Including Outsiders
I just spent a few days in Key West, Florida on vacation. I can't say enough good things about Key West; it's a fabulous place to vacation. But you know me, even on vacation I end up thinking about organizational issues! ...
Category: Inclusion and Diversity
Generational Research Does Not Provide Answers (Friday Quote)
I haven't done a Friday Quote in a while, and today I'm drawing from an ebook that I wrote (gasp) six years ago, on Generational Diversity. I've been thinking a lot about generations lately. I'm wondering if it's time to ...
Diversity for White People
I've been witness to a couple of interesting conversations about diversity within the association community in the last week. First, in an online community, one member shared a Huffington Post article about "angry white ...
Diversity and Innovation (Friday Quote)
In Monday's post, I reflected about the ASAE Annual Meeting and how some of the sub-communities seemed to be operating in separate circles. My underlying concern in that post is that we're eliminating a critical componen ...
Advice on Leadership, Conflict, and Diversity
I was interviewed by the folks at Reputation.com for their blog, including questions about conflict, trust, performance reviews, and culture. Check it out. ...
What Makes Women Great Leaders
The headline in the email from smartbrief captured my attention: 6 Reasons that Women Make Great Leaders Congratulations to marketer who wrote that subject line! It got me to open the email and click on the article. Th ...
Presentation: Managing the Multi-Generational Workplace
Here are my slides from this morning's presentation to the Architectural Precast Association in San Antonio. For a change, I'm NOT speaking about Humanize, but talking about generational differences in the workplace. ...
Race and Politics
I was having a good week this week. After some busy travel weeks, I was back in the office getting stuff done. Writing some good blog posts. Facilitating conversations. Mapping out future crazy travel weeks. The usual. T ...
A Good Conversation About Inclusion
Last week Jeffrey Cufaude wrote a post about a struggle he was having--a struggle with being one of four totally awesome people selected for a conference panel who all happened to be white. He struggled because it seems ...
Inclusion Brings Change
I was at a gathering of association folks on Monday, and the topic turned to generational differences. I was all excited to share some of the knowledge that I have on that topic (by the way, I have recently priced my Gen ...