Dr. Kathy Obear

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  • Home
  • Meet Kathy
  • Events
  • Work With Kathy
    • Design & Facilitate Powerful EDI Workshops
    • References
    • Workshops
      • Foundations of Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
      • Creating Inclusive, Socially Just Campus Environments
      • Deepening Multicultural Competencies: Strategies for Professional Development
      • Training of Trainers Program to Design and Facilitate Workshops on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      • Developing a Team of Inclusion Practitioners
      • Facilitating Difficult Dialogues: Navigating Triggering Events
      • White Ally Development Program
  • Resources
    • Free Courses/Webinars
    • Blog
    • Radio Show
    • Books
      • Leading White Accountability Groups
      • In It For The Long Haul
      • …But I’m Not Racist
      • Turn The Tide
        • Book Worksheets
    • Access to our Facilitation and Design Knowledge Base
  • Contact
  • Recent Clients
  • pandemic COVID 19 innovation
    Life Lessons,  Professional Development,  Self-Care,  Social Justice

    COVID Pandemic: A Threat to EDI Efforts – or an Opportunity for Leaders to Innovate?

    June 12, 2020 /

    “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ― Kenji Miyazawa   Our mission as change agents has never been tougher. The global crisis caused by the pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives. While we have heard and witnessed many acts of kindness and goodwill, the ugliness of racist slurs, longstanding prejudices and hatreds has ballooned as some look to lay blame for what has happened.   Consequential to the Pandemic, Deep Inequities Become Obvious The pandemic has spotlighted the cracks and brought to the surface the inequities that are in our current system. Let us embrace this time for thoughtful analysis and to think…

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    equal rights advocate, change agent, activist

    5 Practical Strategies to Overcome Burnout When You’re a Change Agent

    October 3, 2017

    In Life, Change Is the Only Certainty

    March 23, 2020
    Change Agent | Inclusion | Justice

    Having to dig deep today as a change agent

    December 21, 2017
  • Change Agent | Inclusion | Justice
    Creating change,  Life Lessons,  Living my calling,  Self-Care,  Social Justice

    Having to dig deep today as a change agent

    December 21, 2017 /

    As a change agent, I have committed my life to teaching and sharing the skills and strategies to navigate difficult situations and create truly inclusive, socially just organizations while maintaining the passion and energy critical to create meaningful, sustainable change. But today, I am struggling to use these tools in my own life. On a roller coaster, wondering what it is all for… This roller coaster of extreme emotions from Alabama last week to the tax scam this week… from feeling so useful this week as I coached so many brilliant, talented people to waking up today wondering what it is all for…. And yet I know we will move…

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    Dismantling Racism: Tools for Student Affairs Educators

    Dismantling Racism: Tools for Student Affairs Educators on Higher Ed Live

    March 21, 2017

    SPEAK UP For Inclusion: How To Be An Effective Ally and Change Agent

    November 27, 2019
    Values

    Focus On Changing People’s Behaviors, Not Their Values

    July 11, 2019
  • TAI talk | Office Dysfunction | Workplace conflict | Office politics
    Navigating triggers,  workplace dynamics

    Overcome Office Dysfunction

    September 8, 2017 /

    Here’s the truth: There ARE more effective ways to deal with frustration in the workplace – some simple tips can show you how and when to implement the tools necessary to transform negative workplace dynamics and office politics. Even though you can’t control people or situations, you can take charge of the way you respond. Reclaim YOUR power today… Ready to Change Your Response… and Change Your Results? Well… I’m showing you how it’s done and sharing examples in this recent TAI Talk video! Click PLAY to watch it NOW!   Are you tired of responding to triggering situations and workplace conflict in ways you later regret? Are you frustrated by…

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    Increase Your Effectiveness: Pointers to Help You Navigate Challenging Situations

    April 6, 2017

    In Life, Change Is the Only Certainty

    March 23, 2020
    Hot buttons | Triggers | Stress

    Identify Your Hot Buttons at Work to Respond More Effectively.

    August 22, 2018
  • Managing emotion at work | dealing with a difficult boss
    Navigating triggers,  workplace dynamics

    Change your response, transform your results

    August 23, 2017 /

    I don’t know about you, but stories have always helped me take a concept and really experience it… digest it… learn from it. That said, I’d like to share a story with you about a client of mine who had to deal with a difficult workplace situation that I know you’ll be able to relate to. I shared the whole story and a lot more on workplace triggers and emotions when I gave a TAI talk recently, and you can watch the entire video here. Julie Before: In an Emotionally Triggering Situation Julie told me that she’d been really anxious and had been carefully preparing to attend a presentation in…

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    Triggered? Take control and choose how you respond – don’t just react

    April 20, 2017
    TAI talk | Office Dysfunction | Workplace conflict | Office politics

    Overcome Office Dysfunction

    September 8, 2017

    Bullying in the Workplace: Had Enough?

    February 13, 2019
  • workplace dynamics

    Less Conflict at Work: Is it Really Possible?

    August 10, 2017 /

    I’ve been hearing from so many people about the difficult situations they’re encountering at work – tangled conflicts, mismanaged situations, ego-driven politics, and escalating tensions – to name just a few. And the results of workplace conflict are catastrophic to any business! In the 30 years I’ve been doing training and organizational change work, my own perspective has changed a lot. I used to believe that all people needed was to attend one of my workshops and they would quickly and easily change their behaviors. Just like that, they’d walk out of my workshop and immediately start creating greater productivity and inclusion in the workplace. Easy, right? Are you laughing…

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    equity and inclusion, supervisor, boss, equity, inclusion

    Bosses and Staff Together At Inclusion Sessions: Yes or No?

    January 30, 2019
    triggers, workshop, session

    Effectively Closing An Emotionally Charged Session

    September 25, 2019

    Are your buttons getting pushed at work? Here’s a go-to guide packed with helpful tips.

    October 24, 2018
  • Calling all chagne agents | social change | Organizational change | social justice
    Creating change,  Diversity training

    ANNOUNCING: The Center for Transformation and Change

    February 14, 2017 /

    It was a great day! Recently, one of the people in my year-long Certification Program observed me facilitating a day-long workshop on creating inclusive organizations. I believed she learned a lot and I appreciated her observations and feedback as we debriefed over dinner. Each passing day since the election, I am ever more deeply committed to work with a small group of bad-ass change agents in this Certification Program! Can you relate to being on this roller-coaster of extreme emotions since November? Feeling rage, grief, fear, disbelief, and now also a deep sense of urgency and resolve that we each must move fully into our power, consistently speak our truth,…

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    Change Agent | Inclusion | Justice

    Having to dig deep today as a change agent

    December 21, 2017
    Diversity | Inclusion | Equity and Inclusion

    Smart Approaches to Effectively Address Equity by Balancing Group Participation

    August 8, 2018
    Diversity Training | Diversity and Inclusion | Inclusion Training | Equity

    Infuse Issues of Diversity and Inclusion into Your Next Decision-Making Course

    May 15, 2018
  • Dr Kathy Obear | Chagne Agent | Organizational and Social Change
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Kathy Obear

    Transforming Lives and Changing the World

    November 22, 2016 /

    As I move moment by moment with the deep grief and rage I feel, I am so clear we each must move into our power, speak our truth, and mobilize others to heal the world. People see me as a powerful mobilizer who creates change and stimulates growth. People tell me that I can take people from denial and complacency to inspiration and action. I have a reputation of being someone who can move people who have been written off as unreachable or unchangeable. A lot of people think this came naturally to me; that it’s just a gift I have and other people don’t. But I’m going to let…

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    equity and inclusion, supervisor, boss, equity, inclusion

    Are Your Diversity Efforts Falling Short? It May Be Because…

    April 10, 2019
    change, transformation, transformation & change, rights movements

    Do you really believe change is possible for our world?

    February 7, 2019

    Bullying in the Workplace: Had Enough?

    February 13, 2019
  • Social Justice

    The New Normal

    April 18, 2013 /

    In response to an interview question this morning about the needs of students of color on campuses, I said they need white administrators, faculty and staff who consistently demonstrate the competence to create inclusive campus environments for all students and to dismantle any racist policies, practices and programs that exist. And I am now remembering something I said during a panel at the ACPA 2013 Convention: “There is a new normal ~ It is no longer acceptable for student affairs staff to not demonstrate a moderate, continuously developing, level of awareness and skill around issues of equity, inclusion, and social justice.” We can no longer afford to have lower expectations…

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    Design & Facilitation 101: Exploring White Privilege

    October 30, 2019

    Are You Doing All You Can to Infuse Equity and Inclusion?

    April 5, 2018
    inclusion intentions

    Inclusion INTENTIONS Aren’t Enough: Follow Up with Real ACTIONS

    May 8, 2020

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…But I’m Not Racist!

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