Meet Angela.
“They’re not a culture fit” was a phrase I heard far too often while working in corporate spaces.
My response has always been - “what are they fitting into?” and “if we want them to fit, we’re not creating the culture we think we are.”
This was also personal to me. I grew up in Rogers Park - the North side of Chicago - a community rich with diversity, with over 80 countries represented and 40 languages spoken. This brought a beautiful mix of diversity and culture to my life. As a multi-racial kid growing up amongst a utopia of representation, I was sheltered from the idea of having to fit in somewhere until I entered the corporate workforce at age 19.
Being the “other” started to become routine for me. For a long time, I felt like “not fitting” was a disadvantage. Entering where I feel like I belonged became more scarce and harder to achieve. I spent a lot of my energy grappling with the dissonance between what organizations said and how I was experiencing them. I learned, then, that my story was not unique - that many organizations had not created workplace cultures and structures that created inclusive spaces where all people were able to thrive.
This unique lived experience, my graduate degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and spending 15 years leading people and culture teams gave me the confidence and conviction to build Call for Culture . I started this business because it’s time that organizations and leaders see their profound role and responsibility in shaping positive, inclusive, and workplace cultures.
Your company has the potential to transform into a meaningful environment where every human on your team is a culture amplifier and can deploy their diverse contributions for positive organizational outcomes and out in their communities for social good. It’s social responsibility at work, so let’s get to it!
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Topics include:
THE LEADERSHIP MENTALITY: OWNING YOUR IMPACT
CULTURE IMPACT LAB: DOING WORKPLACE CULTURE DIFFERENTLY
THE CALL FOR CULTURE METHOD: A MODERN MODEL OF CULTURE CHANGE & IMPACT
IF IT’S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, IT’S HAPPENING AT WORK: 7 UNSEEN FORCES SHAPING WORK
Angela’s Bio
Angela R. Howard is an organizational psychology expert who is passionate about conscious culture-building. As the CEO and founder of Call for Culture, she works with leading companies and convenes interdisciplinary changemakers across these social systems to drive meaningful and sustainable change. By stepping outside the traditional boundaries of HR, she takes a multidisciplinary approach to help companies hone the capabilities and strategies they need to future proof their organization and company culture. Angela has seen firsthand that the workplace is always on the tail end of shifts in society, and outdated, reactive strategies have run their course.