Building Bridges In An Organization: What Can Allies Do? How To Make A Difference Together

In today’s intersectional world, almost everyone has the potential to become an ally, but its meaning is far from self-evident -- and the status cannot be self-proclaimed. As we navigate the balance between intent and impact, face the challenges of communicating across differences, and consider the nuances of calling out vs. calling in, it can be easy to dismiss the concept of allyship, which has the potential to do more harm than good if not grounded in relationship.

What Attendees Will Learn:

• Intent vs. Impact: How allies can productively face the difference between intention and impact in a range of contexts and build genuine support that can lead to positive change.
• Communicating Across Differences: Tools to navigate complex conversations around identity, privilege, and intersectionality, with an emphasis on bridging gaps in understanding.
• Leveraging Allyship for Shared Goals: Learn actionable strategies to shift allyship from a passive role to active support that contributes to common goals and community progress.

Ideal for Anyone Who:

• Is looking to make a meaningful difference as an ally within their organization or network.
• Seeks to build deeper self-awareness and develop effective communication skills across cultural and social differences.
• Wants to move beyond surface-level allyship to become a genuine advocate for shared values and equity.

Presenter: Kate Neville

Kate is an experienced presenter, facilitator, and leadership coach focused on helping organizational leadership, teams, executives, and managers maximize their potential to produce excellent results. She is a co-founder of Inclusive Leadership Strategies, a consulting and coaching firm that “walks the walk” of collaborating across differences on a daily basis, works with a range of initiatives to diversify leadership and management, and designs and delivers training, presentations, and programs related to leadership, change, and inclusivity.

A former attorney and management consultant, Kate has years of experience advising private and public entities to design and implement change, incorporating best practices into tailored recommendations and programs. She has facilitated a range of high-stakes conversations in the workplace and coached many high-performing leaders to help them expand capacity in
increasingly visible roles and make key decisions in an ever-changing environment.

Kate graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and cum laude from Harvard Law School. A Certified Professional Diversity Coach (CPDC), an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a Certified DEI Professional, she has served as a Chair of the Diversity Committee of
the Women’s Bar Association of DC, a Mentor Coach for the Coach Diversity Institute (CDI), and in numerous initiatives to diversify and develop inclusive leadership in organizations.