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The X-Factors for Diverse and Inclusive Leadership
It’s no surprise that numerous studies have shown the link between the lack of a diverse and inclusive workplace culture and employee turnover. And with turnover costing US companies $1T annually, inclusion is an area that leaders can’t afford to overlook. To...
Change Management, Culture, and DEI are All About Marketing
I think of the work I do in organizational change, culture change, and DEI as internal branding and marketing. Indeed, to get employees on board the ship and buying into a change, you first need to make that change attractive enough to catch their attention. ...
Diversity Can Help Your Business Be More Successful
The year 2020 changed the face of how businesses operate on a daily basis, not just because of the new work-from-home setups, but also because of the protests that occurred around the country and the world against institutionalized racism. More people than ever...
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Is Your Organization Too Structured or Too Agile? Here’s How to Fix It.
There are so many gifts being ordered on Amazon right now that your doorbell might ring to notify you of a new package before you finish reading this article. As many of us stayed home this holiday season, Amazon continued to set holiday shopping records. The...
Why is DEI so Hard?
Reason #1: The Definition — DEI is More. Today, in spite of all our society has been through, we talk about diversity in a very limited fashion. That’s why it becomes a box to check rather than an actual strategic imperative. Did we hire enough black people? LGBT...
5 Ways to Measure Organizational Culture
Culture has long been a favorite corporate buzzword — along with “agile,” “diversity,” “customer-centric,” among other favorites. But these terms, over time, become so overused that we almost forget what they mean and how they impact us. They become boxes to...
What is the Lack of Organizational Alignment Costing You?
The key to organizational effectiveness is alignment: across people, across data, across tools, and across KPIs. And organizational alignment depends on timely, clear, and relevant communication. Problems show up when we rely on the human alone to enable this...
A Tip for Getting D&I Right: Build a Culture of Empathy Over Moral Superiority
Until this year, I didn't fully grasp how much racism is enmeshed in our country's DNA, not somewhere far away in Middle America, but often right under my nose. How practically every public school I have heard of has been named after a slaveowner. And the very city I...
Why Workplaces and Individuals Need Storytelling Training
When was the last time you were taught something to - or worse - preached something to? How did it feel? Here is a story about something that happened a few years back at one of my clients. "The New Rules" A couple years back, I was leading change management for a...