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Why Hire a Diversity Consultant? Top Three Reasons.
There are many reasons to hire a consultant, and when it comes to expanding diversity and inclusion, there are three stand-out reasons: You want an objective perspective – someone without strong biases...
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First Measures for Diversity & Inclusion Success
Yesterday, 16 law firms from our neighboring north country announced they were joining forces to form the Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Network. They are working together to improve their diversity...
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Do Chief Diversity Officers Intrinsically Marginalize Diversity Efforts?
In a recent article on expanding diversity and inclusion in higher education and on college and university campuses, (“Campus Diversity: Beyond Just Enrollment”), Mary Hinton from Mount Saint Mary...
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Strategies to Offset the Silo Risk for Diversity & Inclusion
In a followup to my post last month about the risk of having diversity & inclusion efforts be too easy siloed within organizations, I found a number of articles to help both prevent the silo effect...
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Value of Diversity in Higher Education
“Significantly, the existing precedent established in the Michigan case regarding the importance of diversity in the educational context remains valid.” On Monday, June 24, 2013, the United States...
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Employers: More Proof that Providing Transition-related Care to Transgender...
Costs and Benefits of Providing Transition-related Health Care Coverage in Employee Health Benefits Plans: Findings from a Survey of Employers By Jody L. Herman September 2013 Employers report zero or...
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LGBT Workplace Inclusion Guide for China Launched
On Sept. 21 in Beijing, IBM and Goldman Sachs helped launch a new guide to LGBT inclusion in the workplace. According to Gay Star News, the Asian workplace diversity non-profit group Community Business...
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New report reveals that as many as 94% of African Americans downplay their...
A new study just released describes the process of “covering” as those who attempt to downplay their relative areas of “difference” in order to fit into the corporate culture. African Americans, women...
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How to Create a Plan for Racial Inclusiveness: One Nonprofit Story
This is part one in a multi-part series documenting the story of one historically white organization’s journey toward becoming racially inclusive. The series seeks to document the challenges and...
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UK Employers commit to Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week 2013
United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 11 November 2013 Inclusive Employers members across various sectors have signed up to offer work experience through the programme, which aims to improve the employment chances...
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Perception Vs. Reality: Seeing through racialized lenses
How to Create a Plan for Racial Inclusiveness: One Nonprofit Story [Vol.2 | 12-4-13] By Kathleen LaTosch This is a multi-part story documenting one historically white organization’s journey toward...
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The Cost of Diversity Without Inclusion
Part 3 of One Nonprofit Story on Creating a Plan for Racial Inclusiveness [1-15-14] By Kathleen LaTosch This is a multi-part story documenting one historically white organization’s journey toward...
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Building Trust after Trust is Broken
Part 4 of One Nonprofit Story on Racial Inclusivity Picture this: You’ve had concerns brought to you about the diversity and inclusion within your agency. Some of the concerns run deep; they may even...
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Employers, What’s your Water Cooler Conversation on Michigan’s Gay Marriage...
I get called on a lot to help businesses create a more welcoming environment for their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees. As part of the presentation, I help HR professionals and...
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Getting Commitment from the Top
Perhaps one of most pressing questions from people who are working on best practices for diversity and inclusion is “what if we do all this work – collecting information and making recommendations for...
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Beyond Diversity Programs: Planting Seeds for Systemic Change
How do you take something from a diversity “project” to becoming integrated into the everyday workings of an institution? Systemic change is at the heart of true diversity and inclusion work – - to...
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I’ll Show You Mine: Transparency in Diversity & Inclusion Work
“The first step is admitting you have a problem,” so goes the old Alcoholics Anonymous adage. In diversity and inclusion work, it’s important to not only acknowledge this truth internally, but...
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Diversity Recruiting Strategy – First Steps
Many diversity conversations start with the question, “how do we recruit more people of color (or more women or more ________ people)?” and while recruitment is certainly a worthy area to address, it’s...
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Lessons from the Mayor of Ferguson for White Leaders
The images and stories emerging from Ferguson have been shocking. What is also shocking is to hear the Mayor of Ferguson confidently proclaim that his city does not have a racial divide, and further,...
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Ferguson & the Gay Rights Movement
This week Ruth Bader Ginsberg drew an important distinction between the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement – and she’s not been alone in her assessment. The gay rights movement, which...
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