The Brain Science Behind Embracing Differences
Just remember, a brain is a terrible thing to waste, particularly when it comes to embracing differences.
Posts Tagged: Embracing
The Emptiness of the Term “Inclusion”
We need deeper emotional connections among our world community to persuade ourselves we are not different from each other. We are different like each other.
White is Right When it Comes to Engagement
I thought that surely the best role models of engagement in the most powerful government in the world would be exemplary representatives for ensuring their workforces look like the taxpayers they serve.
Inclusively Exclusive
We are human beings, not robots. We all want a role in the workplace but we do not want that role to completely define who we are as individuals.
Want Inclusion? Look to Women
According to the Gender Intelligence Group, women leaders apply the following drivers of inclusion more often in the workplace than men.
The American Indian/Alaska Native Disadvantage
The Office of Personnel Management released my agency’s engagement scores for 2015 last week and for the second year in a row, Asian Americans are the highest engaged group of employees by race at 72%. For the 7th year in a row, my group, American Indians/Alaska Natives had the lowest engagement levels by race ofRead… Read more »
Disengagement Then, Disengagement Now and Disengagement Forever
If you ever talk to American Indian/Alaska Native, Persons with Disabilities and People of Two or More Races employees, you are conversing with some of the most disengaged workers in the federal government. The work realities of these employee groups look something like this: • Their small numbers enhance their invisibility. • They have theRead… Read more »
Want Engagement: Be a Misfit
Talk to an American Indian employee, a colleague with a disability, a person of two or more races or a Millennial and you will hear a common theme. They are some of the most disengaged employees in the federal government. The federal government has given up on these important constituencies so they have no alternativeRead… Read more »
Reading Between the Lines When it Comes to Inclusion
In December of 2014, I tried to have a constructive confrontation with some colleagues about their use of a racial slur in the workplace. 4 months later I got a response from them via an email. It went something like this. “Let me assure you when we sent the message, we did not intend toRead… Read more »
Millennials: Diverse but Inclusive?
They are the offspring of the Boomer generation that gave us the Civil Rights movement. They are responsible for the nation’s election of its first Black President. Demographers call them the most diverse generation ever. They were educated in school systems that emphasized mainstreaming, collaboration and diversity. They were exposed to diverse classrooms that wereRead… Read more »