Blogs

If Your Company Isn’t ‘Gender Bilingual,’ You’re Missing Out

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox 3/7/12

Many managers are ignorant on gender issues or have extreme gender fatigue. Change up old ways of thinking in time for International Women’s Day, writes DE blogger Avivah Wittenberg-Cox.

Bias: You Don’t Have to See It to Believe It

Kellye Whitney 2/23/12

Just because you don’t see unconscious bias doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist and that the unseen isn’t having a tangible impact on actual people.

Impatience Can Be a Virtue, Too

Deanna Hartley 2/21/12

A trait commonly associated with millennials is impatience – and there’s some truth behind that stereotype, but not in an “I want the corner office now” kind of way.

Should You Approach Millennials in a Radically Different Way?

Deanna Hartley 2/3/12

Transparency and candid conversations have a place in the work environment, but presuming to know millennials’ career expectations is dangerous.

If You Were a Poor Black Kid

Kellye Whitney 1/23/12

It’s cool that a middle-aged white man is interested in putting himself in the minority role, but it’s not as easy as it sounds, DE blogger Kellye Whitney explains.

Are members of Gen Y the perennial job hoppers they are often portrayed as, or are they looking for more stable, long-term employment at a company? That seems to be the question du jour, as conflicting stats continue to circulate.

Keep Some Pieces of Yourself at Home

Kellye Whitney 12/12/11

Bringing your whole self to work is a common phrase for diversity practitioners, but I have to say, it’s just not true. Don’t get me wrong, I understand what the phrase means in theory, but in practice, sometimes it’s better for folks to leave some pieces of themselves at home.

More Power to Female Trailblazers

Deanna Hartley 11/12/11

As women rocket into more Fortune 500 leadership roles than ever before, there are lessons to be learned.