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How to Be Inclusive of All Body Types at Work
Consider the importance of designing workspaces that are inclusive of all body types. Get helpful suggestions for ensuring that employees of all shapes and sizes are comfortable and productive in their workspaces.
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How Can I Empower Women Employees?
Women make up almost half the global workforce but just 8 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. In order to expand opportunities for women in leadership and career development, we must understand how to empower them in our workplaces on a daily basis.
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Why is Social Class Diversity Important in the Workplace?
Social class diversity is about embracing employees of all socioeconomic backgrounds for the diverse perspectives they bring to the table. Here’s why it matters in the workplace and how bias can get in the way of advancement opportunities for people from lower economic origins.
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What Does It Mean To Eat Halal?
Muslim people who eat halal follow specific dietary guidelines derived from the Quran. These guidelines include avoiding pork, alcohol, and eating only meat that has been prepared according to Islamic dietary laws.
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Navigating Differences between Frontline Professionals and Their Customer Base
Challenges can be posed when frontline professionals don't mirror the demographics of an organization's customer base. But we also know that diversity goes far beyond what's on the outside; it's the inside that really matters. With that knowledge in mind, it's easy to train frontline professional...
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What is Diwali?
The Diwali festival, also known as Divali or Deepawali, is a holiday that’s widely celebrated by people from a variety of religions and countries. Here’s an overview of this celebration honoring the triumph of good over evil.
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How Women Managers Benefit the Workplace
Men in top leadership roles outnumber women by a ratio of two to one. In order to achieve gender equality in the workplace, women need greater access to management positions. Here’s a breakdown of the benefits of hiring women managers.
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History of Neurodiversity
The brain contains a range of natural cognitive variations, called “neurodiversity,” impacting learning, attention, mood, sociability, and other functions. Organizations should recognize that neurodiversity can be a benefit to productivity, creativity, innovation, collaboration, and diversity of ...
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How Your Job Descriptions Might Be Excluding Women
Tremendous progress has been made toward achieving workplace equality for women, but the work isn’t complete. One contributing factor is the way employers word job descriptions. Find out why and learn how we can start to fix this problem.
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Common Microaggressions Against Women at Work
Women in the workplace face a number of gender-based microaggressions, including interruptions, pet names, and unpaid tasks. Understand what to look out for so you can better empower your women colleagues to do their best work.
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Accent & Language Biases
Accent and language bias describes our tendency to prefer those who sound like us, while judging more harshly those who speak a different language or with a different accent. This type of bias impacts hiring decisions and career advancement.
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What is Body Positivity, and Why Does It Matter?
Body positivity is a worldwide movement focusing on equality for and acceptance of people of all body types. Body positivity says that every person deserves to like themselves and have a positive self-image, regardless of what their body looks like.
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Gender and Stress in Cross-Race Interactions
Consider the findings of a variety of research studies that explore the stress generated by interactions between individuals of different genders and races. While more research is needed to reach definitive conclusions, these preliminary insights are thought-provoking.
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How to Become a WBE (Women-Owned Business), and its Benefits
Becoming certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) is a great way to gain access to unique opportunities and capital. It’s also a sure way to stand out from the enterprises around you.
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Supporting First-Generation Professionals
First-generation professionals are defined as people who have moved from a working-class background to a white-collar career. Learn steps to remove class bias from the workplace and instead provide equal footing to first-generation professionals.
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What is Weight-Related Discrimination?
Discrimination based on body size is rampant and often unmitigated. By working to understand common unconscious biases related to weight, size, shape, and appearance, we can do a better job to treat all people and all bodies respectfully.
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What is Sexism?
Expand your understanding of the term sexism, the wide-ranging societal impacts of sexist actions and attitudes, and how to mitigate the effects of sexism by acknowledging and addressing stereotypes, biases, and sexist behaviors.
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The Business Benefits of Learning Spanish
Spanish is spoken by over 550 million people worldwide and has the second-largest population of native speakers in the world. Learn why Spanish language proficiency is becoming a highly useful skill for executives and professionals to learn.
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How to Become a DOBE (Disability-Owned Business Enterprise), and its Benefits
For business owners who have disabilities, becoming a certified Disability-Owned Enterprise grants access to excellent business and mentoring opportunities that can help level the playing field and bring positive attention to your enterprise.
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The Benefits of Hiring Veterans
Consider the many benefits that veterans bring to civilian organizations, including leadership, communications training, a growth mindset, and a teamwork-based work ethic. Confirm the value of hiring veterans to expand the acquired diversity of your team.
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Using Food to Celebrate Diversity
Food does much more for us than simply provide nourishment. It connects us to different cultures and presents an opportunity for shared experiences. Celebrating our differences through food and drink is a great way to gain a deeper understanding and acceptance of those around us.
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How to Become a LGBTQ-Owned Business (LGBTBE), and its Benefits
Becoming an LGBTQ-Owned Business (LGBTBE) can benefit your company by giving you access to unique business opportunities, stronger relationships and connections through networking, and special events and conferences.
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The Value of Lived Experience
Lived experience is the idea that people bring deep value and insight to organizations based on the factors that make them distinct. Different perspectives merge profit and purpose by utilizing and learning from people’s unique viewpoints.
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To Hire People with Invisible Diversity, How Do You Tactfully Get This Data?
Learn a few ways in which your organization can increase its inclusiveness and become a place where people feel comfortable disclosing all parts of their identities, before and after they are hired.