What makes us “weird” actually brings us together. OUR INDIVIDUALITY UNITES US. This is when engagement happens.

When people feel like they can be themselves, they experience belonging, they feel valued and appreciated for who they are, they feel more comfortable, they feel safer.  It breeds trust and allows for creativity and originality. We want to feel happy about our jobs and being somewhere where we can become a better version of ourselves is good for us and good for business.

Shelley Brown provides actionable practices and processes that allow individuals to own who they are and cultivate belonging with one another. 

W is for welcoming. Rolling out the welcome mat for employees and keeping it rolled out. Welcoming is the intentional and ongoing practice of hospitality. Our employees know when they feel welcome and when they do, they will want to stay.

E is for engaging. Engaging with our full selves, staying present and open, mindful, and intentional to amplify the experience of belonging by being curious and interested in employee preferences, perspectives and points of view. Our employees want to feel like they matter as individuals, and when they do, engagement happens.

I is for integrating. Seeing the whole of the human being without separating the human being form the human working. A human being is the integration of their physical, mental and emotional health. Employees deserve compassion and seek employers who demonstrate care for their well-being.

R is for risk-taking. Taking the risk to show up in ways that are authentic whether we’ve made a mistake, when we are feeling emotional or perhaps when we simply don’t have an answer, or even accentuating something about ourselves that’s different from others, that makes us stand out, we create a safe space to let everyone show up as themselves.  We meet individuals where they are we take the risk of seeing each person as a human being not as the object of our success.

D is for delivering. Empowering and encouraging leaders and talent with the right tools and the right amount of guidance so they can deliver on W.E.I.R.D. to take “You belong here” from a slogan into action. This is a dynamic culture that will progress because we care about each individual.