by admin | May 18, 2017 | Diversity in Workforce, Employee Engagement, Managing Difficult Employees
Emmanuelle looks around the room at the sales team. She’s new at the company and still learning about the relationship dynamics between her coworkers. Tensions are running high as it was just announced that the team didn’t make their sales goal for the second month in...
by admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Diversity in Workforce, Leadership Development
The meeting went badly. Very badly. The CMO was thirty minutes early, and the CEO was twenty minutes late. The COO and CMO were both attempting to lead the meeting, while simultaneously offending each other for doing so. Meanwhile, the CFO and CIO interrupted them...
by admin | Mar 16, 2017 | Diversity in Workforce
Working in Africa taught me the importance of understanding cultural norms. I was managing a Kenyan hotel with 400 international guests over the Christmas holiday. We had arranged it all: fireworks, an African choir to sing carols, and Santa arriving on a camel. Yet,...
by admin | Dec 20, 2016 | Diversity in Workforce, Employee Engagement, Future of Work, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Women in Workforce
As the year speeds toward the finish line, I look to my most popular posts for insight into what people are focusing on in the workplace. This year’s top posts show that our community cares about empathy, fighting bias, increasing diversity, speaking out about...
by admin | Dec 1, 2016 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work
Here’s the scene: You’re hiking in a lush jungle in Ecuador’s rain forest when you look down and realize you’re about to step on a large snake. Before you even think, you step back quickly and get away from the snake. Now, you could have taken the time to look in your...
by admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Diversity in Workforce
Dear President-Elect Trump, As we move past campaigning to governance, I noticed that your potential cabinet lacks diversity. I am not a politician or policy wonk, so I cannot guide you on how to create the best cabinet. However, I do know how diversity can improve...
