56% of workers feel reluctant to share their ideas.*
Belonging isn’t just a concern for a few. When we don’t know how to talk about our differences, we all pay the cost: lower morale, missed potential, and avoidable conflict.
Give your people the tools to communicate powerfully, collaborate effectively, and innovate new ideas.
*EY Belonging Barometer Survey 3.0
What do we teach?
The Brain
and Social Bias
Evolutionary origins of social bias and how to override them.
Identifying Unspoken Cultural Norms
Naming cultural norms and standards and finding ways to expand them.
Dialogue Across Differences
How to navigate difficult conversations and stay in relationship across perspectives.
Creative + Embodied Expression
Building shared experiences and openness to invite full participation from everyone.
Belonging and Performance
- “High belonging was linked to a 56% increase in job performance, a 50% drop in turnover risk, and a 75% reduction in sick days.”
- “56% of workers surveyed feel that they can’t share, or are reluctant to share, dimensions of their identity while at work for fear of it holding them back. Also, 75% of respondents have felt excluded at work.”
- “When people feel like they belong at work, they are more productive, motivated, engaged and 3.5 times more likely to contribute to their fullest potential, according to our research at the Center for Talent Innovation.”3 | 7
- “According to a recent EY survey, More than 40% of U.S. respondents reported feeling physically and emotionally isolated in the workplace.”4 | 7
- Engagement: “Employees with a strong sense of belonging are nearly 22x more likely to be fully engaged (65% versus 3%).”
- Retention: “Those who feel they belong are three times more likely to intend to stay with their organization for at least the next year (84% versus 28%).”
- Productivity: “Employees who don't feel they belong are 1.8x more likely to report that work-related stress has impacted their productivity for three or more days in the previous week.”
Achievement is a function of belonging.
We understand what it's like to feel excluded. When group members don't see eye-to-eye, the tension can be hard to navigate.
Bias often comes from natural processes in the brain that can be retrained. With the right tools, your group can work through differences and build genuine belonging.
Led By AZA Allsop, MD, PhD, and Bruce Birren, PhD
AZA Allsop is an artist, neuroscientist, and psychiatrist exploring how group dynamics can support healing and connection.
Bruce Birren is a genomic scientist and mentorship scholar who has worked across research institutions to make science more inclusive.
Together, we bring deep experience in community building and culture change, along with a human approach to hard conversations.
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