Lead with Pride: Authenticity, Identity, & Intersectionality

Date and Time

Tuesday Jun 8, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

June 8, 2021
11 am to Noon

Location

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2U0ODIxMDgtNDI5MS00ZTg4LThkZTctMDQ4YjJhNzlhMDJl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227a53b4fc-e87d-4c46-9972-0570ac271b27%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222e4825a1-e37c-4fd8-8f69-2c2c03b62c85%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a

Fees/Admission

Free to All: Please join via the Teams Live Link

Help Us Give Back To The Community This Pride Month

This year, the Black & Veatch Pride ERG is selling #BeYou gear to raise money for oSTEM, a not-for-profit supporting LGBTQIA+ people in STEM, and Stop AAPI Hate! to help fight against racism faced by the AAPI community. This fundraiser is part of our continued solidarity and allyship to people in our community, as well as, to those in need. All profits from the sales of our #BeYou gear will be given to both of these causes. So celebrate this pride month with a new tee shirt, coffee mug, or face mask (because yes, COVID isn't over yet) and help us raise as much as we can to help both causes. Happy Pride Month, everyone!

Note: Black & Veatch (BV) is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a 100-year legacy of innovations in sustainable infrastructure. The BV Pride ERG is an Employee Resource Group comprised of employees dedicated to fostering a safe and welcoming environment for LGBTQIA+ professionals, their families, allies, clients and the industries we service.

Website

http://bv.com

Contact Information

John Michael Handley (he/him/his)
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Join Black & Veatch's Pride ERG for Micha Mims' presentation: "Lead with Pride: Authenticity, Identity, & Intersectionality".

Description

Lead with Pride

As we celebrate Pride Month, join BV's Pride Employee Resource Group (ERG) for a presentation with guest speaker Micha Mims, president and founder of Valued, LLC. Micha has dedicated her coaching practice to organizational empowerment through effective leadership and communication. She helps individuals first understand themselves, and then lean into their leadership and communication strategies to encourage openness, belonging, and a positive organizational culture.

Micha Mims

Micha Mims, native of Cedar Rapids, IA , saw much success as a collegiate basketball player. After one year at Wayne State (Neb.) she transferred to Mount Mercy (Iowa) and enjoyed a decorated three-year career. She was a two-time first-team all-Midwest Collegiate Conference performer, three-time academic all-conference selection, and garnered two NAIA All-American honors. She has since been inducted into the Hall of Fame at George Washington High School and Mount Mercy University.

Micha graduated from Mount Mercy in 2012 with Bachelor of Science Degrees in Business Management and Business Marketing. She earned her Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a Leadership Concentration at Southwest Minnesota State where she also began her collegiate coaching career as a Graduate Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach. Micha returned to her alma mater in 2016 as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach after serving as the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Culver-Stockton (Mo.). She pivoted away from coaching basketball and realized that the aspect she found most rewarding all along are in culture related areas.

As the President & Founder of Valued, LLC, Micha has dedicated her coaching to organizational empowerment through effective leadership and communication, where she works to first help individuals understand themselves then lean into their leadership and communication strategies to encourage openness, belonging and positive organizational culture. As a Bi-Racial, Woman of the LGBTQ Community, she is passionate in helping organizations dive into tough conversations and help provide a deeper understanding to the current culture in a way that brings growth and collaboration.