Being Targeted or Worried About Being Fired for Pretextual Reasons?
We are seeing a rise in layoffs of people with protected characteristics lately, where the boss/employer blames it on COVID or finances....
Introducing the IMPACT Model for Cultural Health
Have you ever heard that our intent and our impact might be different? We mean to be kind, but people take what we say as criticism. We...
Be a Better Ally: What to Do When You Observe Harassment or Discrimination
I truly believe that having a healthy workplace culture is the way that we create better businesses, lead more productive lives, and can...
Money and Sex: Dispelling the Stigma
Money and sex are two areas that many of us have enormous shame around. Unfortunately, secrecy around money and sex has perpetuated huge...
How to Stop Offensive Behavior
For inclusive leaders in the workplace, shifting power dynamics can be difficult in a different way. Hestia described that when she...
'The Rock' and Cognitive Bias
Imagine you have a co-worker who keeps stealing your pens. Most of us have had something like that happen – a co-worker who takes the...
Real, Long-Term Solutions for Healthy Workplace Culture
Investigations are often not necessary in response to harassment and discrimination allegations. But the way you know if they are...
What Warrants an Investigation?
“Then he asked me if I wanted to ‘pursue a formal investigation,’” Maia told me about her conversation with an administrator where she...
The Importance of Having a Confidential Reporting System in Place
“It took a lot of courage for me to come forward and to work with a therapist to get where I am today. I’m not sure I would have ever...
Listening with Curiosity
Once you have created a Cultural Health survey to help diagnose possible areas for improvement within your company, the second step is to...
