If your first sentence as a leader of people about differences, equity, and inclusion include the words “do, doing, or done,” then you’re having the wrong conversation.

Complex times require complex solutions. We want quick; we want to do something, to say we did something. Training is right there within reach; it’s accessible and sounds good—a balm that functions as a band-aid.

We are living in a time of some multiple truths. This is both a defining moment for your leadership and a time when you do not have to be perfect. Truth, fallibility, the courage to be wrong, and the willingness to grow and learn and change—these mark a leader people trust and want to follow.

I am writing this to you with hope that it is useful, that it helps spur you to action, to use your voice, your privilege, your resources and power for change.