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17 Jul 2017

Who Is Eric’s Aunt On ‘The Bachelorette’? Twitter Instinctively Loves Her

By Mariella Mosthof at Romper Hometown dates kicked off in Baltimore with Rachel Lindsay meeting Eric Bigger’s warm, supportive family, but one woman in his life instantly charmed Twitter. His aunt wasted no time in bringing up race, refreshingly asking Rachel how she’s been handling the pressure of being the first black Bachelorette. So who is Eric’s aunt on The Bachelorette? Auntie ...

14 Jul 2017

What If I Say the Wrong Thing? 10 Tips for Culturally Effective People

This week I had the honor — and fun! — of speaking at Relate Live by Zendesk, a three-day conference on how people can build better relationships with their customers and each other. (See my post-event video here!) In my presentation, “What if I say the wrong thing? Interrupting bias in ourselves and others,” I talked about how people can practice culturally effective habits to help b...

08 Jul 2017

When Potential Mentors Are Mostly White and Male

Unconscious bias can influence who leaders choose as their protégés. Can its effects be mitigated? by Alexandra E. Petri for The Atlantic Stacy Blake-Beard was 29 years old when she was starting out as a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Not only was she the youngest faculty member, but she was also younger than most of her students. One day, one of her do...

16 Jun 2017

Diverse Interview Panels May Be a Key to Workplace Diversity

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis When Karenga Ross met Intel senior leaders at a conference of the National Society of Black Engineers two years ago, they invited her to throw her hat into the ring for opportunities at the company. The next day, she found herself facing a panel of interviewers that included two women who—like her—are African-American. “Wow, this is different,” Karenga r...

09 Jun 2017

A Mere 12% Of Companies Are Truly Inclusive — Here’s How To Fix That

By Jeff Kauflin, Forbes Staff Many businesses acknowledge the importance of building a diverse team. But if employees of different backgrounds don’t feel like they belong, diversity doesn’t mean much. A new Deloitte study shows that, although 71% of organizations aspire to have inclusive cultures, only 12% meet that goal. “Inclusion is taking people with diverse backgrounds and sayin...

24 May 2017

Harvard Business School Has A Diversity Problem — Here’s How To Fix It

Last week Dean Nitin Nohria of Harvard Business School penned an editorial for the Washington Post on how diversity fails without inclusion. I appreciate how hard it must have been to go public on a subject that seems controversial to some: the lack of respect and equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds that still pervades our most august institutions. As a Black woman from worki...

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