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Creating inclusive cultures through leveraging differences and unleashing agency
 
 
 
 
 
 

Creating Inclusive Collaborative Workplaces

Achieving Higher Performance
Accelerating Results
Unleashing Agency

Partnering with organizations since 1970

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Inclusive workspaces ensure the right people are doing the right work at the right time with the right tools. We know it’s tempting to treat inclusion as a WHAT—an initiative to complete and check off the list.

Instead, we see Inclusion as a HOW—how the culture makes it safe for people to bring their different ideas, perspectives, and talents, how teams interact more effectively to drive greater collaboration and innovation, how an organization aligns its culture with its strategies for higher operational performance.

 

We use Inclusion as the HOW to create change in organizations, unleashing the talent of people and accelerating results. 

Create and implement culture change strategies so that people can do their best work.

Inclusion as the HOW assists organizations in achieving effective interactions that drive bottom line results.

Our newest book, The Power of Agency, is coming in November 2024!

 

The Power of Agency: Cultivating Autonomy, Authority, and Leadership in Every Role

We are excited to share that Fred & Judith will be publishing their 7th book on inclusion and higher performing workplaces later this year.

The journey of change and higher performance is about the need to enable and support greater agency for individuals and teams. Agency ensures that people of all backgrounds, identities, tenure, and roles have the power and voice to make decisions and choices related to their jobs and the success of the organization. When people can exercise their agency, they feel greater ownership, not only for their area of responsibility but for the larger enterprise. They become the COO of their own jobs. Leaders' and managers’ roles shift to removing barriers and setting parameters to enable greater autonomy, trust, and collaboration.

A central premise of the book is that agency exists in all people. Agency cannot be bestowed or given; it needs to be unleashed. In this book, we discuss why agency is critical to creating a higher performance workplace that retains and leverages talent. It provides practical tools for leaders, teams, managers or supervisors, and individual contributors to unleash agency in their day-to-day interactions and roles. The book explores some of the common barriers and practices that block people's ability to exercise their agency. This book provides the next step in the evolution of inclusion in the workplace and what is needed to unleash the talent, skills, and contributions that all people possess in order to create higher organizational performance.

Click here for more information on our book!

 
 
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Unleash Agency in Your Organization: The Next Steps to Higher Performance and Greater Inclusion Published in OD Review

Fred & Judith’s most recent article, Unleash Agency in Your Organization: The Next Steps to Higher Performance and Greater Inclusion, was published in the Spring 2024 OD Review.

 
 
Testimonials

“After interviewing several DEI consulting firms, we chose KJCG for their experience, process, and flexibility. KJCG listened to our needs and concerns. Together we refined a process that included interviews, focus groups, education, key findings, aspirations, and recommendations for our association. The team was well-rounded, reliable, and friendly. They helped us through what can be a difficult process with grace and care. Their educational sessions were interactive, reflective and practical. We now have a well thought out, practical strategic plan to move our association to a more inclusive, diverse community. Thank you, KJCG!”

Erin Richardson, National Pest Management Association

“We were committed to being a more inclusive, higher performing organization but we needed help to make it happen. KJCG has been an expert guide in building the capacity we needed.”

Charles J. Hooker, III, President and CEO, Keystone Human Services

“Amazing useful content! So engaging!”

“Engaging, informative and educational. This is the ones session that I wish was longer.”

“I loved your style and collaboration in presenting.”

“Truly knowledgeable.”

2022 ATD Session Attendees

“It took me years to realize that focusing on policies was not enough; in order for the culture to really shift, it needs to include our people, their voices, and their efforts. Inclusion Guides has been the culture change we needed from the ground up.”

Tony Vecchio, Executive Director, Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens

“Rather than focus on minority recruitment, or patient satisfaction and comfort, KJCG targeted the organizational culture in a way that resulted in full top down commitment and a clear vision of our specific goals regarding cultural competence.”

Bob Doherty, former Executive Director, St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center

“The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group made a very positive impact on our organization. The process they used to help shape our strategic plan was developed to meet our exact needs. The Arts Center needed to build relationships between board members and the staff, re-kindle our commitment to our mission and our constituents, and identify a streamlined set of goals that were not only transformational but achievable. The KJCG team was thoughtful and flexible. They listened to my concerns, added more planning components as needed, and truly let our team lead the conversation. We have shared our final plan with area funders, who have reacted quite positively to its organization and clarity. At every planning meeting, the KJCG team gently but firmly helped us hone our vision. I can hear Fred right now saying “what’s is THE most important step to take” and “how can we agree” so that we could create a plan everyone can endorse AND follow.”

Elizabeth Reiss, CEO, The Arts Center of the Capital Region

“KJCG has a unique ability to not only work with individuals and support the development of organizational structures, but they can manage and move a group to powerful, new places, all delivered with a very high level of professionalism that gets results. They are the total OD package.”

Ted Freeman, Culture Officer & Facilitating Leader, EILEEN FISHER

“We could not, in all our dreams, have hoped for more or better. KJCG helped to ignite the positive energy and hopefulness of a group who may otherwise have felt burdened by the seemingly impossible task of changing an organization’s mindset. They have given us the capacity to help ourselves make the change.”

Sarah Garner, Head of Learning and Organisation Development at the London Borough of Croydon, UK

“Thank you so much for your graciousness, wisdom, and expertise. You delivered the right messages at the right time and the right way. I believe lives were changed and certainly impacted in a positive way. Croydon Council has never experienced anything like our session with you and I don’t expect they would again.”

Grace Padonou Addy, OD Manager: Leadership & Change at the London Borough Croydon, UK

“If you are ready to shift your culture into the future and engage the hearts and minds of multiple generations, then you need to work with KJCG. The tools they provided to support our group (to be brave and speak, or sit down and listen) helped create one of the most powerful meetings I’ve ever had in my 30-year career.”

Kathy Clements, Vice President and Finance Capability Leader, Catalyst at Ecolab

“KJCG are experts in their field who truly practice what they preach. Their collaborative and co-creative style leverages the human energy inside a company to build on strengths and spark palpable change—inclusive change that engages every level of the organization.”

Walter Slade, Former Executive Director, Culture & Change, Merck & Co.

“When your HUMAN systems are having an Amber Alert or a Code RED system outage, KJCG is the thinking partner you need to create a safe space for more effective collaboration and increased productivity. Their tools and language allow the corporate and technology functions to align with the HR functions. It’s like Six Sigma for people.”

Randy Tosch, Senior Director, Human Resources, Grainger

 
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