Michael Brazzel, Associate

WMFDP Associate: Michael Brazzel Michael Brazzel, Ph.D. is an organization development and diversity consultant and coach, as well as an economist, former manager in U.S. government agencies and a university educator-researcher. 

Michael works with a wide range of organizations including business, government, education, unions, professional associations, foundations and healthcare. He is co-founder and faculty member of the NTL Institute’s Diversity Leadership Certificate Program, co-editor of The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives and the NTL Reading Book for Human Relations Training. He is also a member of the editorial Board for the OD Practitioner. He has a master’s degree in organization and human resource development from American University/NTL Institute and a Ph.D. in economics from Tulane University.

Personal/Professional Philosophy: As a white, heterosexual man, I cannot be an effective diversity and inclusion leader without deeply knowing and accepting that:

  • There are multiple truths and others’ truths are as valid for them as my truth is valid for me.
  • I am both an individual and a member of many social identity groups.
  • I cannot go any further with others in diversity and inclusion work than I have already gone with myself.

A Favorite Book: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks.

Lessons Learned: Because we live in a world which is structured for inequality ... diversity, inclusion and the elimination of racism, sexism and heterosexism are life’s work. There is always more to do and more to learn.

A Favorite Quote

All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What's New
  • Save the Date: Women of Different Tribes Caucus

    We've set the date for the 2012 offering of the Women of Different Tribe's Caucus. At the Caucus, you will gain new awareness, build skills to forge meaningful cross-cultural partnership and create a Leader's Action Plan to help apply learning. Mark your calendars for September 24-27, 2012. More information will follow. Download a Caucus flyer.

  • Bill Proudman to present at DRI's Diversity for Success Seminar

    Advancing Diversity: The Critical Role of Non-Diverse, White Male Partners
    Bill Proudman, cofounder of White Men as Full Diversity Partnerswill discuss the importance of diversity, the reasons why non-diverse attorneys need to be onboard and engaged in diversity initiatives, and how these joint efforts not only promote diversity but also the bottom line. Learn more about this seminar sponsored by DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar.

  • Michael Welp and Bill Proudman to present at Catalyst Awards Conference

    Catalyst will launch MARC (Men Advocating Real Change) the first online community for professional men committed to making real change in the workplace. Bill Proudman and Michael Welp, Ph.D. are panelists and MARC bloggers. Join the session to learn more and help shape the conversation. 

  • Bill Proudman interviewed for March/April 2012 issue of Diversity Executive

    Read more from Bill Proudman in "Let Go of the Rope" ... how smart companies get white men on board to grow diversity strategies and create an inclusive culture.

  • Questions for Leaders

    Michael Welp: How does the lens of white male culture affect recruitment?

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    WMFDP founders on the bottom-line benefits of full diversity partnerships.