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Continue reading →: 3 Things the Sony Hack Can Teach Us About Communication
The Interview, the comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, has been yanked from theaters following the now well-publicized leak of emails from Sony Co-chairman Amy Pascal and others. There are three important things we can all learn from this communication debacle. 1. Nothing is private. If you think anything…
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Continue reading →: The Problem Between Higher Ed and Millennials
When you hear the word millennials, you may expect common and rather trite complaints about them being tech crazed, entitled and lazy. These may or may not be true, but more importantly, this demographic group — a growing super power in workforce numbers and influence — may be at a…
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Continue reading →: Men Are Idiots — There’s Proof
For diversity executives still fighting those stalwart, set in their ways souls who insist talk of gender differences is just bunk drummed up to cause trouble, I offer scientific evidence to the contrary. According to a recent piece in Business Insurance, science confirms male risk-taking idiocy. Researchers at Newcastle University…
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Continue reading →: How to Close Generation Gap 2.0
To mitigate tension between young and older workers – especially regarding Millennials – give ’em what they want – flexibility and feedback. It’s the only way to ensure workplace interactions are respectful and productive.
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Continue reading →: Modern Day Slavery Includes Domestic Migrant Workers in Global Workplaces
For as long as I can remember I’ve heard of something called the slave mentality. When my mother talked about it she meant the self-loathing attitudes black people learned during slavery and still perpetuate – now voluntarily – today. But there are actually real, modern day slaves still in existence.…
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Continue reading →: @shondarhimes says she didn’t break the glass ceiling. Her sisters before her had already laid the path.
Boundary breaking TV producer Shonda Rhimes was honored with the Sherry Lansing award yesterday, and her speech, well. Don’t feel bad if you get choked up. She is a fabulous writer. “…If I had broken through the glass ceiling that would mean I’d made it through to the other side where…
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Continue reading →: Be The Change You Want To See #race #diversity #EricGarner
Those of you who follow my blog may have wondered at my rather conspicuous silence on the Mike Brown and Eric Garner verdicts. But in all honesty, I was struggling. I felt quite hopeless, wondering what on earth it would take to stop the consistent, outright torture and killing of…
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Continue reading →: Is Your Diversity Training Inclusive? #diversity #training #inclusion #SaturdayNightLive
Saturday Night Live likely produced some hard core laughs with a recent satire about diversity training, but the stereotypes the skit uncovered need to be addressed if diversity training is to have value – and not end up a joke.
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Continue reading →: Feminism on TV? ‘Scandal’-ous #diversity #inclusion #gender #Scandal
If you needed a(nother) reason to watch Scandal, HuffPo’s got it: The popular TV show gives viewers lessons on feminism to millions of viewers each week. According to an article by Jessica Samakow posted this week, our favorite fixer Olivia Pope and our favorite fictional first lady Mellie Grant are…
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