Our Values
We partner with leaders who have historically been excluded from leadership.
Anavah is built on the foundation of four key values that drive first and only leaders to be the change they want to see on their teams, within their organizations, and in the broader eco-system.
claim What’s Yours To Do
Stay Rooted in Your Why
Lift As You Climb
Lead with Love
Claim What’s Yours To Do
Over your lifetime, you'll spend approximately 90,000 hours at your job. You were put on this earth for a reason, and the real work is to discover why. Only then can you take on what only yours to do.
“The planet doesn’t need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.”
Dalai Lama
Stay Rooted in Your Why
Keep coming back to why you wanted to lead in the first place, especially when things are uncomfortable or challenging. The path will often be unclear, but your why will get you where you want—and need—to go.
“One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice…but little by little, as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do–determined to save the only life you could save.”
Mary Oliver, The Journey
Lift As You Climb
Your leadership journey provides an opportunity to elevate those around you, especially if these individuals have not been afforded the same levels of access and opportunity. If you haven’t left a trail behind you, you’ve missed the point.
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lead with Love
Somehow, we’ve internalized that the heart isn’t valuable in the workplace. When you lead with love, you are leading from a place of kindness and an authentic desire to make a meaningful impact on the lives of others. The world could benefit from more leaders who are courageous enough to lead in this way.
“The meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit”
Nelson Henderson