Perform without burnout.
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Giving, Receiving, & Integrating Feedback Training
For Your Organization
In Our Training You Will Learn
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5 core principles to increase competency giving, receiving and integrating feedback
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The science of belonging and how it works in feedback conversations
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The latest research on bias in performance discussions and ways to mitigate it
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Techniques to address power dynamics in feedback and share accountability
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How to approach feedback in ways that feel fulfilling and JOYFUL
Your mission statement is fierce
As an Executive and Team Coach, my purpose is clear: to ensure purpose-driven teams prevent overwhelm, build social impact initiatives that cultivate emotional intelligence, respect the dynamic relationship between high productivity and rest, and encourage joy to combat hopelessness. Facing society’s biggest problems provokes fear and grief, which shows up as conflict, attrition, and self-sabotage within leaders and on teams. We need the radical personal power that results from radial personal accountability. We can build teams that outpace destructive behavior with regenerative behavior. This is the essence of what I aspire for all teams to embody, as they navigate the inevitable conflicts that arise in their pursuit of a more inclusive and equitable future.
TALK TO A TEAM MEMBERKelly O’Donnell, Oregon Tilth
Before we began working with Nikki, we were dealing with a lack of trust, cohesion and effective communication within the organization. It felt like the quote on the definition of insanity. "Doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results."
Nikki was the difference. Her communication style broke through the noise. There were a few folks on our team that just needed to hear it from someone like her before they had their 'aha' moment. Our other consultants didn't have the human touch. They were too consultancy. =)
I’m so grateful that Nikki does this work. The way in which she conducts herself is graceful, true and intelligent. It was truly a pleasure to work with her and learn from her, and my original DEI goals were accomplished. Nikki’s one of a kind and she’s meant for this work.
Create a Visionary Roadmap
for Inclusive Impact
HERE ARE 3 WAYS TO GET STARTED:
TEAM SOLUTION
A learning platform that drives behavior change in performance and D&I.
EXECUTIVE COACHING
For leaders who are ready to uplevel with mindset training, leadership tools, and structural processes.
Does this sound like you?
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It's uncomfortable to conduct one-on-one conversations to address tense situations or to untangle conflict.
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When you advocate for increased productivity, you get accused of not being inclusive - you know inclusion and rigor aren’t mutually exclusive, but you’re struggling to communicate this and implement strategies to achieve them both.
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You've done a training (or several trainings) in antiracism/DEI, but you still feel like you stumble to name and troubleshoot bias and systemic oppression.
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You don’t know how to turn the constant opinions of your team and clients/community into useful feedback, and that dynamic is causing overwhelm and interpersonal tensions.Â
Things Can Change
Everyone needs help with these skills! That’s why our systems and programs help you navigate these complicated subjects with grace and confidence.
LEARN ABOUT TEAM TRAINING >>NIKKI SILVESTRI IS THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF SOIL AND SHADOW, LLC.
Nikki’s unique approach to inclusion, leadership, and organizational development takes cues from nature, building models of “social fertility” to weave them into a Joy and Impact™ framework. Her work also encourages a rigorous and shame-free approach to acknowledging our societal shadows and blind spots, especially when attempting to balance the triple bottom line (ecology, economy, and equity) in times of uncertainty, climate/health feedback loops, and increasing volatility.
Nikki’s wide-ranging career has taken her from presentations at the White House and negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to intimate workshops with local businesses and small retail organizing. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including ELLE Magazine’s Gold Award and OxFam America’s Act Local, Think Global Award, and she was named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans.Â
TALK TO A TEAM MEMBERMeet The Team
Vonda Vaden Bates
Vonda Vaden Bates is an alliance builder and leadership coach. For over 30 years Vonda has guided professionals to succeed on behalf of their organizations and careers. She helps people move from potential to action, set and reach goals, manage engaged teams, and communicate with influence. Her creative approach has influenced major market shifts in television, retail, banking, technology, and education..
In 2013 Vonda decided to contribute her skills on behalf of safety in health care after researching how her husband, Yogiraj Charles Bates, died from one of the most common preventable causes of death, hospital-associated venous thromboembolism. Advocating for every person in the care system, Vonda brings a compassionate voice, strategic skills, and collaboration expertise to improve communication and safety in health care.
TALK TO A TEAM MEMBERZEE XAYMACA
Zee Xaymaca, M.A., is dedicated to social and economic equity for, Queer, and Trans Black and Indigenous persons and People of Color. They hold a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a master’s degree in International Relations and Global Governance with a research focus on international human rights issues and mechanisms. For over 5 years’ they have worked with the Best Practices Policy Project, a US based sex workers rights organization, working locally and internationally as an intersectional sex workers rights researcher, and educator in grassroots organizing spaces. Their work includes research and political engagement with formal institutions such as the United Nations, The International AIDS society, and state legislators on environmental justice, labor rights, criminal justice, and other interconnected issues Black sex workers face. Their work emphasizes Black liberation as a tool for universal empowerment, particularly for Black femmes who fight white supremacy with their very existence. Zee’s work is based in Black Feminist theory’s critique of the narratives of truth, propriety, and morality that white supremacy has imposed.
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