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Jan 11

Implicit Bias & the Unconscious Cycle of Workplace Discrimination: Avoid Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Workplaces often get it wrong regarding how they approach workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion training. A flawed approach leads to frustration or accusations that DEI training is a waste of time and money. If you are the human resource professional driving the process, it could cost you your job. In... read more →

January 11, 2021
Glen Guyton
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Diversity & Inclusion Training, Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Nov 02

How to Lead Diverse Teams Effectively

Is your workplace ready for the workforce of the future? The data is in, and the U.S. workforce is becoming more diverse. Workforce diversity in the U.S. has been increasing for decades. And that isn’t going to change any time soon. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the workforce will... read more →

November 2, 2020
Glen Guyton
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Diversity & Inclusion Training, Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Sep 25

What Types of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training are Right for your Workplace?

A lot of people are interested in diversity training now. It is the “hot” thing in many industries, especially in the awakening of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor killings. America is officially “woke” to some degree. At a minimum, organizations realize that racism is not productive and that in... read more →

September 25, 2020
Glen Guyton
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Diversity & Inclusion Training, Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Apr 24

5 Tips to Help Leaders Respond to Workplace Culture Shifts after Coronavirus

Get Ready for a Culture Shift in the Workplace Culture is the way we do things around here, wherever here happens to be. For many of us practicing physical distancing, that place has been our homes for the past month or so. By all accounts, COVID-19 or Coronavirus has changed... read more →

April 24, 2020
Glen Guyton
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Cultural Competency & Diversity, Leadership & Change Management

Mar 25

Intercultural Communication in the Workplace During Crisis Management

The middle of a crisis is not the ideal time to fix issues of intercultural communication. Still, in the midst of your crisis management execution, clear communication is needed. Crisis: We need to get essential information out to people because we are in a crisis. Barriers to Communication: History of... read more →

Mar 19

Preparation Tips for Business Leaders Responding to COVID-19

Let's get ready for what is next. Most of us were not prepared for the impact of COVID-19 on our respective industries, but I am confident that we will recover. The process may take time but will come back stronger, leaner, and wiser. One thing is abundantly clear, this pandemic... read more →

Jan 28

A Culture of Inclusion: Creating a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace

Why is belonging important in the workplace? For many of us, work is our primary community. A sense of belonging to a greater community improves our motivation, health, and happiness. We spend more time in our workplace than we often do with our own families. “In a 2018 survey, Culture Amp and Paradigm measured employee experience... read more →

Jan 15

The Day-to-Day Work of Practicing Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace

We make practicing diversity and inclusion way too difficult. We make it more complex than it needs to be. I am not saying the work is not without challenges, but it is not rocket science; it is a social science that we all have the capacity for. Calculus kept me... read more →

Dec 15

Avoiding the Glass Cliff – Tips for Women & Minorities in Leadership

This article is about how crisis management relates to leadership opportunities for women and racial minorities. Often organizations that don’t value or understand cultural competence don’t create leadership opportunities for women and people of color until the moment of “What have we got to lose?” 'Glass cliff" references a situation... read more →

December 15, 2019
Glen Guyton
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Women in Leadership, Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Nov 25

Overcome Hiring Bias by Creating New Definitions of Success in the Workplace

In a previous blog post, I outlined Seven Strategies for overcoming Implicit Bias in The Workplace Hiring bias occurs when we have a very narrow definition of success. We often cloak hiring bias in terms such as traditional, orthodox, safe, proven, best-best, less risky. But what we are often saying... read more →