Five Ways to be Seen and Heard as an Expert in Your Field

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1- Learn all you can about the business of your business. You have to study and be conversant in the business strategy of your organization.  Find opportunities to have strategic conversations with people  more senior, or key influencers. When people ask what you do, don’t just give your title, talk about your purpose and how you contribute to the organization’s success….

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Target Sticks to Transgender Rights

By | Diversity and inclusioin, GLBT, LGBT Rights, LGBTQ, Transgender, Transphobia

Target is not backing down in its policy to let people use the bathroom according to their gender identity. A group called Faith 2 Action, who says they are a “pro-active launching pad for the pro-family movement,” F2A, is organizing a “Don’t Target Our Daughters Day” on June 4, In the past, we saw companies back down because of fear…

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Transgender Danger in the Bathroom

By | biases and assumptions, bigotry, Diversity, diversity actions, homophobia, LGBT, LGBTQ, Transgender, Transphobia, Uncategorized

After posting an article on LinkedIn about Target and Transgender rights including using the right bathroom, someone asked why I would use the word hater for someone who just had a different point of view. She said that it was just a disagreement about whether men should use the women’s bathroom and women should use the men’s bathroom. Unfortunately, a…

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How to Learn to Trust People You Don't Know Well

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Despite the fact that many people still believe people don’t have to get along at work; they just have to do their jobs, it’s almost impossible to work well with people you don’t trust. Lack of trust contributes to a dysfunctional workplace – people not getting their work done and making mistakes. While you can’t control other people’s behaviors, you…

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Shop at Target Day and Defeat Transphobia

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Target is not backing down in its policy to let people use the bathroom according to their gender identity. A group called Faith 2 Action, who says they are a “pro-active launching pad for the pro-family movement,” F2A, is organizing a “Don’t Target Our Daughters Day” on June 4. In the past, we saw companies back down because of fear…

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