Diversity During the Holidays- more than a greeting card

By | Diversity and inclusioin, diversity during the holidays, holiday diversity

Guess who’s not celebrating Christmas this year? Millions of people all over the United States. That’s right. Tens of millions of Americans don’t celebrate Christmas religiously, either as followers of non-Christian religions (Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Jews) or as individuals with no religious affiliation. Because many stores tap into the cash value of Christmas with their plethora of Santas, ornaments, and…

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The Somewhere of Bias

By | bias, Bias awareness, biases, biases and assumptions, Discrimination, Diversity

Whether we like it or not, everyone has bias. As much as many of us want to think of ourselves as unbiased, we are products of our personal history, messages we’ve received growing up from people around us, the media, peers and people in authority. We’ve also learned to interpret events based on our experiences and individual perspectives. Because we…

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Diversity On the Black Panther's 50th

By | 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party, Diversity, diversity in the workplace

I recently attended the 50th anniversary conference of the Black Panther Party at the Oakland Museum. I didn’t expected to be impacted so deeply. Three of the programs I attended had very deep, personal meaning to me. One was on the original Rainbow Coalition of White, Black and Brown people working together to feed hungry kids, promote consciousness and action…

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Why We Need Cultural Intelligence With Diversity

By | Cultural Intelligence, Diversity, Diversity and inclusioin, leadership

Cultural Intelligence is the ability to work effectively with people from any group any time, anywhere. According to the Harvard Business review a key predictor for success in this century is a person’s level of cultural intelligence. To be successful we each need to recognize the multiple identities in each of us, and the differences and similarities amongst us. To some…

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8 More Days- Unleash Hidden Genius & Maximize Talent

By | diverse teams, Diversity and inclusioin, diversity and inclusion, diversity and inclusion. biases, leadership

Don’t Miss This Opportunity to Find and Unleash Hidden Genius  With Our October Offer Are you wiling to make a small investment to unleash unused or underutilized talent in the next 8 days? Is it essential to maximize talent? What happens when you don’t? Is it worth $4,000 to have more of your employees working to their full potential, sharing…

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