Now that awards season is over, you’re likely familiar with the titles of and possibly the actors who stared in the nominated and winning films. “Hidden Figures” , a film based on the true story of three African American Mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race, was one such film. “Fences” , the big screen version of the 1987, Pulitzer Prize winning play by ... Read Full Article
Is My Bias Showing? (Moving from Woke-ish to Woke)
That part of my career spent in HR has been filled with new learning about people. All kinds of people. One thing I have come to learn is that there is a huge difference between understanding something about another person's experience and feeling what they feel. I can't know how they feel about certain things because I am not them. I do not have the experiences that they have ... Read Full Article
Fine, Be a Bigot
It's not often our parents suggest we are anything less than authentic but from time to time back in my teenage years, my mom would tell me, "Heather, you may be the devil's spawn but for God's sake, quit acting like it!" She was, of course, suggesting that I present a kinder, more gentler me. Perhaps she hoped if I acted like a nicer person, I would eventually become one. I ... Read Full Article
Blue Lights, White Privilege
Let me start this by acknowledging that it represents a single data point. There is just not sufficient information to determine why the officer involved did what he did. I believe that many white Americans can simply not comprehend what is referred to as white privilege, and I hope maybe this will help in at least a small way as we continue to try and understand the situations ... Read Full Article
Legislation to Protect Unearned Privilege by Tim Gardner
As I write this today, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has let it be known that he is vetoing the proposed "Free Exercise Protection Act", House Bill 757. The "protection" part of the act was to protect faith-based groups who refused to provide social, educational or charitable services that violate their religious beliefs. Oh, and they could avoid hiring someone whose religious ... Read Full Article
Unknown Battles of Women
A women at work theme on PiC this month? No worries, I know lots of women at work. My wife is a woman at work. She has been in a leadership or entrepreneurial roles since she was 23. My mother is semi-retired and continues running her business on a limited scale because she enjoys it. My daughter is (all too quickly becoming) a woman at work. Highly entrepreneurial, she has ... Read Full Article
Marginalizing Women
The song remains the same. By now we should know we have a problem with women in the workplace. Despite the fact that they outnumber men (at least in the US) in total workforce population, percent of management and professionals, they cannot find their way into the C-suite. I'm constantly surprised people don't know this. As I teach and speak I frequently asks groups what ... Read Full Article