Posts Tagged ‘unconscious bias’
Starbucks – Kudos and Caution
Why Your Unconscious Bias Training Isn’t Working Will your company be the next front page story in the news? Will you be the next Starbucks, Google, Monster, or Uber? What are you doing to drive real change and an understanding of diversity and inclusion deep into middle management and throughout your organization to customer-facing employees? In the wake of…
Read MoreMy White Male Epiphany
The Story That Made Me an Advocate This is my white male epiphany. I am a 60-year-old straight white male who works in advancing women and minorities in corporate America. I’m a business consultant and work with Fortune 500 companies and leaders every day to advocate for the values of diversity and inclusion and demonstrate…
Read MoreWhy Your Unconscious Bias Training Isn’t Working
Why Unconscious Gender Bias Training is Essential Will your company be the next Google or Uber? What are you doing to drive real change and an understanding of diversity and inclusion deep into middle management and throughout your organization? It is truly a tale of two strategies, the companies that are doing it well and the companies that are…
Read MoreWhat Can Your Company Learn from the Google Diversity Debacle
Why your diversity and unconscious bias training is failing. Google made headlines over the weekend when a 10-page manifesto released by a white male engineer about his beliefs on meritocracy and the shortcomings of Google’s diversity and unconscious bias training efforts went viral. His essay suggests that the company encourage ideological rather than gender diversity and argues that…
Read MoreHey Guys, Here’s How You Can Advance Women
Every day, an estimated 10,000 baby boomers are retiring. The incoming talent pool of millennials with advanced education is made up of more women than men. Not only are women highly qualified for jobs, they also make up the overwhelming majority of a household’s purchasing decisions. And yet, “companies still treat women like a niche,” says Jeffery Tobias Halter, formerly…
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