I interview people. I love it. I am passionate about it. Interviewing is a skill that I developed over 25 years on local and national network television. I continue now thanks to all the avenues of communication provided by the internet. A mentor of mine told me: “You will recognize…
There are so many organizations and offerings to help fight bias, and if you are paying attention, you can see and hear the growing backlash. Backlash may be created by misinformation and outright fear. Backlash is information just like any other feedback. It must be heard, measured, and accounted for…
It’s no joke. If you are hard on other people you are probably harder on yourself. You see the world through your limiting beliefs. Your secret doubts are motivated by your biases. You’re not pretty enough, wise enough, rich enough. That is all a bias inside you.
I feel a…
Don’t single out people of color to discuss racial issues
Don’t use them as guinea pigs
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Do a 360 confidential survey
Don’t blow the answers out of proportion
Ask for recommendations in the survey
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Make sure everyone knows the unwritten
rules in the workplace (and there are are…
I hate phone trees. I was searching google for others who hated phone trees and I ran across and ad: Phone trees for churches. It got me thinking.
“If you want to talk to God, press 1 for prayers, press 2 for complaints, press 3 for questions like: Dear God…
I currently coach a few geniuses. I have more than my fair share.
They have some things in common. They are breathtakingly smart and can fire off tons of data in a New York minute.* They are so caught up in their projects, creations, and inventions that they don’t see…
You nailed it! We even miss the brilliance that could benefit us all by the assumption that only a certain sector of society with wealth and credentials get to be heard. I have found as an interviewer that some of the most stunning insights have come from those folks who are in the middle and even the bottom of the ladder.
For managers it is abundantly clear that it is nearly impossible to keep the outside world out of the workplace. The issues that arise inevitably come inside in the form of conversations around the water cooler or now as interruptions in the virtual environment. One example: Asian-Americans are not only…
