Act 2 opens with Neil Edwards sharing about wrestling with identities as part of finding his footing as a university student. He discusses how, newly arrived in the US, his unfamiliarity with the American Black experience made for some eye-opening discoveries.
Neil reflects on the body’s role in providing information, taking a moment to highlight his experience as a Black man before riffing on bringing the body to leadership.
Neil works at the intersection of team performance & relationships, leadership and allyship, and identity & wellbeing.
He leads strategic purpose and inclusion organizational efforts at a large consulting firm that focus on advancing a culture of belonging and developing inclusive leaders.
Neil is an executive coach working with individuals and teams interested in the deep work required to develop their leadership, relationships, teams, wellbeing, and expand as an equitable leader and human. He is a course leader, supervisor, and coach certification examiner for CRR Global in their Organization and Relationship Systems Coach training program, and is one of 26 people globally and 3 in the United States to hold a global license to train and deliver CRR Global’s Relationship Systems Intelligence (RSI) at Work material in-house to corporations. He is also a Co-Active Leadership Program and Co-Active Leadership Experience leader for CTI, the Co-Active Training Institute.
Neil hosts The Leadership Range podcast and you can learn more about him on LinkedIn and, of course, reach out to him via email.