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…

Who Will Tell the Employees They’re Supposed to Like Gay People? Dont waste time developing a culture change strategy unless you’re going to implement it throughout your organization. I was consulting with an organization that had launched a diversity and inclusion/culture change initiative. Previously, they had conducted an organizational culture assessment, made some changes, added domestic partner benefits, and had…

Building a Culturally Intelligent Organization; how to raise your cultural IQ In the 1990’s and beyond people who made culturally offensive comments were often sent to “sensitivity training,” in the hopes that they would come back with remorse. It was viewed as a punishment and met with resistance. While some organizations and institutions are still providing sensitivity training to employees…