About Us
We inspire our clients to imagine belonging on a global scale, and we help activate their visions by first building spaces of belonging at work. How? Through psychological safety & trust, commitment & creativity, clarity & skill development.
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Our Approach
ORGANIZATIONAL
TRANSFORMATION
There’s a difference between change and transformation. Change is something that can be reversed whereas transformation is permanent. When it comes to work culture, our clients are clear - they don’t want to return to the status quo. They are ready for a permanent transformation.
TARGETED
UNIVERSALISM
While it’s great to have a broad goal where “everyone belongs,” it will be woefully incomplete unless we design targeted interventions that give each employee what they need to be successful. This approach lifts targeted groups to level opportunities for all.
SOMATIC
APPROACH
Transformation is not fully realized until it lives within our tissues, reshaping our conscious and subconscious exclusionary behaviors into inclusive behaviors that create the conditions for building belonging spaces. This approach centers the people involved in our work.
Meet Our Team
Rhodes Perry
FOUNDER & CEO
Ten years ago, Rhodes Perry (he/him) founded RPC with the commitment to upend the “epidemic of loneliness.” He wanted to help visionary leaders imagine and build belonging on a global scale, starting with the workplace. After all, the average U.S. adult spends 80% of their life (90,000 hours!) at work.
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Since then, Rhodes has supported over 1,000 clients, delivered leadership programs and workshops to over 50,000 people leaders & managers, and has built a loyal following of over 10,000 people through the Belonging Membership Community and his company’s quarterly Belonging Circle gatherings.
Rhodes isn’t just an advocate for belonging at work; he’s a maverick in the truest sense. With two bestselling books, Belonging at Work, and Imagine Belonging, he has become a guiding light for organizational leaders, DEI practitioners, and visionaries committed to building cultures where safety, trust, and belonging are paramount.
Beyond his consulting and coaching work, he’s at the forefront of workplace culture building and particularly belonging discourse as an international keynote speaker and host of two popular podcasts, Imagine Belonging at Work and The Out Entrepreneur.
His journey is as diverse as it is impressive, spanning roles at the White House, the Department of Justice, NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services, and PFLAG National. His insights have graced the pages of Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and other notable publications. His company partners with industry giants, government agencies, and large nonprofits to foster workplace cultures that prioritize psychological safety & trust.
Elika Stecher
COMMUNITY MANAGER
Elika (she/her) is a dedicated professional with experience in strategizing interventions to designed to build spaces of belonging at work. As a seasoned executive assistant, she has coordinated with thought leaders like Rhodes Perry to implement cross-sectional programs that build healthier work cultures.
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Her studies spanned a diverse range, with focus in fine art, anatomy/physiology, and anthropology. Eventually moving into project management for small business owners and teachers, here she began developing a passion for advocacy and equitable workplacepractices.
Known for her collaboration skills and attention to detail, Elika excels in managingbelonging interventions, from platform building and client concierge communications, to facilitating training sessions, workshops, and podcast episodes.
Outside of work, Elika loves to cook with and feed her circle of friends and family, adventure outside with her doggo, Ms. Uli, do a bit of art here and there, stretch it out in a hot yoga class, read as much as possible, watch a good movie, and grow all things delicious in the garden for creating a new recipe.
Our Partnership Agreements
To aggressively build spaces of belonging with our clients, we embody a set of core values designed to embrace our differences and unlock creativity, connection, & collaboration. We request that our clients put these agreements into action when we partner with them.
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There’s nothing sweeter than the sound of our name pronounced properly and our pronouns used correctly. This action sparks the beginning of co-creating the safety and trust required to accomplish great things together.
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We co-create innovative solutions by first inviting our clients to imagine new possibilities and blending creative problem solving methods with a spirit of saying, “Yes we can, if,” to help dream and manage expectations.
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We move at the speed of trust by doing what we commit to do, proactively communicating obstacles that may require redirection, and honoring our respective boundaries of what’s possible, and what’s not.
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We recognize that for transformation to take place we have to practice inclusive behaviors that might feel awkward and messy. We recognize that this work is a practice for the sake of practice, not to achieve the myth of perfection.
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We acknowledge that mitigating our biases, particularly our unconscious behaviors, is hard, and we will mess up at points. We are committed to extending grace in these moments and repairing from harm in service of the relationship.
Our Vision
We envision a world where all people experience love and belonging without requiring the creation of an “other” for this fundamental need to be met.
Our Mission
We inspire organizational and people leaders to imagine and build spaces of belonging at work by establishing psychological safety & trust. We support our clients honor their commitments to developing and practicing new skills while setting up the systems and technology available to support their successes. Combining targeted universalist strategies, somatic practices, and organizational transformation methods, our unique approach delivers the results your employees and customers long for and deserve, all while directly benefiting your bottom line.
Our Values
Our values serve as a North Star. As we orient towards them, they influence our behaviors, actions, and priorities. They guide us as we build more spaces of belonging. Values by their nature are aspirational and serve as core principles. They give us a sense of purpose and direction, setting the tone for our daily interactions with each other. We are committed to the ongoing process of making our values a lived reality by infusing them into all aspects of how we lead and work together.
We Value …
AUTHENTICITY
Our work strives for congruence between what we promise, what we deliver, what we believe, what we feel, and what we mean.
IMAGINATION
We think outside of the box by blending creative problem solving with an instinct to say,
“Yes we can, if…”
ACTION
We believe in thoroughly assessing organizational culture to help leaders take the most meaningful actions to reach their desired goals.
EXCELLENCE
We work to deliver the highest quality and value possible through clear, concise, and actionable solutions.
EMPOWERMENT
We empower our clients with skills and confidence to sustain our solutions over time, maximizing our collective impact.
TRANSFORMATION
Our clients gain concrete approaches to positively influence their work culture, and to sustain it over the long-run.