A practice of learned and ongoing human betterment for employee teams delivered through a solution for organization members, communities, and any individual. 

We also offer a ‘lite’ version solution for universities, colleges, and high school students.

The solution is NOT an online course. It is a practice that people use to improve interactions and conversations involving disagreements and differences in views. 

It does begin with the learning program portion, but then transfer into ongoing practice through our downloadable support materials plus our ‘reminder’ wristband.

The band is included in all program purchases, and its purpose is as a visual anchor for ongoing improvement and accountability. 

Civility is a term that is often misappropriated, and widely misunderstood. It is a big part of the Walk the Ridge practice.

Civility IS NOT about politics. It DOES NOT have anything to do with losing or compromising your beliefs or views. It DOES NOT get magically switched on in people’s actions and behavior when leaders “call” for it. It DOES NOT meaningfully grow and sustain just because an organization adds the term into their core values, workplace policies, and public branding.

Civility IS a set of soft skills that must be learned, practiced, and improved upon. It can be applied at work, in the home, within the community, and in the online environment. Those utilizing it consistently over time and in multiple engagements, will see lasting change in behavior and emotional intelligence.

Many organizations do good work in promoting a vision of greater civility. Walk The Ridge believes that true improvement in civility ONLY happens when accompanied by BOTH personal and public accountability. This is why we advocate wearing your truth and purchasing the solution for companies OR students. 

The mission of WALK THE RIDGE is to grow ‘Circles of Civility’. That is, for users to utilize the WTR practice to and through others, so as to inspire a shared mindset. One where we can have our disagreements and differences, but still share respect, listening, and learning from one another. 

We strongly believe that this type of societal improvement comes from individuals scaling and sharing through others. 

Walk the Ridge is a for-profit, for-purpose movement and learning organization. Our mission is to empower people to improve civility within themselves and spread it through others.

We originally took the .org ending on our site – and now can be accessed by the .com and .net endings.

Our giving back is often to relief causes. These are both worthwhile of contribution and also signify times where people choose to come together for a greater purpose, in spite of our differences. 

The bands function as an anchor, reminding wearers to engage others with more listening, learning, and respect in face-to-face and digital communication.

When others notice you wearing the band, it also provides a ‘teachable moment’ from you to them. The band comes with every viewer seat of our powerful solution – and you may also choose to separately purchase and gift bands here.   

One of the biggest misconceptions about civility is that we can just ‘BE civil’ – like turning on a light switch and then having the ability to shine without effort.  That’s why all the political, business, and media leaders who ‘call for’ civility largely have poor results. 

HR, culture, and diversity leaders often miss taking civility seriously – until it turns into harassment or discrimination. Like so many other behaviors, civility is a soft or core skill that must be learned, practiced, and made into a supportive habit.

We are a for-profit, for-purpose movement and learning organization. Our mission is to empower people to improve civility within themselves and spread it through others.

We DO NOT take any financial donations. Instead, please take the money you would have contributed and use it to improve civility for yourself, your organization, or your company in the following ways:

1)  Companies and individuals can support this by learning and applying the scaleable and shareable practice through our full solution here….or the student-based solution here. 

2)  Wear your truth. Accountability is key to improving civility and empowering better behavior – plus it speaks volumes in influencing others. We recommend starting with buying, wearing and sharing our unique wristbands – or finding other options by visiting OUR STORE. 

3) Speaking to hearts and minds. From Silicon Valley keynotes to HR leadership conferences and Fortune 100 companies, we enjoy speaking to audience of all sizes.

Please contact us at [email protected] to discuss opportunities. We promise your audience will feel strong engagement and connection with us and the message and purpose we bring.   

We LOVE media inquiries. Television, radio, podcasts, and print. We promise that your audience will have their eyes, ears, mind, and hearts opened.

Please contact us at [email protected] to discuss opportunities.