
About this episode
This episode is part of the Culture Fit project that Carol recorded with her son-in-law Peter Cruz. In this episode, Carol, her cohost Peter Cruz, and their guest Ariel Salome discuss:
- Non-positional leadership and how everyone is a leader in their own right
- Being an active ally and status quo disruptor
- How you can create a safe and inclusive environment
Guest bio:
Ariel Salomé thrives on challenging assumptions and limiting beliefs, reframing challenges into opportunities. She possesses the uncanny ability to constructively disturb the status quo to the point where it opens the floodgates of possibilities, leading to transformation. For the past 18 years, Ariel has served as a training & curriculum designer, DE&I practitioner and group process facilitator. She just returned to California from Washington D.C. where she managed National Science Foundation grant-funded projects in STEM higher education reform, supporting the development of STEM faculty leaders across the nation. Ariel is now known as the "Corporate Healer" as she coaches and develops the next generation of leaders in tech as the PM for Leadership Development at Lyft. Ariel is also the founder and space holder for METANOIA, a spiritual community of practice. Ariel received her BA in Sociology and dialogue facilitation training at Occidental College. She completed ICF comprehensive coaching certification and doctoral-level training in human and organizational development at Fielding Graduate University. Her research and practice include transformative learning, ontological coaching, and the somatic release of intergenerational and racialized trauma. She believes that the world's greatest problems can find solutions when we show up as fully human and fully divine.
Important Links and Resources:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjcruz/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielsalome/
- https://www.theforem.co/features-at-the-forem/developing-ah-ha-moments-with-ariel-salome
- The Art of Possibility – Benjamin Zander, Rosamund Zander
- Innovation Adoption Curve
- Whistling Vivaldi: How stereotypes affect us and what we can do– Claudia Steele
- The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
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