We Need Real Leaders!
Earlier this week, I was talking to a real friend about something that really bothers me and I really wanted to share it with you: too many people are called leaders that are really followers.
From people with platforms who don’t help themselves but claim to know how to help other people, to platforms that empower people to become experts on people, places and things they know nothing about, education and understanding around leadership is of the essence. This is why I started a LEID consulting company. In an age of followers being called leaders and true leaders being silenced by anonymous followers, things need to change. Furthermore, in the wake of the DEI industrial complex (another blog post for another day), organizations, companies and corporations must be held accountable for the environments they create.
Murdock LLC is a LEID consulting company which means we lead with liberation. When “leaders” in an organization force equity and inclusion to take a backseat to diversity, they have effectively sentenced their organization to death. When you put diversity first, inclusion second and equity third, you literally spell DIE. Murdock LLC turns this on its head and adds an element that the industry refuses to acknowledge as crucial to the work: Liberation!
Instead of putting diversity first, we prioritize liberation. We use liberation to frame our lens on equity. We use that liberative lens on equity to inform how we think about inclusion and then we begin developing strategies on recruiting and retaining diverse talent inside the classroom, workplace and community.
Whether we’re talking about more academically proficient classrooms at community colleges or more productive work spaces at today’s leading tech companies, we need real leadership! Real leaders understand that starting the conversation with retention and recruitment is ineffective; we have to start the conversation with thinking about freedom, emancipation and liberation.
When your students or your employees feel as though they can be their true selves in the environment you’re creating, you will be seen as a more effective leader and your work product will speak to your effectiveness, as well. As “diversity, equity and inclusion” becomes more of a slogan than systemic commitment to solving centuries-old problems, Murdock LLC is dedicated to disrupting this industry by helping organizations develop real leaders. Real leadership looks like prioritizing the stories of the most marginalized members in your ecosystem and empowering them to inform how we think about the future. Change doesn’t happen from the top down, it rises from the bottom like a revolution.
Freedom is not free, but it must be of priority to an organization that wants to lead their industry.
Freedom ain’t free but it’s always worth the investment.
