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Monthly Meeting

Date: April 8, 2021

Time: 6:30-8:30pm MT
6:30 - 7:00pm: Social Chat Time
7:00 - 8:30pm: Program

CCEs: 1 in Core Competencies and 0.5 in Resource Development

Virtual Program (Zoom)

Speaker: Elise James DeCruise

The focus of the evening will be the role of psychological safety to support coaching, including how to create a safe environment. Elise will share specific examples of how intent can differ from impact, and how to get comfortable dealing with mishaps.

Psychological safety is the principle that where we allow people to feel safe in the workplace and allow them to contribute their ideas and concerns, we are considerably more likely to develop a culture of knowledge and innovation.  This is the basis for the ICF Core Competency of Cultivates Trust and Safety, which is described as “Partners with the client to create a safe, supportive environment that allows the client to share freely. Maintains a relationship of mutual respect and trust.”

We will explore these concepts and identify ways to foster a culture that exhibits psychological safety principles, introduce best practices and next practices and ways in which to create micro and macro experiences within your organization.

Elise is an Award-Winning Global Learning & Development Professional and Diversity & Inclusion Practitioner with over 15 years of global experience in the marketing, strategy, design and delivery of learning solutions and services for clients, partners and industry professionals within the workforce, workplace and marketplace.

She was recognized by the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Magazine for Strategy and Innovation for the launch of NMI (New Marketing Institute), recipient of Industry awards recognizing excellence in education and featured in Forbes Magazine as one of the top female leaders to watch in the technology space who is committed to innovation, education and diversity and inclusion.

In her new role as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Marcus Thomas, Elise will scale and build on efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the workforce, workplace and marketplace and will provide critical guidance and leadership to Marcus Thomas’s multicultural marketing efforts.