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Continue reading →: Potential, the Unsung Talent Promotion Criteria that CouldOne of the common critiques against efforts to advance workplace diversity is that deliberate manipulation of talent management processes to increase numbers based on race, gender, etc. doesn’t always promote worthy candidates. Instead, diversity critics say the people who are pushed forward for positions are often ill qualified and undeserving.…
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Continue reading →: Should Leaders Be Forced to be Pro-Diversity?Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa tweeted his support today of the idea that “mixing cultures” leads to a lower quality of life. The Internet backlash was immediate. But here’s my question. Should leaders be forced to be pro-diversity? He does represent a state in this union where diverse people…
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Continue reading →: Matt Lauer and the Purge of Female TalentRemember that movie The Purge? I think it may have even had a sequel or two. The general premise is that for a certain period of hours every year, it’s legal to kill people. I never actually watched the movie, so I don’t know what the rationale was behind this…
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Continue reading →: When the Turkey’s Been Cut, and You’re Full and Sleepy…So, thank God I lived to see another Thanksgiving. I spent it quietly with family. Celebrating the purchase of a cousin’s new home, seeing and being aggravating by my brother for the first time in months, and drinking wine with another cousin’s wife, who is now one of my favorite…
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Continue reading →: Do All Female Lives Matter?So Kevin Spacey has been roasting on the bonfire of public opinion this week. His career has been in freefall since the first allegations of abuse with an underage boy came to light. His popular show House of Cards has been shelved, and director Ridley Scott has decreed the soon-to-be-released…
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Continue reading →: 11 Minutes on Twitter that Rocked the WorldTwitter used to be different. It was nicer, more educational. It was fun. I can still remember the challenge in crafting a 140-character message. If I didn’t have a clear idea what I wanted to blog about that week, I could pop #diversity into the search bar, and any number…
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Continue reading →: What’s Worse, Being Black or Being a Woman?For the past few years I’ve kicked around possible answers to a very personal question: What’s worse, being black or being a woman? The answer? Being a woman. Race is not a small issue by any means. But since most white people aren’t secretly white nationalists, you can win them…
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Continue reading →: Is Denise Young Smith Ready to Handle Diversity at Apple?I walked past the new Apple store yesterday. It’s beautiful, a rather old-fashioned front but glass everywhere looking out over the Chicago River. It was a pleasure to see since for months all we saw was this clunky barricade. There was writing on the barricade, some long, inspiring quote that…
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Continue reading →: To Unmask a Sexual Predator at WorkI wasn’t surprised when the charges and accusations piled up for Hollywood producer and former film studio executive Harvey Weinstein this past week. The rumblings have been circulating for years, decades even. The New York Times cleverly dubbed him Hollywood’s Oldest Horror Story. But most of the women affected were…
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