5 Ways MeToo Will Continue to Impact Global Companies in 2019
During 2018 we saw the ongoing impact of the #MeToo movement on harassment law and practice around the world. As we enter 2019, this sharp global focus on combating harassment...
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Why Your Outdated Employee Relations Strategies Pose a Big Risk in 2019
In 2019, HR professionals will experience a new paradigm in employee relations and the strategies they’ve used for the last 25 years will no longer be effective; old strategies will...
‘Tis the Season for Workplace Drama...But It Doesn’t Have to Be!
December brings with it a big challenge for company leaders: how to balance spreading holiday cheer with minimizing the corporate risk that can be associated with the company holiday party....
Who Will Manage Sexual Harassment Risk in 2019—HR or Business Compliance?
About a month ago, I participated in a conference for ethics and compliance professionals— people who manage enterprise risk stemming from antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, information security, and other business...
Isn’t Training Just Teaching Employees How to Sue Me?
When I first began advocating for training all employees on sexual harassment prevention, a few companies agreed that this would be an effective way to address workplace harassment. But most...
It’s a Scary Time for Men, It’s a Scary Time for Women
If I didn’t lose you with the title, then you’re open-minded, and I appreciate that. I certainly know it’s a scary time for women—the past year has made it very...
Now what? Three Steps to Implementing New Sexual Harassment Training in New York and California
In retrospect, we should have expected 2019 to be the year of sexual harassment prevention training. As the #MeToo movement swirled and grew, it became clear that something needed to...
California Sends a Strong Message to Employers: Prevent and Address Sexual Harassment…or Else!
There is a monumental seismic shift occurring throughout the country, but given California’s reputation as the place where seismic shifts are most likely to occur, it’s no surprise that it...
4 Steps To Develop Your Workplace Culture Skills
Have you ever been angry at your co-workers? Or vented to friends and family about workplace situations? Or perhaps you found out that co-workers were bummed out because of you?...
How to Develop Our Workplace Respect Skill
Studies show that work conflict impacts us in pretty significant ways—often even more than personal or family drama. That's because our identities are often tied to our work. So feeling disrespected can...
Developing Our Culture Competency
Why Workplace Skills Are Just As Important As Career Skills People prepare for their career by developing and practicing the skills related to their domain. Marketers practice writing; salespeople practice...
What We Can Learn from Real-world Stories of Diversity and Bias
As we’ve been helping companies create a more inclusive and diverse workplace with unconscious bias training, we’ve been lucky to accumulate some very rich qualitative data in the form of...
An Open Letter to the State of New York Regarding Workplace Sexual Harassment
Guidance on Workplace Sexual Harassment is a Good Start, but Current Content Will Have Unintended Consequences that Will Make it Harder to Accomplish Your Goal to Eradicate Workplace Sexual Harassment...
Decision-Making in Workplace Investigations: Keep it Fair
Now more than ever, companies are being held to a higher standard when it comes to workplace misconduct. They must have reliable and safe methods for employees to report misconduct,...
Drive Diversity by Focusing on These Three Company Culture Elements
If you’re working on diversity initiatives in the workplace you know it’s equally inspiring and frustrating. Research shows that companies with diverse talent pools achieve greater innovations, more productivity and...
The Leaky Funnel: The Reason Your Talent Diversity Efforts Are Falling Short
‘Tis the season when technology companies publish their diversity numbers. And, despite a concerted effort to increase diversity, women and people of color are still underrepresented across all levels and particularly in senior...
Be Conscious About Bias to Work Better
Our brain’s ability to make quick assumptions based on limited information is one of the marvels of our evolution. It helps us rapidly process information and protect ourselves in critical...
T-Minus Ten Weeks: What Companies with New York-based Employees Must Do to Comply with Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Mandates
The preamble to the NY State legislation aimed at preventing workplace sexual harassment indicates that the bill is comprehensive and multi-faceted. It enacts an approach “to help prevent sexual harassment...
4 Interesting Aspects of New York’s New Harassment Prevention Laws
The new New York State and New York City laws on sexual harassment prevention are the broadest of their kind. Here are some of their unique aspects, and our thoughts on why...
Is Bad Training Worse Than No Training?
Post-#MeToo, employers are more confused than ever about whether to provide harassment prevention training. Does it work? Is it a good investment? Will it actually move the needle as it...
How to Respond to "Orange" Workplace Conduct
If you follow Emtrain’s views on sexual harassment and workplace conduct, you know we believe in color coding conduct as a shared workplace language. People have different views on what...