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A leadership summit will soon be held in Fort Dodge that organizers hope will be a first step in creating real change when it comes to racial and cultural understanding.
The summit, called A Week in Dodge, will consist of a series of conversations and training centered around the issues of race, culture, diversity, racism, leadership and real change. It will feature nationally recognized speakers such as Eddie Moore Jr. and John G. Igwebuike.
The sessions will be held May 3 through May 6.
Charles Clayton, executive director of Athletics for Education and Success, is one of the speakers and helped organize the summit. He said even though more race-related incidents have come to light in recent times throughout the country, this educational opportunity has been in the works for the past few years.
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Weekend celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day focuses on virtual events
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his I Have A Dream speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) - . GettyGetty
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A weekend of events tied to Monday’s national holiday celebrating civil rights leader Martin Luther King will mostly be virtual this year to avoid spreading coronavirus.
The Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, an interpretive center for the civil rights movement, held a virtual event commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The turbulence of 2020 has everyone looking forward to 2021. Even if the year has catalyzed change in positive directions, few of us will be sorry to see 2020 go.
For leaders, the weight of responsibility has been especially burdensome, and many hard lessons were learned. In the midst of this, a number of leaders from various backgrounds have shown the durability of their ideas.
To gain a better grasp of what conscious decisions leaders will need to make going into 2021, I connected with five executives and thought leaders who shared their top behaviors for next year.
1. Be proactively transparent
Lior Geft, CEO of Mabbly, a digital marketing agency, believes that trust through proactive transparency is a key indicator of a strong work culture. Rather than reacting to dire circumstances with a state of the union address Band-Aid, leaders can earn and maintain the trust of their teams by proactively communicating the realities of the business and risks on the hori