Whether you have your own business or want to move ahead in an existing organization, you need to know where you want to go, and you need a strategy to get there. That means you need to: Stop being a well-kept secret, and start being a person of interest. Be seen as a peer by colleagues at your level and…
Join Swirl Radio, New York Life, and Simma Lieberman for a businesswomen’s empowerment event on July 17, from 8:30 AM -11:00 AM at 425 Market St. Suite 1600, San Francisco Ca. Simma will be presenting her interactive program, “What Smart Business Women Need to Know About Winning in Business; how to take your place and your space.” There is no charge,…
Watch us on TV 20 KOFY Saturday June 23. The cast of Swirl Radio on 960 AM San Francisco is hosting the “I Dream of Jeannie Marathon,” in honor of Gay Pride. We taped the show today, dressed in our 60s attire. It was hard to remember what I wore in those days, but I was able to pull my…
We’re impacted by negative messages, we get angry when we hear slime balls make outrageous statements about LGBTQ people and their families. We are all affected by the messages we get from the outside world. Today, I want to share a different message of hope and love, and to tell you that not all homophobic people are the same. Some…
It’s Gay Pride month when LGBT people and their allies take to the streets, see LGBT films, and assert their rights as human beings to be individuals, to love, have families, be as neurotic and stressed as everybody else, and be left alone. What if those of us who believe in diversity, love and inclusion were louder for one day…
Recruiting a diverse workforce The United States population is diverse. It’s no longer a question of when the workforce will change. It already has. There has been a huge increase in women, people of color and immigrants in the workforce in the last twenty-five years. Diversity is not just a “good idea”, today. it is a business imperative if you…
Is Your Diversity Initiative Like a Game of Telephone? When I was in elementary school, we used to play a game called telephone, where people would stand in a line, one person would whisper a sentence to the person at the front of the line, and that person would whisper the same sentence to the next person, and that process…
Diversity and Inclusion Zeroes Fight Marvel Comics to Stop Gay Wedding! A group of people called The Million Moms has launched a campaign against Marvel Comics. The reason is Marvel comics announced that it 1st openly gay hero Northstar, will marry his male partner in the 1st same-sex wedding in the marvel universe, in the June issue of astonishing X…
When I talk about diversity and inclusion, or creating inclusive cultures where everyone can participate, to leaders and managers of projects and organizations here in the US, and elsewhere I often hear people say, either, “I treat everyone the same, or underneath we’re all the same.” Everyone is not the same, and it’s impossible to treat everyone the same Both…
1- Understand your biases and don’t make assumptions. Most of the time you don’t know who is an LGBT person unless they tell you. LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people span many dimensions of diversity in your workplace; generation, ethnicity, religion, work function, communication style, etc. 2- Know that LGBT people are not looking for special treatment but want the…
Recent Comments