SHOLA RICHARDS
Founder & CEO, Go Together™ Global
Best-selling Author, Go Together
Keynote Speaker, Coach & Consultant
Microsoft
GAP
SHRM
Genentech
MealsonWheels America
Monester Energy
Shola spoke virtually to over 300 of our higher education HR leaders from across the country. His genuine, heartfelt words of encouragement and strength were exactly what we needed to hear as we navigate the ongoing uncertainties for higher education, our nation, and our world."
ANDY BRANTLEY | President and CEO of CUPA-HR
Are you doing
your best?
Do your leaders elevate your people to be more, and not just do more?
Do your people bring their whole and best selves to work, every day?
Does your organization have resources and resilience to deliver results consistently?
Most organizations aren’t sure about where they stand, but they know something doesn’t feel right.
Through a transformational Go Together™ framework of mindset, behaviors, and tools, Shola helps you to build and sustain compassionate and competent workplace cultures where peak performance, engagement, and satisfaction are the new norm.
Hi! I am Shola
Over a decade ago, I was drowning in the despondency of yet another workday. My success as the top regional performer had been numbed by a culture of incessant workplace bullying. And, I’d recently made the situation worse by filing a formal complaint. In short, I was collateral damage in a company without the process or intention to address my experience.
Exhausted from the drama, with an unrecognizable version of myself at the wheel, I intentionally swerved off the interstate in an attempt to take my own life. But in that half-second, my reflexes responded, and I yanked the wheel away from disaster. As I clipped the guardrail on I 405, something changed...
I uncovered a power within myself
...a burning desire to reverse a trend that happens daily to sixty-five million people in this country alone. This catalyst has since become Go Together™ Movement - a transformational roadmap of mindset, behaviors, and tools that transform workplace cultures and drive results.
Leveraging my personal experience and the
GO TOGETHER™ FRAMEWORK
I help organizations build compassion, competence, and accountability in the workplace. As a result, sustainable and joyful peak productivity, engagement, and satisfaction become the new norm.
What happens when we
GO TOGETHER™?
Creation of Actionable Team Norms
When team members are clear about how they should treat each other and communicate with each other, it creates a shared understanding that allows everyone to do their best work.
Increased Speed in Addressing Toxic Behaviors
When concerns are addressed respectfully and quickly, it builds trust, strengthens comradery, and accelerates behavior change.
A Culture of Collective Accountability
When peers hold peers accountable, leaders hold their staff accountable and when staff holds leaders accountable, it creates an environment of equity where everyone’s voice can be heard and respected.
Improved Results Throughout the Organization
When teams remove the interpersonal barriers that undermine team performance, customer service improves employee engagement rises and overall profitability increases.
I am
Because
We Are
The illusion that we are separate from each other, more different than similar, is eroding our ability to work, live, and lead effectively. What if we all focused on the powerful idea of ubuntu instead? This transcendent African philosophy embraces the belief that we are universally connected to each other—and Shola Richards suggests it could transform the way we treat others, making us kinder and more respectful to others, on and off the job. Without ubuntu, he argues, we cannot truly live a productive and satisfying life. Go Together is a thought-provoking read that could change our own behavior . . . and the world around us.
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