DEIB Balance Blueprint

A six-month program for inclusive leaders

Welcome!

Thank you for joining our DEIB Balance Blueprint program.

This page will be your go-to source for all of our group recordings, exercises, readings, and other resources.

Our Group Program Process

Trauma and stress can overwhelm our nervous systems and make it hard to take the most elegant and effective next step.

As participants gain awareness about their own experiences at the micro level, their capacity to influence macro anti-oppression work within their institution grows.

We seek to ground clients and organizations so that safety and calm remain central in our interactions. This opens up space for more nuanced, regulated, and reflective conversations.

We approach our work as teaching a process, rather than a list of technical DEIB solutions. This process continues to support reflection and change long after our formal work has drawn to a close.

Through small group cohorts, participants explore their responses to case studies and deepen self-awareness of personal experiences with inclusion and belonging.

Sagely's process is one of constantly bringing attention to what generates healing: relatedness, transparency, interconnectedness, hope, and belonging.

Resources

Recordings, exercises, quotes, and visualizations will be available on this page and uploaded regularly throughout the duration of our program.

  • A key element to building inclusive cultures is the ability to witness without judgment. 

  • Cultivating the ability to witness is the first step in radically reimagining our workplace cultures. 

  • The more we heal in ourselves, the more capacity we have to hold space and offer witness to others. This is why allyship is, first and foremost, a process of self-reflection. 

  • When we direct attention to ourselves, we step into a greater sense of agency. From this position of agency, we can be the most genuine and effective allies.    

  • To move closer to the experience of embodied agency, our work together focuses on process before content.

  • By focusing on process, we enhance our ability to sit with uncertainty, make room for duality, and see systemically. These are qualities that create and sustain equitable workplace cultures. And it all starts from a focus on self. 

  • Our coaching groups focus on healing, connection, and co-creating a real-time experience of inclusion. Learning about DEIB work in these ways can sometimes feel unfamiliar and new. 

  • For people who find safety and comfort in highly structured environments (such as corporate or academic settings), this unfamiliarity can lead to feelings of discomfort. Discomfort might also show up as confusion, resistance, or distraction. In our approach, we see these feelings as important and meaningful. We invite you to share and include these feelings with us throughout the program. The ability to witness your own uncertainty without judgment is the foundation of doing so for others.

About Your Experience

Session 1

November 15th

9 AM PT ⏐ 11 AM CT ⏐ 12 PM ET ⏐ 5 PM London

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Session 2

November 29th

9 AM PT ⏐ 11 AM CT ⏐ 12 PM ET ⏐ 5 PM London

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