Want Inclusion? Change Your Staff Meetings
What have been the individual and organizational costs of not tackling real issues as a result of the perception that people cannot bring their diverse selves to a conversation?
Posts Tagged: diversity
Cultural Inclusion Can Help Engagement
The validation of someone’s culture in the workplace can drive high levels of engagement.
The Inconvenience of Inclusion
Some of the reasons we avoid the difficult work of inclusion.
How Race Neutrality and Diversity Undermined Affirmative Action
I miss the days of affirmative action. Without it, I would have never received a college scholarship. Back in the affirmative action day, people of color and women received special consideration in employment, college admissions and federal contract competition. The thinking behind affirmative action was based on the rectification of historic wrongs perpetuated against peopleRead… Read more »
Diversity and Inclusion: The Big Lie
We may be diverse but we are far from inclusive. We have hit the snooze button when it comes to true equal opportunity. I hope we have not waited too late for our wake-up call.
The Most Important Diversity Trends in 2015
Our country and world is changing. You are either leading or trailing when it comes to embracing that change. Don’t be left behind; an inclusive workplace depends on it.
Colorblind Millennials Are Attracted to White/Male Federal Agencies
Recent research suggests this colorblind trajectory of millennials in the federal government may not be a passing fad.
3 Things Your Millennial Leader Doesn’t Want to Hear
Millennials have been active in the workforce some time now, and they are moving into management and leadership roles in government and in private sector. With the advent of the millennial leader, expect changes. A new generation almost always means new rules.
The WHOM Syndrome
The We Have One Minority disease seems to have no cure, at least in my lifetime.
The Reality of American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month
It is appropriate to talk about the fact that American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) federal employees have the lowest engagement levels of any racial group in the federal sector — after all it is AI/AN Heritage Month. As we recognize the many accomplishments, contributions, and sacrifices of our first citizens and their ancestors, as well asRead… Read more »