Blog – Category Equality
Which Business Certifications Should I Get – Are Minority Certifications Worth It?
Seeking out minority business certifications can help your company scale to new heights by introducing you to an audience searching for businesses specific to your group. By obtaining these certifications, you set yourself apart and make your business easier to find.
How Is Covid Affecting Women in the Workforce?
This year has been rough. Covid-19 has affected everyone. I know that it has impacted me and my life. There have been so many changes in our daily routines. Kids are learning from home and families are spending holidays apart. I don’t know if we could have predicted...
What happened in Washington?
I want to share my reaction to the chaos we witnessed in Washington DC, where a Trump supporter riot stormed their way into the heart of America, the Capitol building. Now, there's absolutely no denying that the behavior witnessed is disgraceful and the loss of life...
Thoughts On The 2020 Election
The 2020 election has reminded us just how divided this country really is and I guarantee that division is having an impact on your workplace unity (whether you're seeing it or not). Unless you make a deliberate effort to unify your team, those differences in opinion...
Women Business Owners Facing Adversity
Even in what we now can call ‘normal times’, before the pandemic turned our world upside down and inside out, women often ran up against gender barriers when trying to be successful entrepreneurs. There is a full range of these and all of us have experienced some of...
How to Facilitate Difficult Conversations
How to have difficult conversations that can end well? Yes, this is a skill you can learn. Now, more than ever, difficult conversations are everywhere. You and many people around you are full of fear and anxiety, understandably. You--and they--are feeling discomfort...
Understanding Black Perspective… As Someone With White Privilege
Having White Privilege doesn’t make you a bad person…but denying Black Americans’ world view might. As a white woman and the mother of a mixed-race daughter, the first thing I accept about my viewpoint is it is skewed. I have white privilege. I can never know what...
The Reason Why Cancel Culture Is Toxic
Harmful or Helpful? How mob mentality and public shaming are igniting Cancel Culture and what you can do about it.
True Characteristics Of a Leader
The characteristics of a leader—a real leader—show through when there is crisis and chaos. A leader should embrace the importance of listening over aggression. Only by hearing all of the facts, can we truly unite and achieve meaningful change.
How Diversity In The Workplace Encourages Innovation And Entrepreneurship — Even During A Crisis!
Without diversity in the workplace, innovation and entrepreneurship are limited. Tap into the full potential of your team by listening to all voices. That way, you can get through the crisis together.
Diversity of Thoughts In A Crisis
In this video, I walk you through the three stages that happen during the low end of the business cycle and how important it is to bring in every voice on the team – diversity of thoughts in a time of crisis.
Does Ageism In The Workplace Exist?
Let me know what you think about ageism in the workplace and what you have observed in your own company. Kindly also share this with those who lead companies or teams, so that they can learn and do a better job of dealing with these issues.
Why We Should Be Encouraging Father’s Parental Leave
I believe that maternity leave for men—which I like to describe as ‘parental leave’—is truly important especially when we look at equality from the other side. Equal means equal all the way around.
Understanding Gender Communication Differences
Communication creates community. Community is essential to success on a team. In this article, you’ll learn about data that supports gender communication differences, and you’ll be surprised how early on they start.
The Benefits Of Inclusion Training
In this video, I’ll share the benefits of inclusion training and what diverse employment can do for your organization. It also includes good tips on how to make the business case for initiating inclusion and diversity trainings in your firm.
Is Promotion in the Workplace Fair?
In this video, I explain why there seems to be a strong bias against working moms. Fair promotion in the workplace means that working moms get equal opportunity rather than being relegated to the side as less committed, less capable and less worthy.
Men and Women in Business: Why Gender Balance is Important
Gender balance is important in the workplace—critical, in fact. That’s what the numbers show and common sense suggests it as well. But, we don’t seem to be getting any closer to achieving this. Why not? Why are men and women in business at odds?
How to Get More Women on Boards?
Here I explore whether the increasing focus to have more women on boards is merely a fad. Is this something that will pass or is this a trend that will grow?
