MONICA TANASE-COLES
Leadership Coach & Transformation Guide
Build Equitable and
Inclusive Leadership Cultures
When people feel safe to bring their whole selves, performance becomes regenerative, and leadership becomes transformative
You want to create a culture where equity is felt, not just promised, where everyone belongs, and no wisdom is
left outside the door.
Because when people feel safe to be fully themselves, innovation deepens, trust strengthens, and leadership becomes truly regenerative.
You may be navigating a cultural inflection point:
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Leading through a time of organizational change or growth
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Feeling the tension between current norms and your deeper values
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Wanting to lead cultural evolution without creating resistance
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Longing for leadership approaches that reflect the world we want to build
This isn’t about checking boxes or reacting to pressure.
It is about building a leadership culture rooted in curiosity, justice, and the lived experience of your people—one that aligns your values with the way you lead every day.
How We Partner With You
We meet you where you are—with respect, discernment, and courage.
Together, we create space for honest reflection, engage diverse voices, and surface the conditions that enable inclusion to take root. This is deep systems work and deeply human work—grounded in your context, attuned to your people, and aligned to your purpose.
Our approach weaves together leadership development, equity-centered design, and organizational transformation. Whether you’re strengthening your top team, reimagining how decisions are made, or cultivating inclusive practices across levels, we support you in growing the cultural capabilities that foster belonging and unlock performance.
Our work is tailored, but often includes
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Culture audits and qualitative assessments
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Inclusive leadership development journeys
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Top-team alignment and psychological safety building
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Experiential learning in equity, power, biases, microagressions and repair, belonging
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Advisory support on inclusive policies and decision frameworks
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In-nature or indoor workshops to ground the work in presence and shared humanity
Why It Works
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Inclusive teams outperform by up to 80% on complex tasks (Deloitte)
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Employees in inclusive cultures are 3.5× more likely to innovate (Harvard Business Review)
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Diverse teams make better decisions 87% of the time (Cloverpop)
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Organizations with inclusive leaders see a 76% reduction in attrition risk (Harvard Business Review, 2023)
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” - Audre Lorde