by Ray Arata | Sep 28, 2023 | Allyship, DEI, Healthy Masculinity, Heart-Based Leadership, Inclusion, Leaders, Relationships, White Males
In order for there to be successful DEI initiatives that support cultures of belonging, men must not only be part of them, they need to be included. This requires that we all seek to understand men. Over 24 years ago, I had my first true authentic experience of real...
by Ray Arata | Nov 22, 2022 | Allyship, DEI, Healthy Masculinity, Heart-Based Leadership
Thanksgiving is here! I don’t know about you, but this year seems to have flown by for me. I find myself looking forward to life slowing down because this year has been a year full of twists and turns. Many people, myself included, are tired. I believe it is important...
by Ray Arata | Oct 21, 2022 | Better Man Conference, DEI, Leaders, White Males
Momentum Lost During Covid and at the height of the BLM movement, all attention was on DEI. Companies wanted to know what they could do to react to the social and political narrative. They wanted to understand and get in front of how these things related to respective...
by Ray Arata | Oct 17, 2022 | Allyship, Better Man Conference, Heart-Based Leadership, Leaders, White Males
In the last year, increasingly more women of color have been calling on me to speak to the white men in leadership at their companies. They share with me that it is their belief that hearing from someone that looks and sounds like them will be more effective than...
by Ray Arata | Aug 11, 2022 | Allyship, DEI, Healthy Masculinity, Heart-Based Leadership, Inclusion
While my name and face tend to dominate much of our Better Man media, my success is truly the result of a concerted effort from a team of diverse individuals who believe in our mission. It is not lost on me that as a white, cis-gendered man, my efforts to create...
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