Dedicate one hour to clearly articulate a goal for yourself to move forward on your DEIB journey. What could that goal look like? It could be about gaining knowledge about experiences of others who identify differently than you — and creating your own reading or viewing list for the year…

Pre-COVID, networking commonly meant chatting people up at the multitude of conferences, happy hours, association meetings, and the many other events that were held. Now, our interactions have to be much more intentional as we navigate life mostly virtually. In this intentional mode, we have to be more conscious of…

What do you think of when you hear the term “diversity”? What automatically comes to mind? Is it quotas? Is it Affirmative Action? Is it recruiting? Is it “diversity of thought”? If so, these are all legacy associations with the term or attempts to get around what the real DEI…

It’s valuable to have insight into other people’s perspectives. For some of us, opportunities arise frequently to speak with people from a variety of backgrounds in a professional setting about matters relevant to our work. And for some of us, it takes intentional effort to create the conditions for those…

Someone recently asked me, “Which one of your life or personal experiences deserves to be on your resume?” My mind went right to cookie-cutter responses about awards I won outside of work or how I managed to build a dynamic career starting with an English degree but I landed on…

We often hear of bystander intervention in the context of acts of violence or aggression we may witness in public. But they can also be effective when we’re eyewitnesses to microaggressions in the workplace. Instead of feeling helpless when you’re overhearing a verbal exchange gone wrong or when you hear…

It’s already begun — the “holiday season” sales, the decorations on store shelves, the discussions about scheduling holiday leave. But not everyone celebrates the same “holidays.” Our society is so centered on Christian observances that they even dictate our corporate holidays. …

This week’s challenge boils down to equitable attribution. Diversity and inclusion tend to be the two big topics in the DEI spotlight but let’s not continue to glance over equity, which in many ways could be considered the most critical. Equity is tied to some very real outcomes, like promotions…

All too often, we’ll see a peer, direct report, or even a manager go above and beyond in their work and while we recognize it, we’re not intentional about making sure that recognition is documented. Supporting documentation — whether it’s an email or a social media post or even a…