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Continue reading →: It’s the End of an Era. The Obamas Leave OfficeIt’s gloomy, it’s overcast, it’s inauguration day. I gotta say, I’m sad. I watched on CNN as the Obamas left the White House for the last time, and it truly felt like the end of an era. Not just because I have no idea what the next four years will…
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Continue reading →: Sometimes Women Cry at Work. Get Over ItIn December 2016, Harvard Business Review ran a fabulous article by David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson titled, “Men Can Improve How They Mentor Women. Here’s How.” I loved it. It was straight forward, honest, and stuffed with scientific data and analysis that promotes one fabulous conclusion: More men…
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Continue reading →: Is Your Workplace Hiding Talent?Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Hidden Figures yet, you may want to wait to read this. Oh, heck. Read it anyway. It’s so good you may not mind a peek behind the curtain. I saw Hidden Figures last week. I expected it to be good, and it was. Taraji…
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Continue reading →: Dropbox Learns – Painfully – One Twitter Snafu, and You’re ToastMedia can be tricky. Especially social media. One poorly written sentence, ill-timed tweet or poor photo choice, and you’ll end up with your corporate image in a sling. Ask cloud storage company Dropbox. They know. Poor Dropbox. When they released their diversity numbers earlier this week, they meant well, really…
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Continue reading →: Millennials Dig DiversityI do not like stereotypes. They’re simplistic and occasionally – maybe more than occasionally – stupid. And while there is some truth to them – in the same way people who share an astrological sign also share some personality traits – large group assumptions are so easy to disprove it’s…
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Continue reading →: Diversity Training in the Era of TrumpA few people have emailed me since the election wanting me to write something scathing and heated about the outcome, but I didn’t for two reasons. One, the less I talk about that situation the better I feel. I have to live it, as do many Americans, and that’s more…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft Wants to Tie Diversity to Executive CompensationThink it would help advance the cause if a company attached its executives’ bonuses to diversity goals? Microsoft does. The company plans to do just that to combat a second straight year of decreasing workforce numbers for women as well as disappointingly slight gains for minorities. The company attributes some…
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Continue reading →: Sometimes It’s Okay to Politic at WorkI was invited to a party this week. A gathering of like-minded folks intending to celebrate our winning presidential pick, or to mute our disappointment with wine and cheese. I didn’t go. This election…let’s just say, I knew I would feel more strongly about it than any other in which…
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Continue reading →: Double Standards Are Alive, Well and On Your BallotThis is my last blog before we usher in the next President of the United States. Wow. That’s something. I’m having trouble imagining what my life will be like should either candidate assume the Presidential mantle, but one question keeps going through my head on a loop: have these crazy…
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