Training, coaching and consulting services to increase adaptive leadership and equity capacities.
The REDI approach…
Relationships: Grounding in the individual and collective self to create racial healing
Equity: Conscious and consistent action to dismantle power hoarding and inequitable design
Diversity: Meaningful connection and consensual collaboration with the collective
Inclusion: Self-actualization & empowerment, in place of heroism and oppression
With over two decades of experience leading community and organizational DEI intiatives we have developed the REDI leadership approach. Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are three of the most popular strategies for tackling big (institution, structural) and small (personal, interpersonal) challenges. Equity, the process of creating change or interventions respective to the unique traits of an individual or group, lays the foundation for attracting and keeping diversity at the table. Without addressing our personal, interpersonal and institutional cultures, practices and procedures, the diversity at the table will not be heard (inclusion). The absence of equity, power hoarding, is harmful.
What’s missing is a focus and investment in relationships. Without honoring and addressing the compounding, intergenerational wisdom and trauma, that informs the time we are in we can’t do the work. Inspired by the Hawaiian value pono, “to be in a state of harmony or balance with oneself, others, the land, work and life itself”. Our approach leadership development and change approach grounds us in our relationships with the individual and collective self, backed by indigenous and strengths based frameworks.
Developing equitable and inclusive leadership is key to unlocking positive change. Let Pono Pursuit empower you to create lasting change through our two decade of DEI experience and our REDI leadership approach. Invest in the power of relationships to achieve lasting impact.
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
- Nelson Mandela
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
- Maya Angelou