Last week I spent a couple days at the Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference (full disclosure: I’m a board member). The Day One keynote speaker was actor/ director Tony Plana, of “Ugly Betty” fame. The closing keynote on Day Two was award winning journalist Soledad O’Brien.
Tony and Soledad are each tireless advocates for diversity and inclusion. They shared many of their own life experiences – sprinkled with humor – to communicate important lessons.
I have pages and pages of notes, but here are just a couple quotes from each:
No matter how bad your cards are, I can find someone with worse cards who still did great things. -Tony Plana
Education is the greatest civil rights issue of our time. -Tony Plana
We’re supposed to have tough conversations about the things that matter. Leadership guides those conversations. -Soledad O’Brien
If you focus on how you’re different, it won’t go well for you. Just do your job, And, do your job well. -Soledad O’Brien
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Tuesday Tidbits are weekly messages I send to my leadership team. They are generally short & sweet, often focused on leadership or teamwork, always positive and, hopefully, motivational. I hope you also find some meaning in them.
