S1E7: Finding Your Voice in Leadership and Equity | Amber Cabral

Amber Cabral, founder of Cabral Co. and a global inclusion leader, tackles the tough conversations about culture and empowering equity in your business.

Amber’s journey into the world of equity and diversity in business comes from stories of her youth and early career life. But the catalyst for her pursuit of her business came from the moment she went from working in diversity into working in a culture that didn’t acknowledge it. 

And as with many entrepreneurs, the step of starting her business happened by accident while filling the gap. Going from the corporate world to running your own business, however, can expose unknown holes. 

Amber shares the challenges that came as she started her Running on EOS™ journey and explains how explosive growth can cause Visionaries to become overwhelmed. Amber also shares how she struggled to keep up with work and how developing a structure for her business allowed her to focus on doing good work with clients.

The Visionary needs to focus on the responsibilities and tasks only they can meet, and learn to delegate to keep up momentum and keep work moving forward. 

Amber highlights frameworks in both EOS® and her book as tools that helped get her business organized. Once that framework is built, the focus centers on how to flex those business leadership muscles and bring them into the hiring process. 

Amber shares her process for encouraging growth in the individual, as well as the company. Using the discipline of “Right People, Right Seats” became integral to Amber’s story of growing from a small team into a business. The event that models this most is when Amber lost her Integrator™. 

Shea Peffly, Cabral Co.’s EOS Implementer®, walks through the first session after that change and how Amber restructured her business to get the right team for her growth. 

Shea and Amber break down how finding those “right fits” grow company culture and show teams how to problem-solve and expand. Amber credits the tools and practices her team employs to giving her more time for her community work and Visionary role. 

While discussing challenges, Amber talks about learning to see the value in weekly meetings and conversations. She explains the importance of having people as driven as she is in the company who will take accountability and share leadership. 

Amber shares ceilings she’s working to break through now and how EOS has given her the confidence to face new challenges. 

She relates how she now focuses on conversations and how she’s growing as a leader to empower her team to have the conversations society and the business need in order to elevate.

Links

• Amber Cabral | LinkedIn
• About Amber | Website
• Allies and Advocates by Amber Cabral | Goodreads
• Say More About That by Amber Cabral | Goodreads
• Shea Peffly | LinkedIn