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Effective mentoring is frequently an indicator of a mentee's career success, which is one of the reasons I continue to encourage men to mentor women in the workplace. Although women comprise 58.4% of …
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Many of us think we are listening when we are not. Sometimes we just aren't talking. Maybe we're letting the speaker vent, while we listen to our thoughts: "What am I going to say?" "Am I a …
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DISCLAIMER: This post gives a general overview of unlawful workplace harassment. It is not legal advice, and I am not your attorney. If you require information or advice applied to your unique …
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Not surprisingly, we don't like to talk about race. It's an uncomfortable topic fraught with tension that many people prefer to avoid. Yet, it's precisely because of this avoidance that our ability to …
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I have been professionally engaged in furthering equal employment since 1992. Working in the Human Resources Department at United Parcel Service was an extraordinary opportunity for someone so young, …
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Your brain is an extraordinary organ, but it has implicit (hidden) biases and plays tricks on you. Some experts assert that our brains haven't evolved as fast as the world around us. Our brains still …
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Because of my work in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), people continue to fear their own racism. Asking how they will know if they are racist, they worry that they are and that they can't do …
Many DEI strategies are merely performative. They are dramatic marketing or public relations campaigns, not designed to truly: Increase diversity of race, gender identity, age, religion, physical …
When I wrote the first version of this post several years ago, we had just heard so-called apologies from Ryan Lochte, Donald Trump, Le'Veon Bell, Brock Turner, newspapers, and several quick-thumbed …
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In today's complex business landscape, leaders are frequently expected to speak out about behaviors of people, groups, and governments they have no control over. Presumed to have great power and …
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