Bridging the Diversity and Inclusion Gap Why are people at some of the best places to work on the diversity matrix still unhappy? Is it possible that Fortune, Black Enterprise, Working Mother and the Human Rights Campaign, have made big mistakes, or are the unhappy people chronic malcontents? The answer is neither, and that diversity in organizations is a dynamic…
Why We Can’t Afford to Ban Same-Sex Marriage By Simma Lieberman A Date To Remember On November 4, Californians will vote on whether or not to ban same sex marriage, which has been legal for the last six months. It is now legal in Connecticut and Massachusetts. A Union of Economic Interests While the US and the rest of the…
Ten Diversity Tips By Simma Lieberman 1. Create processes to make people who are different from you feel welcome and included in your organization, and then use the media to alert potential employees that you are a welcoming inclusive employer. 2. Mentor people who are from different cultural or ethnic backgrounds or a different gender. It will help you become…
I’ve often been asked if I “do sensitivity training”. I found myself getting irritated by the very term “sensitivity training”, and didn’t know why I had such a visceral reaction. After spending time thinking about it, and talking to people who professed to be “sensitivity trainers’ I realized that “sensitivity training” was actually insensitive and patronizing. Sensitivity versus Diversity Training…
Five Reasons The Term “Employee Engagement” Makes Me Feel Disengaged Originally featured in Fast Company Fri Jun 10, 2011 1-Employee engagement has become a buzzword with no meaning in some workplace. What some managers really mean, is that they are engaged in theoretical discussions. They seem to think that if they loudly declare that their whole workforce is engaged, even…
How Jay-Z, Eminem, and Steve Jobs Can Bring Us Salvation Originally published in Fast Company.com 7/11 Millions of kids idolize hip-hop artists and rappers and have dreams of becoming one. They think that rapping would be a great way to get rich. Most of them will never get there. And people that are talented often have no background in the…
Are You Practicing These Ten Inclusionist Leadership Behaviors? You may be this year’s leadership award winner, but you can be next years’ 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…
Using the Diversity, Difference, and Dialogue Process, as a Communication Tool Amongst Diverse Groups of People What is the Diversity, Difference, and Dialogue Process? The Diversity, Difference, and Dialogue Process, is a facilitated process to bring people together across differences. Dialogue in the purest sense is not a conversation, not is it an exercise in active listening, just repeating back,…
Simma’s Success Strategies to Recruit and Retain Millennials Develop a flexible mindset. There is always more to learn Be aware of your own generation lens and that you view other generations through your lens Focus on the mission and culture of your organization as opposed to just money Promote your work and investment in being a “green organization.” Include in…
Are You Practicing These Ten Inclusionist Leadership Behaviors? You may be this year’s leadership award winner, but you can be next years’ 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…
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