As society continues to struggle with racial unrest, organizations have the ability—and the responsibility— to actively address racial inequality for both their employees and their stakeholders. Through carefully crafted racial equity initiatives, organizations can improve employee engagement, customer relations and their bottom line. In fact, your organization’s success is intimately connected to an increasingly diverse society as well as diverse organizational leadership.

With a wealth of experience in organizational effectiveness and personal experience with racial encounters in the workforce, Drs. Peter A. James and Laurie K. Cure, offer unique wisdom and depth to assess your organizational needs, and partner with you to create the corporate environment you desire.

• What might this type of behavior cost your company?
• What are your diverse employees experiencing that you are unaware of?
• Are your leaders asking the right questions?
• Might your leaders be saying the wrong thing to diverse employees?
• Does your leadership diversely reflect your employees and/or customers?
• Is there a noticeable gender and ethnic compensation gap in your company?

Dr. Peter A. James

Dr. James is a certified and credentialed business and leadership coach who focuses on helping executives and businesses transform from average to high performing. With a doctorate in organization and leadership and a master’s in business administration, Peter is able to help address the corporate landscape and all of its roadblocks, hurdles, and obstacles. With published articles on leadership, emotional intelligence, diversity and inclusion, and organizational performance, his training, facilitation, and coaching propel executives and leaders to greater heights via shifting one’s mindset and improved collaboration. Through high-performance coaching, clients are not only able to deepen their learning, but also to heighten their performance, enhance their quality of life, and realize their full potential. He believes that all individuals (regardless of demographics) are capable of developing and improving their intellectual, emotional, and creative capacities. However, partnering with a solid coach allows one to achieve beyond what they thought was possible.

Dr. Laurie K. Cure

Dr. Cure is the CEO for Innovative Connections and holds a Doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a Master’s in Business Administration. An expert in enhancing organizational effectiveness, she brings more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning, organizational change, executive coaching and leadership development, Laurie is passionate about developing organizational cultures that align to changing environments and support racial and ethic equality and enhanced cultural competency. She is the best selling author of “Leading Without Fear: The Fine Line between Fear and Accountability” and is a recognized resource for guiding leaders and teams to success by promoting healthy leadership behaviors. With her unique ability to build deep and trusting relationships, she is able to help clients achieve amazing results for themselves and their organizations.