Roosevelt Thomas was one of the original thought leaders of diversity and diversity management. I read Beyond Race and Gender when I first started this work as a profession, and found myself agreeing with everything I read. His book, “Building a House for Diversity,” is one of the best books to break down why diversity and diversity management is so…
I’m tired of people talking about cultural competency. I’m not sure what it even means. It sounds like it is limited to “being good” at one culture, or just good enough to pass. I prefer to talk about cultural intelligence, or cultural flexibility which are processes to be able to interact effectively with people from any cultural group. Cultural intelligence…
Employee Resource Groups or ERGs, are organized networks of employees in organizations who have similar demographics, interests, or life experiences, i.e,, veterans, women, Gen Y, people over 40, African-American, people with various religious affiliations, South Asian, etc. Early on, many ERGs began as a affinity groups formed to provide social and career support for their members. As diversity and inclusion…
Meaningless Diversity Slogans(We probably have used these more times than we admit. I pledge to stop myself before I use them) 1- The Golden Rule- Treat people the way you want to be treatedWhat if you hate yourselfWhat if they other people don’t want what you wantWhat if you have no idea how you want to be treated because you’ve…
Have you ever had a job that you hated? That you dreaded so much you didn’t want to leave your house in the morning? I had one of those jobs. In those days, it was called telephone soliciting. I sold aluminum siding over the telephone. I didn’t know how much it actually cost or even what aluminum siding was. I…
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