Developing Our Culture Competency
Why Workplace Skills Are Just As Important As Career Skills People prepare for their careers by developing and practicing the skills related to their domain. Marketers practice writing; salespeople practice...
Real-World True Stories of Diversity and Bias : What We Can Learn
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...
People Skills Require A Shared Workplace Language
People often believe they have all the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the workplace without conflict … as long as they are a “nice” person. But here’s the...
Strong Cultures Produce Strong Results
In the last few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with three remarkable business leaders - Steve Cadigan, who was previously at Linkedin, Dave Mandelbrot, the CEO of...
Using Core Values in Workplace Culture to Drive Results
How do savvy business leaders use workplace culture to drive results? They weave culture and core values into every aspect of the business - from recruiting to onboarding, to team...
Three Ways to Make Sure Your Online Training Program Hits the Mark
More than ever, company leaders are being asked to step up efforts to prevent harassment and other workplace misconduct. Many leaders in HR, talent, training, diversity and legal departments have...
MeToo and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace -- What If You Have Been the Offending Party?
With the #MeToo movement still going strong, it’s causing many to ask themselves either “has this happened to me?” or “did I do something like this to someone else?” It’s...
How to Handle Claims of Harassment or Misconduct in a MeToo World
The #MeToo movement has empowered people to speak up about inappropriate, sexually-charged behavior. But there are still lingering questions: Is it okay for me to handle issues myself? At what...
Here Are the Elements for a Monopolization Claim under the Federal Antitrust Laws
Earlier this month, our new Antitrust and Competition Law course expert, Jarod Bona, shared some insights on his blog about how the federal antitrust agencies and courts decide if an organization's behavior would...
Six Ways To Prevent Workplace Harassment
It’s pretty clear that the way most companies handle sexual harassment issues isn’t working. Victims feel they can’t report incidents for fear of retaliation, HR feels obligated to protect the...
What Color Is Your Workplace?
Imagine a scene where a group of colleagues are having a brainstorming meeting. At first, everything is on-topic and productive. Then a manager says something inappropriate: maybe it’s a sexual...
A New Day, A New Sexual Harassment Scandal
A new day, a new sexual harassment scandal in the news. It’s clear we are in a watershed moment for the acknowledgment of illegal behavior and real consequences for those...