LaVonne Dorsey & Associates
About LD&A
We’re a group of seasoned, agile, facilitators, consultants, coaches and project managers committed to creating cultures where everyone collaborates to ensure everyone is welcome, everyone matters, belongs and wants to contribute.
With extensive experience in the public sector (city to national level), for profit/private and non-profit organizations, LD&A excels at assisting organizations to develop and thrive through the constant change in today’s world.
Our skillsets include:
DEIB Cultural Change
Using White Privilege For Good
Consulting/Assessment/Implementation
Leadership and Team Development
Organizational Development
Executive and Leadership Coaching
Change Management - Improving Organizational Culture/Systems
Individual Leadership Circle 360 Assessments
Leadership Circle Collective Leadership Team and Organization Assessments
Boosting Employee Engagement
Additional Assessments partial list:
Enneagram Assessment (Individaul and Team), Skills Assessments, 5 Dysfunctions of A Team, Racial Equity & Inclusion Competency Assessment, Strengths Finder, Interviews and Cultural Assessment Surveys, FIRO Element Assessment, Leadership Circle 360 Assessments (Individual and Collective Leadership).
Skills Learning Workshops partial list:
Giving and Receiving Feedback, Inclusive Leadership, Team Coaching Skill Building Sessions, DEIB – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Integrated Content Workshop Series, What We Have Learned, Mindset & Resiliency,T.R.U.S.T.
Why White Work?
When we make decisions about things, we try to do what’s right according to how we, as individuals, see things. And a lot of the time we may decide what we want to do, but we really struggle with how to get it done. Especially when it’s about something that’s hard to talk about, like anti-oppression and racism... because we don’t know enough about it.
When we learn more about anti-oppression: like where and when it started, how to talk about it and even how to do something about it, the topic gets more approachable. And we become aware that as White people, all of our lives we’ve been taught and conditioned to believe that we’re different from non-whites. That we’re better… which often leads to feelings of guilt and shame. But we also learn that every White person is not responsible for Systemic Oppression, White Supremacy is.
We’ll recognize that there are two kinds of White people - those who want to hold onto their privilege and those who don’t. And for those who don’t, there's an opportunity to do some good. That’s what White Work is all about - it offers a way to use our privilege for good. It’s a way to level the playing field at work and in the world… while still feeling good about being who you are.
— Joel Kampf, Associate at LDA and Principal at The Inclusive Leadership Project
- Avalara AvaChat - RemoteMarch 31, 2020
LaVonne Dorsey segment begins at 8:38
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