Massella Dukuly, Vanessa Tanicien

The best leaders ask questions they genuinely want to know the answers to. To do that, stop and check in with yourself: Why am I asking this question? Do I genuinely want to hear from this person or am I trying to make sure that I don’t look bad? Am I checking a box or am I trying to truly engage?

Vanessa Tanicien

People-pleasing is one of the deepest forms of manipulation that exists. You’re essentially figuring out how to get people to like you in a way that’s disingenuous to yourself, creating distance between ‘work you’ and the person that you see yourself to be.

Vanessa Tanicien

We humans default to, “Who do I trust here?” or “Who do I have a good relationship with?” or “Who am I sitting next to?” and then pull those people into rooms for conversations to solve problems or share info. All these tiny micro exclusions add up without us even realizing. This tendency to lean on the people we already know and like is amplified … [ Read more ]

The Manager’s Guide to Inclusive Leadership — Small Habits That Make a Big Impact

Massella Dukuly, Tania Luna, Dr. Vaneeta Sandhu and Vanessa Tanicien of LifeLabs Learning stopped by First Round recently for a tactical discussion on why and how leaders can become more deliberately inclusive. Given the much-needed push for change that has been taking place in the tech industry, we thought we’d share our notes from this internal conversation with a wider audience here on the Review. … [ Read more ]