Louise Pitre Coaching & Consulting Inc.

What leadership practices fertilize and nourish your organizational soil? What leadership practices might need some composting? The Reimagining Power Framework may have the answers. Co-created by Brook Thorndycraft, Q.Med, SEP and me, the Reimagining Power Framework is a tool that compares two ways of using leadership power and identifies 12 shifts you can make to your leadership to move from the dominant, traditional, power over construct to a more radical, restorative power with paradigm. Read my blog to learn more and sign up for an upcoming webinar and Fall programming.  #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcoaching #powerwith #powerintelligence #reimaginingpower https://lnkd.in/eC3HyamE

Back in May 2023, Gail Jacob Barker and I hosted a Community Dialogue for leaders and change makers to come together and be in conversation around issues related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Feedback from the session was so positive. We got a clear message that folx needed and wanted more spaces where they were welcomed with care and invited into thoughtful and provocative dialogue. Gail and I have planned another Community Dialogue, this time a series of 3 sessions starting June 19th from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm at Innovation Works. We continue to grapple with the tender and hard topic of Whiteness – this time Living Into a New Story as our theme where we will reflect on where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are headed when it comes to to doing meaningful work Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Click on the link to register. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging #learning #leadershipdevelopment #communitydialogue https://lnkd.in/eGm8QFgf

"As I come out of the Winter season - which was darker than usual for me - and welcome Spring, it feels hopeful to think that the seeds I planted have courage, and that once they crack, they will crack all the way, and their journey to blossom will be the work of the soul. This knowing brings me peace. What seeds have started to crack open for you? What courage lives in those seeds?" Read more about those seeds in my newsletter. https://lnkd.in/d75Gr66M

In my work around equity-centred leadership, I have noticed how it can at times be difficult for White-identified leaders and change-makers to be in conversation around race. Shame walks through the front door and makes themselves at home and ZAP! There’s a reaction. Anything to get rid of the discomfort. We become wobbly, unsure. In an increasingly polarized world, the journey to creating healthy, inclusive, and equity-driven workplaces has never been more critical. How do we, as White-identified leaders, and change-makers, build our emotional literacy to respond versus react? This is one of the topics we will explore in my new offering Grappling with Whiteness, a 3-session program to support leaders in an embodied exploration of Whiteness in their leadership. For more details and to register check out this link. https://lnkd.in/di_JHFgz #equity #equitycentredleadership #socialpresencingtheatre #embodiedleadership #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcoaching #systemschange #healthyworkplaces

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about my social identities. About my francophone roots and lineage as well as being a woman. When you do the work of equity-centred leadership, unpacking and connecting with your many identities is critical to how you show up as a leader and change-maker, and it shapes how I show up as a coach and consultant. Some reflections on this IWD 2024. https://lnkd.in/ed9KE6Hh #iwd2024 #genderequity #genderequality #genderjustice

Last year, just as I felt my work was finally coming together as I’d hoped, I was knocked down. And then again. And one more time for good measure. It took my breath away. But it also got me asking critical questions about my work with leaders and what’s needed. What I realized is this: if you’re a White-identified leader, you’re being called to step into your leadership in ways that will transform the workplace and create systemic equity in your organization – and if leaders are to do this deep inner work, they need a compassionate space to be with their discomfort, their questions, and all of who they are at this moment, while being accountable for their learning and actions. That’s why I have developed a new coaching program for White-identified leaders ready to do their work: Equity from the Inside Out Leadership Coaching Program. Read more about this new program and how I dusted myself off and got back up again in my latest blog post.  https://lnkd.in/eun7g5Fk 20% of the revenues from this coaching program will be donated to two organizations in London, Ontario. The Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration promotes family safety and wellbeing within the diverse Muslim communities in London and proceeds from these funds will support Muslim girls and women’s leadership through public education and community capacity-building projects. The Inclusive Community Events Program, created in celebration of the remarkable contributions Dharshi Lacey made in the London community, supports equity-denied groups with complimentary meeting and event space at Innovation Works.   #leadershipcoaching #equitydiversityinclusion #equitycentredleadership #systemschange #inclusiveleadership

I have a new offering starting April 2nd for White-identified leaders and change makers feeling stuck in their DEI and anti-racism work. It’s a 3-session program where White-identified leaders and change makers engage in an embodied exploration of Whiteness in their leadership. Beyond books and training, this program is an invitation into a courageous and compassionate guided journey for White-identified folx to access their bodies’ wisdom, drop their armour, and move beyond performative allyship – from awareness to action. We will use the awareness-based systems change practices from Social Presencing Theatre to engage in this exploration. Check out the link for more details and to register. https://lnkd.in/di_JHFgz #embodiedleadership #leadershipdevelopment #equity #theatreforsocialchange #socialpresencingtheatre #changemanagement

Our world is begging for more life-giving ways to come together and make meaning of our challenges. Embodied ways of learning and knowing, leading, and being – like theatre – are a doorway to deeper, more sustainable, awareness-based systems change and to activating collective intelligence and creativity in communities. In 2024, after over a decade of practicing with theatre tools and methodologies like Social Presencing Theatre, Theatre of the Oppressed, and Theatre for Living, I am growing Theatre Époché – my heart space for weaving together leadership, power, and systems change. Read my blog to learn more about my journey with theatre and how I can support you or your team to create the shift you need.  I am deeply grateful to the many teachers, mentors, and cheerleaders I have had along the way. Robin Rundle Drake Toni Wilson Melanie Banka Goela Margaret MacPherson Adele Seguin David Heap Rie Algeo Gilsdorf Annie Blair Carol Zahner Cathy Bernatt🙏Uri Noy Meir 🌍Arawana Hayashi Manish Srivastava David Diamond Hector Aristizabal https://lnkd.in/eDE_VCHA

Registration is nearly full for Dancing with Power: An Embodied Path to Personal Power. If you’re a leader who feels exhausted, wobbly, and powerless to handle the deep complexity and uncertainty you’re navigating daily, I can help.   In this 4-session program starting January 24th, you’ll build your capacity to lead from a place of resilience by reconnecting with and building your personal power. By learning to use your power well and consciously, exploring your sense of self, defining your inner compass, and bringing awareness to who you are when you’re challenged and what keeps you grounded and focused, you will transform your experience of leadership from powerless to powerful. Read more about how these sessions will transform your experience of leadership at https://lnkd.in/gNjzhiPd #power #powerintelligence #embodiedleadership #personalpower #leadershipdevelopment