Francisco. Her work has taken her to various places across the globe including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Mexico, Nigeria and Spain, and the United States.
At CPL, we use the principles of The Art of Convening as a “true north” guide to how we want to BE as humans, seeking authentic engagement and community.
