Employees, customers and stakeholders have a difficult time identifying examples that speak to your organization’s support for and commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and access ideals when asked to do so. Your leadership and key decision-making personnel, including boards and staff, lack diversity, particularly with respect to racial and gender diversity as well as diversity…
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Yes … This IS Who We Are: Facing the (D&I) Truth
Lately, when news of an incident of bias, racism, sexism, homophobia, or ethnocentrism, for instance, makes the headlines – stirring commentary on social media and inspiring cross-cultural reaction, conversation, and debate – we often hear it expressed that such injustices are simply anomalous – that they don’t reflect who we “really are;” that such examples…
The Starbucks Effect: Is Your Organization One Step Away from Making Headline News?
When the story that several black male customers at a Starbucks – located in an affluent, urban area of Philadelphia – had been victims of an employees’ cultural bias went viral, people were shocked; some were angry, and others may have felt the incident was “isolated” – that in no way should it be exploited…
Listening to the Voices of the “Me Too” Movement: Creating Safe, Supportive and Welcoming Environments for Women and Diverse Employees
The “Me Too” Movement highlighting workplace issues impacting the well-being and safety of women has inspired many employers to consider how the experiences of their women-identified employees as well as those whom they serve as customers, clients and community members can be primary indicators of the culture, climate and environment of their workplace, not to…
Advance Your Brand in 2018: Invest in D&I Solutions for Your Business/Organization
The start of 2018 represents an opportunity to imagine fresh, new pathways to advancing the brand of your business – a chance to contemplate innovative strategies for realizing goals and exceeding expectations in critical areas of performance that can contribute to the success and growth of your brand in the new year. No matter the…