by admin | Apr 2, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development
It all started with a dollar a day. I am the youngest of eight children and when I was in the second grade, my mother began working full-time. There were four of us still living at home and someone needed to get dinner on the table. I worked out an arrangement with my...
by admin | Mar 19, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Generation Y, Generational Differences at Work
There are currently 80 million Millennials in the United States, and soon they will make up the majority of the employee population. Why? For one, Baby Boomers, which make up 40 percent of today’s U.S. workforce, will be leaving the workforce in the next decade....
by admin | Mar 12, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Human Capital Analytics, Women in Workforce
After four months of rejection by employers, a man named Kim did one simple thing that changed his luck. He added “Mr.” to the front of his name on his resume. And then he got a job. Discrimination and bias, often unconscious, are still alive and well in the United...
by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work
Until 2004, The Boston Red Sox had not won a World Series since trading Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1918. Then they won the World Series again in 2007. After 86 years of losing, they finally upped their game. But they have more than spring training to thank...
by admin | Jan 2, 2015 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Women in Workforce
Organizations around the country are hemorrhaging talent because women are leaving the American workforce to start their own businesses. Looking at the statistics, it’s easy to understand why. The Hard Facts About Women in the Workplace Here are the hard facts:...
by admin | Dec 27, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Women in Workforce
Freelance contribution from Gemma Stones Sexism is never far from the news, and there has been a recent surge in both the active discussion and recognition of everyday sexism in recent months. However, whether it’s really enough is still open to debate. There are...
