Racism and discrimination in the workplace are not new; their legacies are unfortunately centuries old in this country. But in the last several weeks and months, overt acts of racism in America have multiplied in many different arenas–including the workplace.
Read MoreWhen is unwanted physical contact ever OK in the workplace?
Never. Then why is it tolerated? Why is that although women might feel uncomfortable by a touch, a word or an innuendo at work, we might hesitate to speak out?
Read MoreAs in a junction where two or more roads meet, offering the traveler multiple paths.
As in an intersection, a point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far reaching consequences (yep, I googled this one – small clue about my inspiration).
As in the moral crossroads of leadership. Where Google CEO Sundar Pichai stands at this moment.
Read MoreHopefully, most of us are not daily sparring with co-workers behaving similarly to the fired Google employee James Damore who recently unleashed a 10-page anti-diversity, gender-bashing manifesto.
Read MoreI know, I know! I’m usually telling you to GO. To set your intentions higher and embrace your power TO achieve them, and to go full bore to lead your dreams, not follow them.
But as essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, “Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Read More“Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun” was the longest running advertising campaign for Doublemint chewing gum, and Carolyn Morgan may agree it is a slogan that can — at least much of the time– be applied to her own life.
Read MoreThe challenges for women leaders in the bro behaving badly culture prevalent in tech are not new, yet are receiving more attention recently. This is thanks to the recent outrageous antics and sexual harassment confessions of top guns in Silicon Valley.
Read MoreI landed in Phoenix @ 120 degrees. Or 122, but who’s counting. Yes, it feels like putting your head in an oven even if it’s a dry heat.
There’s lots of heat everywhere. They say if you can’t stand it, you should get out of the kitchen. I say this week gave us at least three more reasons why women need to stay in the leadership kitchen.
Read MoreNot every working father has a hint of the glamorous life of new dad George Clooney.He welcomed his twins Ella And Alexander recently when his wife, Amal (an international human rights lawyer), gave birth to the pair. This weekend will be his first Father’s Day as a father.
Sorry may be the hardest word, but sometimes sorry just does not cut it.
You would think most of these caveats about workplace behavior, language and communication would come down to common sense, sprinkled with ethics and a moderate showing of humanity. Never mind your mother or father probably told you all of this by the time you were 6.
Read MoreThe photo shoot recently at the NATO summit in Brussels with the sole male in the otherwise all-female group of world leaders’ spouses says a lot about the under-representation of LGBTQ leaders in politics, business and entrepreneurship around the world.
Read MoreRosie the Riveter may be an iconic American image of a woman working a non-traditional job, but this is not the norm across the globe. Women are not always paid the same as men in fields of home improvement service. One innovator wanted to change all that.
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