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Continue reading →: Quiet Advocacy: You don’t have to make a big noise to have an impact #diversity #inclusion
All you cinema buffs are likely aware that Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols died this week. He was 83. He’s known for films like The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Silkwood or the more recent Charlie Wilson’s War. But I think he may also have been a quiet advocate for…
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Continue reading →: Big Girls Make Less Money #diversity #gender #obesity
You’d have to be an alien – a fresh off your intergalactic space ship alien – not to know that women all over the world make less money than men, on average. But did you know the more overweight a woman is the more likely she is to work a…
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Continue reading →: The Reality of Street Harassment #gender #catcalling #equality
As a woman there are certain things you deal with. You don’t ask for them, they’re just a fact of life. It has nothing to do with beauty or body type. The only real requirement is that you be feminine, which by definition, if you are a woman, you are.…
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Continue reading →: Perception and The Battle Between The Sexes #diversity #inclusion #gender #power
You’ve likely heard the comparisons before: Men are assertive, women are bossy. Men are detail-oriented, women are fussy. There’s a real double standard at work when it comes to how men and women are perceived.
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Continue reading →: Apple CEO Tim Cook Says: “I’m Proud to Be Gay” #diversity #LGBT
Apple CEO Tim Cook came out today. Mum on his sexual orientation until he shared his truth in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek, Cook said he considered it a good trade, his privacy for the chance to bring comfort or to inspire someone “to insist upon their equality.” Despite the…
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Continue reading →: Ebola: Discrimination For Life #diversity #inclusion #Ebola
The Ebola scare is no longer a thing happening somewhere else. It’s now a viable threat infecting Americans stateside, and politicians are drafting enforceable policies on how to stop the spread of the disease. Discrimination, I’m afraid, is inevitable. This time, however, there is nothing superficial about the issue. Skin…
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Continue reading →: Wait For Money, Respect? No #diversity #inclusion #gender #Microsoft
So Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is on the carpet this week for being so old-fashioned and out of touch the public literally could not stand it. Someone at a conference this week asked Nadella for his thoughts on what women should do if they are not comfortable asking for a pay…
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Continue reading →: Diversity’s Teachable Moments #diversity #inclusion #trainingPopular news items offer a familiar and accessible way to connect people and initiate tough conversations about race using touch points that many people are familiar with and have an opinion about.
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Continue reading →: Does Your Social Media Have a Diversity Problem? #diversity #race #socialmedia
Social media technologies are excellent tools to facilitate increased diversity in the workplace. The challenge is to prepare for and manage the challenges that may follow.
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