Lead With Equity

Activate your
good intentions

Activate your good intentions

Why Lead with
Equity?

Why Lead with Equity?

Over our decades of experience working in corporate and nonprofit organizations, both small and large, we noticed a common theme: individual leaders and entire organizations with really good intentions, but still struggling to engage, retain, and promote people from historically underrepresented backgrounds. After many of our own team leadership successes, failures, and learnings, we figured we had something to share. That’s why we started Lead with Equity.

Hi! We’re Ernesto and Lillian, Co-Founders of Lead with Equity. Between us we’ve spent over two decades in people-focused leadership positions, Ernesto in the healthcare and logistics industries, and Lillian in education, technology, and nonprofit.

We want to walk with you on your journey to more effective, inclusive, and equitable leadership. We can’t wait to meet you!

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Join Us on the Path to Transformation

Ready to enhance your workplace? Partner with us for a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment. Start your journey to meaningful change.

The Challenge

We are living in a global political environment that is incredibly fraught when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Many employees, customers, partners, and clients are demanding that organizations provide an environment that is inclusive and equitable; but many organizations don’t know how to do that or are shying away from the work in the face of increased negative political pressure. Many organizations hired a diverse team and assumed that inclusion and equity would automatically happen as a result. When it didn’t, many organizations have scrapped their DEI efforts altogether, declaring them a failure. In reality the investment wasn’t made effectively in the first place.

Sound familiar?

The
Solution

The world is only becoming more diverse. Organizations that choose to embrace this fact have an opportunity to reshape their corporate culture and make the most of having a diverse workforce. The data is clear: this investment will lead to increased innovation, productivity, and employee engagement. Rather than offering one-off training programs or unfunded employee-led efforts, the solution is to invest in working with partners who will help you at every step of the way; from goal setting to behavior mapping, intercultural assessment to culture change. Lead with Equity wants to be your partner on this journey.

The Challenge

The Solution

testimonials

“Anyone familiar with the value of Coaching knows that a good Coach asks the right questions. A great Coach asks the right questions at the right moment. In this way, Lillian is a great Coach and knows when to probe, when to push, and when to intervene entirely." After working with Lillian, I'm better able to show myself the exit door when I'm spiraling from over-think or stuck in a broken mindset."

“Lillian is a highly-effective coach. Her communications are clear, her feedback is specific and valuable and her style is engaging. My sessions with Lillian were fully remote, and it did not at all take away from the experience. In fact, I learned many tips from Lillian about speaking with or presenting to peers and clients remotely. I am a more compelling, engaging and confident speaker because of Lillian.”

“Working with Lillian has been a transformative experience for me as a leader. Her thoughtful guidance and strategic insights have not only strengthened my ability to lead the Community Resource Center but have also deepened my connection to the mission, the people we serve, and the importance of board thought partnership. Lillian’s ability to listen, ask the right questions, and provide strategic insights has made a tremendous impact on both my personal growth and the strategic direction of our organization. Through her coaching, I’ve gained clarity and most important-confidence in navigating complex challenges, always with a focus on growth and impact. Lillian’s expertise has been invaluable, and I’m incredibly grateful for the lasting change her support has brought to both me and CRC. I highly recommend her coaching to anyone seeking to lead with intentionality and equity.”

“The training I received from Lead With Equity was nothing short of transformative for our work culture at RWJBarnabas Health. I have participated in numerous training programs, but none have been as comprehensive and impactful. The program meticulously covered every facet of equity, from understanding implicit biases to developing actionable strategies that promote inclusivity. The trainers were not only experts in their fields but also passionate advocates for equity, making each session engaging and deeply informative. This training heightened our cultural awareness, enabling us to recognize and address the subtle, often unintentional ways in which inequity can manifest in the workplace. I wholeheartedly recommend this training to any organization seeking to make a meaningful and lasting impact on their work culture and community.”

“Our team was fortunate to participate in Lead With Equity’s ‘Giving and Receiving Feedback’ training. Their authenticity, passion, and skills at truly tailoring their approach to our team’s needs made the training program more effective than others we have tried in the past. Their energy kept our team engaged not only during each session, but over the course of the entire program. Today, our team is applying the common language and skills we learned from Lead With Equity to provide each other with specific behavior-based feedback, and we are looking forward to working with them again.”