RARE Coaching & Consulting

Aiko Bethea joined WABE, Atlanta's NPR affiliate, to talk about what self-leadership looks like when there is little you can control.

In this feature, she unpacks the foundation of her framework in Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending Bullsh*t and Transforming Our Lives and Work and why anchoring into your values is not a luxury. It is the only sustainable response when the world around you feels unstable.

Read the article and listen to the full recording at the link.

Access the article here: https://www.wabe.org/executive-coach-promotes-self-leadership-when-theres-little-you-can-control/

Aiko Bethea is coming to Wieden+Kennedy Portland on May 20 for The Future of Self-Leadership, a live conversation with Yehoshua Gotfried, Head of People + Culture at Wieden+Kennedy Portland.

Together they will examine how leading yourself with intention, accountability, and curiosity is not just personal growth. It is the foundation that makes organizations actually work.

This event is free and open to the public. Powell's City of Books will be onsite with copies of Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending Bullsh*t and Transforming Our Lives and Work available for purchase.

Registration is encouraged to secure your spot.

May 20, 2026, Doors open at 3:00 PM PST at Wieden+Kennedy, 224 NW 13th Ave, Portland, OR

Secure your Registration Here: https://luma.com/1t324a58

Some situations don't have a clear answer. Do you say something or let it go? Do you re-engage or protect your energy? Do you apologize and mean it, or apologize and move on?

Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending Bullsht and Transforming Our Lives and Work* puts you in the room where those decisions happen — and asks you to choose.

This Friday, join Aiko Bethea for Session 2 of a three-part virtual series walking through the book's case studies live.

We're in Chapters 7 and 8.

Carter is navigating discernment. When to engage, when to step back, and how to tell the difference when you're in the middle of it.

Alan is working through repair. Not a surface apology. Not moving on to keep the peace. Actual accountability for actual impact.

These scenarios are fictional. The situations are not.

Friday, May 8 at 2:00 PM ET on Zoom.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DVX_KZ1kRYWC-qz_r8M9zQ

*t

Looking forward to being in conversation with Rose Scott on her show Closer Look- today at noon. WABE News

Excited to have my leadership work highlighted in Brené Brown’s latest book, Strong Ground!

LEADING FROM STRONG with Brene Brown - Penguin Random House Join Brene Brown on October 14 for a conversation on the lessons of daring leadership, the tenacity of paradox, and the wisdom of the human spirit. Get tickets from one of our independent bookstore partners.

grateful for your honest words and honest heart and for not hiding what the path looks like when it is painful.