DIVERSITY & INCLUSION CONSULTING
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION CONSULTING
MISSION
MISSION
In 2013, Consciously Exposed Consulting was founded to help organizations enhance
- Leadership
- Culture
- Social Impact
- Strategize in leveraging Diversity, Equity, Inclusion.
Our Mission is to offer flexible and result-driven solutions to help individuals and businesses accelerate their growth potential for purposeful profits and improving Diversity.
We Specialize in
- Transformational Leadership
- Creative Arts
- Cross-Cultural Understanding
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We have helped:
- HR professionals, corporations, and universities to foster change in the workplace relative to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) by using Creative Arts.
- Low-income African immigrants, communities, and entrepreneurs. One of our recent clients was a group of immigrant entrepreneurs from Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, and Ghana. Through coaching sessions about where to get resources in Boston, we identified how to overcome language and cultural barriers as they grow their business in our city.
- Men of color, particularly Black fathers returning home from incarceration through advocacy, building pathways to entrepreneurship, healthy parenting, and starting their own business while supporting their mental health.
- Faith-based organizations foster race and cultural relevance relative to community engagement, family/youth ministry by using panel discussions, faith talks, and creative arts.
VISION
VISION
Create a world in which organizations in diverse ecosystems utilize concepts of cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence, theories of the Leadership psychology model to adopt new values of Leadership, organization Culture, Social impact, and champion diversity, equity, and inclusion
VALUES
VALUES
Core beliefs that guide our actions and behaviors influencing the way people treat and engage clients and colleagues, both internal and external.
CEO & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
CEO & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa, Leonard Tshitenge is a Dynamic Congolese American Poet, Speaker, Mental Health Professional, Community Builder, and the CEO and Principal Consultant at Consciously Exposed, an diversity and inclusion consultancy with expertise in Transformational leadership, Creative Arts, and Cross-Cultural understanding - Helping organizations Enhance Leadership, Organizational culture, and social impact. Leonard has a unique niche because he is bilingual and brings a dynamic background specializing in Arts, social determinants of Mental health, Cross-Cultural understanding and factors of intersectionality. A multifaceted Leader, Leonard is a Certified Artist approved by the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Services, a Master of Science in Psychology and he is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Leadership Psychology.
Credentials
Credentials
- Certified Artist approved by the Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and culture
- BBB Accredited Business
- B.A. In Human Services
- M.S Psychology/Mental Health
- Leadership Psychology (PsyD) Doctoral Candidate
My Legacy
My Legacy
Founding Consciously Exposed was just one step I have taken to elevate the rights of marginalized people and communities in the United States. My workshops, seminars, lectures, and community-building events have been a successful way of improving human rights. As such, I have helped create more empathetic, equitable, and prosperous communities by enabling companies to elevate the cultural intelligence of diverse consumers.
My Achievements
My Achievements
I use an artistic approach to advance the causes of social justice and social issues and grow community building while investigating social determinants of mental health. I was the keynote address speaker and featured writer at the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival in 2017.
I have held diverse events, including arts/culture, entrepreneurship events, in which I bridged cultural inequities and political gaps between members of:
- African Diaspora Groups
- State Officials
- Academics
- Faith Leaders
- Business Communities
I assisted these communities to achieve:
- Cross-Cultural Understanding
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Building Healthy Communities
- Improved Mental Health
- Betterment Programs for Communities (of African Descent in the United States)
I have spent 10 years professionally collaborating with:
- Various Organizations
- Universities And Leaders (of African Descent)
Value Delivery Awareness
Value Delivery Awareness
We are unique because we focus on multifaceted services using an artistic approach, business innovation while investigating social determinants of Mental health to keep the city of Boston Strong. We believe in helping organizations and universities leveraging diversity, equity, inclusion through transformational leadership, Psychology models, Creative Arts, cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence, cross-cultural understanding, and social determinants of mental health. This way, diverse ecosystems become more conscious of:
- Delivering Value to Consumers
- Meeting Staff Needs
- Supporting Communities Being Served
- Supporting Community Work Areas