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Continue reading →: Indiana Is Officially Not Gay FriendlyIndiana Governor Mike Pence made it legal this past week for businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers in the name of “religious freedom.” There is one big thing wrong with that statement — besides the obvious — and its one word: legal. What’s next? Will it be legal…
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Continue reading →: My Three Cures For Diversity FatigueI spent most of last week at the 27th annual Forum on Workplace Inclusion in Minneapolis. “Making Waves” was the theme, and it was perfect. Over the past 40 years, making waves is something diversity hasn’t done much of. A few ripples here and there maybe, but for the most part,…
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Continue reading →: Uber Wants 1 Million Female Drivers by 2020In a recent blog post, car service app Uber pledged to sign up 1 million female drivers globally by 2020. Currently, some 14 percent of its 160,000 drivers in the U.S. are female. The company didn’t offer comparable global figures, but apparently it adds thousands of new drivers each month.…
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Continue reading →: Women Will Hold Back Their Opinions To Avoid The “B” Word – BossyAccording to an online survey Deloitte Global conducted in February and March of more than 1,700 professionals, 65 percent believe their organization is improving representation of senior women thanks to flexible work programs, gender diversity targets and executive commitment. But, while 80 percent of respondents believe ideas were welcomed in…
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Continue reading →: $1.55M MOOC Project to Expand Global EducationThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and CourseTalk.com, an online course review company, are launching a two-year, $1.55 million project to expand quality education and career training globally. The companies have committed cash resources of $1.05 million, plus an additional $500,000 of in-kind services and support. The two-year initiative, Advancing MOOCs for…
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Continue reading →: How to Talk About White Privilege
Hair buns gon’ wild LOL. But seriously, to talk about potentially contentious topics like white privilege, an organization’s culture has to be diversity friendly already. Otherwise things likely will go awry very quickly.
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Continue reading →: It’s a Slow Climb to the Top for Women
International Women’s Day was on Sunday, and I wish I had better news. According to the Grant Thornton International Business Report, a survey of more than 5,400 business leaders in 36 economies, the number of women in senior management roles in the United States has only increased by 1 percent…
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Continue reading →: Women Need Men to Lean In Together
For every horrible, aggravating, frustrating, ridiculous and unnecessary thing that happens to me just because I’m a woman, or just because I’m black, there are rays of hope. Without these rays of hope, I can’t really contemplate my existence. It would be barren. Hopeless. I don’t know if I would…
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Continue reading →: Walmart Puts Up Cash to Close Skills Gap
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced late last week it will donate $16 million in grants to seven nonprofit groups in an effort to close the skills gap for more than 12,000 American, entry-level workers in retail and related industries such as transportation and distribution. The grants are one piece of a…
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