What a weekend! Both the Women's and Men's U.S. Hockey 🏒 teams won GOLD!🥇And, while there were so many compelling stories, perhaps none was more transformative than Laila Edwards' becoming the first African-American women to play for and to score a goal 🥅 for the U.S. Women's team. As Edwards shared, "I take a lot of pride in [being the first black woman to play for Team USA], and I'm just going to embrace it, because representation matters." ❤️🤍💙 Edwards' presence and success have been pivotal in challenging stereotypes in an historically white sport.

As this Black History Month draws to a close, leaders (and all humans) must‼️take steps to help eradicate race-based stereotypes and to mitigate against implicit bias!

💡This week's episode provides a crucial and necessary discussion about how racial bias and this de ...