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Getting to the Root Cause of Conflict: The Power Dynamics Model
In my experience, in order to effectively stop abuse at work, we have to support both the victim and the perpetrator in understanding and...
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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...
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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...
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One Powerful Thing We Can Do to Increase Safety and Health
When I ask employees why they want to report harassment or pursue lawsuits against their employers for discrimination, the most common...
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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...
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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...
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The Inclusive Leader: Honoring Perspectives and Owning Biases
When I am at speaking events, I often get questions like, “What about people who are just misunderstanding and unreasonably interpreting...
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Opportunity, Inclusion, and Growth
Many employers believe they are working toward solving discrimination by simply hiring a “diverse” workforce, and that is a great first...
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Pulling the "Push Only" Door
“The only other advice I have is that things are really sexist, and we just have to deal with it.” Early in my legal career, this was...
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Fostering a Healthy Workplace Culture
When I listened to Rhea’s voicemail message, I could hear the panic in her voice. She said that she had made an appointment for later...