By Lauren R. Locklear, Shannon G. Taylor, and Maureen L. Ambrose It can feel like there’s little to be grateful for these days. Many of us are stressed about our health, our finances, and our jobs and these worries can create a vicious downward spiral, impacting our physical and mental health, hurting our performance at work, and straining […]Read More
By Brian Chan Opening up Productivity power Cultural diversity is very popular in western countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. New immigrants move into these countries every day and become part of the community. A diverse working environment welcomes hiring diversity, and logically when you are more open to more candidates regardless of their […]Read More
By Lars Hyland In the vast majority of organisations, HR, learning, engagement and performance teams operate in isolation. There is often little communication between teams, leading to conflicting information, confusion, duplication of effort and missed opportunities. This scenario may feel all too familiar. The learning team launches a training initiative, but it clashes with the […]Read More
By Mark Seeman The struggle to establish and maintain a consistent culture and set of behaviours across a workforce is nothing new. Large organisations have always faced the challenge of delivering a consistent customer and employee experience across continents, countries, regions and cities. However, for the most part, they have at least had the advantage […]Read More
Brian Gallagher Business owners and human resources departments continually look for ways to increase employee engagement and reduce turnover at their companies. As with anything, there is no silver bullet, but the benefits of employee engagement have proven to be a worthy pursuit. Although sometimes it is difficult to tie a qualitative metric to a […]Read More
By Carmen Morris Unconscious bias training (UBT) has been ‘done to death’ but why do people want it? In recent times, the requests for diversity and inclusion training has seen a renewed vigour. Diversity and inclusion consultants, like myself, have witnessed an increase in the amount of requests for this training, from those seeking to develop race […]Read More
As the popular saying goes, “The marathon continues.” As protests persist in the streets of cities around the United States, the conversation about racism in the workplace and the need for allyship has grown louder. We recently shared some of the experiences of being “other” in the office, stories that were equal parts infuriating and […]Read More
Kanarys advisor Steve Buchareti recently spoke on workplace fairness in part one of his two-part presentation. Steve is the president of Bucherati Group and retired from Coca-Cola where he was the global chief diversity officer. Below are some of the learnings from his presentation, “How the Coca-Cola Company Became a Best-in-Class Fair and Equitable Workplace.” […]Read More
Timothy R. Clark The Covid-19 virus has disrupted and rearranged the workplace with breathtaking speed. In the span of a week, organizations across every sector have sent millions of employees home to work remotely. Without warning — and in many cases, without preparation of any kind — managers have been thrust into the position of […]Read More
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