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You may be this year’s leadership award winner, but you can be next year’s Number One on the unemployment line, if you don’t understand, or know how to be an inclusionist leader.I’m often asked the following question by executives, who understand that inclusionist leadership, is more than just diversity training. “What can I do to be a more inclusive leader, so I can leverage the diversity of skills, Read More
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By Simma LiebermanWhen Anti-Discrimination Policies Aren’t Enough: How to Help LGBT Employees Help Your Organization Grow
By Simma LiebermanLaws and policies alone are not sufficient to create an environment where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people feel included, and are able to do their best work.If LGBT people don’t feel safe, supported, and believe that they will still be given an equal chance for appreciation, responsibility and promotion; they will come to work, and work hard at hiding who they are. Read More
Academic Institution Challenged To Address Diversity
By M.V. GreeneAmerican academic institutions are constantly being challenged to advance diversity principles and initiatives on their campuses – which they must do to remain relevant in a dramatically evolving society. “Institutions of higher education should not only focus our efforts on the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups of people, such as faculty and students of color, Read More
How Aspiring Women and Minority Entrepreneurs Can Break Into Business And Be Successful
By Michael SheffieldWhile no two businesses are alike, the mistakes entrepreneurs can make while getting their start-ups off the ground are so common,books have been written about them.In addition to those potential mistakes,young minority and female entrepreneurs can often include their race or gender to the list of challenges they face when getting their businesses off the ground. But there are Read More
Diversity Trends in the Workplace: Time to Start Paying Attention
By Catherine FossWhether hiring managers want to acknowledge it or not, diversity in the workplace is a pivotal issue when it comes to creating a healthy, thriving workplace—a task that requires equal cooperation by employee and employer.And many groups are stepping up to the challenge by helping both employers and employees to create an inclusive work environment. Holly Mendelson, of the group Read More
Diversity-Related Careers in the Workplace are on the Rise
By Steven E.CampbellAs of November 2011, the population of the United States reached a staggering 312,618,456 people. Based upon current growth, the US. should surpass 400 million by 2050.As we continue to grow our population, it’s interesting to look at the implications of the ever- changing demographics and diversity of the American workforce. According to the Cornell University School of Read More
Defining Diversity: An Inclusive Workplace Affects Everybody
By Catherine FossDiversity may have been a vague and elusive idea at one point, but today’s diversity groups are working to help the public understand that no matter how you define these terms, success in the workplace hinges on having a true understanding of how “diversity” and “inclusion” impact a company’s success and well-being. Kellye Whitney is managing editor at MediaTec Read More
