Reaching for Authenticity feat. Aiko Bethea

In This Episode . . . 

We are featuring award-winning speaker Aiko Bethea, the Founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting. In the episode, Aiko addresses the hard questions. How are you showing up for your team as a conscious leader? While creating a diverse team is great, Aiko discusses why creating a culture that amplifies and encourages diversity is even better. 

Meet Aiko Bethea:

Known as the Seeker of Justice, Aiko is a leader, builder, and connector. She successfully navigated leadership roles in government, philanthropic, nonprofit, and private sectors. In each sector, she created and served in inaugural roles to meet growing organizational needs.  

Aiko is an award-winning and highly sought-after equity consultant, executive coach,  and speaker. She is the founder of  RARE  Coaching  & Consulting, a consulting practice focused on coaching leaders and organizations to remove barriers to inclusion. Her practice integrates operations, leadership coaching, and education strategies that yield measurable outcomes.

Aiko is Sr. Director of the Daring Way™ and Dare to Lead™ communities of Brené  Brown  Education and Research Group. She oversees development and implementation of the overall strategy for the communities, as well as the specific diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategy and oversite of the global 1000+ member facilitator community.

Episode Highlights:

• (11:09) Accountability; 
• (14:47) Intention of the work; 
• (19:27) Performative authenticity and assimilation; 
• (26:28) Perfectionism and toxic productivity; 
• (48:04) Authentic Leadership;

Connect with Aiko:

Instagram: @rare_coach

LinkedIn: @AikoBethea

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