I dedicate a fair portion of my professional life to resolving workplace conflict. While I enjoy helping companies once a crisis has occurred, my preference is to help companies avoid crises in the first place. Whether your role is in risk assessment and/or management, legal services, human resources, or employee relations, it is important to…
During our recent Lessons on Building an Effective Unconscious Bias Program webinar, we gave attendees the opportunity to pick the brains of managing unconscious bias expert and Paradigm Founder & CEO, Joelle Emerson, and Emtrain’s Founder & CEO, Janine Yancey. What is Unconscious Bias Training? Unconscious Bias training educates employees on the concept of unconscious bias, helping…
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Pat Wadors, senior vice president of global talent organization at LinkedIn, shared the key element lacking from most diversity and inclusion initiatives: belonging. Despite increased diversity efforts, we’re not really seeing a lasting impact on minority representation in organizations. Wadors drew from her own experience as a female in a…
An inclusive and diverse workforce not only produces better results, it allows for employee’s strengths, talents and perspectives to be heard. Organizations encouraging a variety of opinions from employees working towards a common goal can result in stronger workplace relationships and more successful teams. When your organization becomes aware of common stereotypes that happen on…
