IvoryEagle

BETWEEN NO LONGER & NOT YET

I feel much like  Moses just before he encounters the burning bush.  I am often asked the question:  "What are you doing now?"  My response has always been and is: "I am between 'no longer' and 'not yet.'  It is honestly how I feel since I know the average person would not understand my mindset at the moment.  All of the gifts I have utilized in the past are not only still active but have been heightened.  I see myself on a journey that only ends in eternity.  I am in a continuous state of expectation, ambiguity, and anticipation; in short, I am on a high stakes search for my destiny.  Along the way, I touch others in a way that is only divine.  Yet, my journey continues.  Recently, as I embarked on a newly discovered book entitled:  �A Long Obedience in the Same Direction� by Eugene H. Peterson, he captured it for me.  I shall share it with you.

The segment of his book is on page 20 and it is entitled:  �Between the Times�

Strangely, he is quoting another author, Paul Tournier from his book entitled:  �A Place for You.�  In this book, Mr. Tournier describes the experience of being in between�between the time we leave home and arrive at our destination; between the time we leave adolescence and arrive at adulthood; between the time we leave doubt and arrive at faith.  It is like the time when a trapeze artist lets go the bar and hangs in midair, ready to catch another support; it is a time of danger, of expectation, of uncertainty, of excitement, of extraordinary aliveness.�

I could not put a better �spin� on what he has said.  It is where I am.  As you read on in my profile, just know that all of it is true, much has been left out, and MORE is to come.  Stay tuned.  Ivory Dorsey

IVORY DORSEY a speaker for today�s changing times.  Multi-dimensional, she is a speaker, trainer, facilitator, and author.  With a broad-based background that served to expose her to the realities of work in every area, she is often described as unflappable.   She is a product and a proponent of change.  She entered the workforce during turbulent times. By adapting the philosophy of "to adapt is to survive," she was able to observe, assimilate, and activate a level of performance that, in many cases went unprecedented by predecessors.  Ivory has been an independent speaker and consultant since 1984.  She has addressed audiences and organizations in the private and public sector in many industries at all levels.  She has lived and performed the path from the emergence of EEO/AA and continues to participate in the transition to Diversity.  Universal Appeal is what will heal much that troubles the world.

Always a trailblazer defining her own standards, Ivory's ability to adapt was put to the test as she launched her Field Sales career with Xerox Corporation during the most turbulent time in Xerox history; it was the first time in the history of the company they had experienced competition. On the front line of change; it was during this time she became a student of change, competition, and "survival in the clutch".  It was during this challenging time, she learned that excellence is gender, race, and culture neutral.  Ivory is convinced that skill, focus, innovation, risk, and results are the only real factors that matter in the heat of competition. In a virtual world, performance must transcend the physical bodies that house these skills.  Customers and competitors are in many cases, faceless, voiceless, and ever changing.The same is true for potential friends and associates.

This attitude earned her numerous awards and framed her life for the turbulence being experienced in today's diverse world/workplace.  When Ivory talks about change, she talks with conviction because she's been there and she lives there.   She is clear, change and diversity are no longer �business unusual;�  this new reality has become �business as usual.�  

She declares that change and Diversity is where we will live for the duration."  It is often said that you can�t miss what you can�t measure.  That is the worse and most costly myth of all. Diversity can be measured.  Too often; for better or worse, the measurement is reflected in the bottom line.  

It is my prayer that men and women world-wide will look at the hearts and minds of others and not external gifts of color, gender, and other limiting factors.