By Andrea S. Kramer and Alton B. Harris We normally think of stereotypes as preconceived ideas we have about other people because of their gender, race, domestic situation, or other social identity. However, we also have stereotypes about ourselves because of our own social identities. Thus, we are likely to unconsciously hold assumptions about our […]Read More

Challenging the myths around the one -ism that affects all of us. By Tina Essmaker Illustration by Javier Suarez “This is the one -ism that affects every single one of us,” Cindy Gallop, the self-proclaimed Michael Bay of business, told me. She continued, “Say your age from as early as possible and as often as possible.” Gallop does […]Read More

Shannon Whittington, RN, MSN, CCM, LGBTQ+ Health certified, is a published author and certified speaker with the John Maxwell team. Her areas of expertise include LGBTQ+, inclusiveness, Diversity & Inclusion, and Servant Based Leadership. Shannon has a passion for transgender health and she educates clinicians in gender affirming surgeries. Shannon was greatly honored to receive […]Read More

By Laura Morgan Roberts and Anthony J Mayo “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which [one] has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington, the educator, author, activist, and presidential adviser, wrote those words more than a century ago […]Read More

By Tanya Tarr In business and life, success hinges on managing a game of expectations. In times of deep uncertainty – like now – it can be nearly impossible to win that game. So how do you increase your odds of success? Whether it’s a pandemic, international deployment or on-boarding into a new organizational world, […]Read More