Hi, I’m Naomi.
I believe these three cultural practices are the true work of mission-driven orgs and their leaders:
1. Accountability as a gateway to courageous conversations.
Accountability is the process of doing what we say we’re going to do, and is also the act of planning and creating space for the courageous conversations we need to have.
Conversations around boundaries, about capacity, and how we can create an environment of stability and safety for ourselves and others.
My work supports people and organizations to grow into their acceptance and ownership of accountability, so the implementation of radical and necessary leaving well practices can be embedded into organizational culture as a foundational norm.
2. Kindness no longer being conflated with niceness.
There’s magic in kindness. We can fix so much both personally and professionally by simply being kind and showing up. But, what if kindness has nothing to do with niceness?
And what if in the pursuit of being nice, we’re putting more stress on ourselves and our workplace culture?
I believe kindness is about integrity and values, and focuses our actions on impact. Niceness prioritizes self, short-term results, and people-pleasing behaviors. When we (or our team members) focus on niceness, we miss out on the opportunity to stay mission-focused, and bypass the power of collaboration.
3. Replacing the fallacy of “empowerment” with the reality of “quiet power.”
Prioritizing “empowering” those around us seems amazing at first, and the heart and intention behind it surely is. But what if I told you that usually when we ‘empower’ others, we are simply trying to bestow “loud power” on others, or minimize the power they already possess?
My work helps activate the quiet power of teams, resulting in a major impact on the environment/culture when it comes to workplace transitions and the reality that people leave. Everyone can play a part in creating a healthy workplace transition culture, no matter the job title or level of assumed power they may hold.
Naomi Hattaway is an expert guide to organizations and individuals who are ready to do better when it comes to navigating workplace transitions.
Through her Leaving Well framework, she offers clarity, tools and practices that stick, and guidance that supports a diverse client portfolio.
Her deep understanding of organizational health spans multiple industries and combines strategic visioning, organizational development, and community care. She delivers a deep commitment to equitable practices, a willingness to have tough conversations, strong project management and facilitation skills, and compassion and generosity to every interaction and facet of her work.
As a speaker, she has delivered keynotes at Union Pacific’s Law and Risk conference, and the Families in Global Transition conference in both Washington DC and The Hague, Netherlands. She has spoken at conferences and presented workshops, as well as speaking engagements with NERSC, Nonprofit Association of the Midlands, Creative Mornings Omaha and Creative Mornings Field Trips.
After living across the US, her family moved to India where they lived for three years, and she learned to thrive in the midst of chaos. Following one year in Singapore, they moved back to the US and have traipsed their way through Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Nebraska, and currently living back in Florida.
Naomi’s love languages are accountability and really good playlists.