Gender Equality But Not In The Locker Room

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A lot of people were shocked, angry or speechless when Trump’s lewd comments about women were made public. Trump has bragged about his support for gender equality and how well women will do if he is president.   Trump and his supporters fired back in his defense with comments like, “He’s not running for Sunday school teacher,” “It’s just locker room…

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Teen On Trial- Accused of Stealing 65 cent milk

By | Inequality, racism

Teen charged w stealing 65-cent milk carton on trial http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-charged-with-stealing-free-milk_us_57f3b69ce4b01b16aafef68d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostCrime According to Huffington Post a young Black teenager is accused of stealing a 65 cent container of milk, He was on the free lunch program already and forgot to get his milk. He cut through the line, was seen by a security guard,  handcuffed and arrested. oThe guard…

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Does Your Organization Suffer From "Hidden Genius Constipation"

By | bias, Diversity, Diversity and inclusioin, diversity at work, hidden genius, leadership

Does Your Organization Suffer From These Symptoms of “Hidden Genius Constipation”? 1- People in your organization have great ideas for new products and services but they have no  outlet to express them. Innovation stays in the realm of the product development team, or with your “regular” stars. No matter how diverse your workforce is, if people can’t show what they can…

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Why Transformation Without Diversity and Inclusion Isn't Real

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Is there anyone in today’s business world who has not heard of transformational leadership, organizational culture change or talent optimization? Articles, books and white papers are published daily on those topics. We’ve heard a lot from the experts but we aren’t hearing enough from people  in organizations who are the future innovators and hold the hidden genius. Without real diversity…

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Why Diversity and Inclusion Starts With Hello

By | Diversity, Diversity action, diversity actions, Diversity and inclusioin, diversity and inclusion, diversity and inclusion champion, Diversity Behaviors

Diversity and Inclusion Starts With Hello   September is coming fast as people return to work, school, and home.  This is a great opportunity to strike up a conversation with new people and break out of social and work silos. There are three common threads through countless interviews and focus groups I’ve conducted in a wide range of organizations: 1-  …

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Support LGBTQ Entrepreneurs Now- StartOut

By | cultural diversity, Diversity, diversity in business, GLBT, LGBT, LGBT ally, LGBTQ, LGBTQ entrepreneurs

  StartOut is the “must belong to” organization dedicated to creating great business leaders by fostering Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ) entrepreneurs. It is the LGBTQ  business life line. With 15,000 members and chapters in 6 cities StartOut is reaching out to expand and engage LGBT entrepreneurs across the US and the rest of the globe through the new…

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Do You Suffer From Diversity and Inclusion Gaps?

By | diverse workforce, diversity actions, Diversity and inclusioin, diversity at work, inclusion, LGBT

  I was working with a large Fortune 500 company considered to be one of the diversity and inclusion leaders. The CEO was championing diversity. He had all the right policies and procedures in place. Senior management was more diverse.  Culture at that level was starting to change. A young African-American man pulled me aside to talk. He said he was the…

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Intersection of Diversity, Race and LGBTQ

By | Diversity, LGBT, LGBT Inclusion, racism, Uncategorized

I was honored to be a special guest of Carole Copeland Thomas on her Conversations With Carole, on Understanding Intersections between race, diversity and LGBTQ. This is an important topic and everyone is included in real inclusion. If we support diversity and inclusion, then we can’t pick and choose which issues are real, or stay in our little comfort zones….

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