Creating inclusive workplace cultures has become a significant focus for many organizations. In 2021, the proportion of women in senior management globally grew to 31% from 29% in 2019, the highest number ever recorded. While…
According to Businessolver’s State of Workplace Empathy study, 93 percent of employees reported they would stay with an empathetic employer, and 82 percent of employees would leave their position to work for a more empathetic…
Each one of us has some biases, conscious or unconscious. However, issues arise when we do not do enough to prevent these biases from affecting our day-to-day work. One such bias is favoring a particular…
Companies are recognizing the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are making efforts to ensure that everyone feels included, regardless of their race, gender, age, or background. By doing this, they are…
Gender and innovation are closely intertwined. The lack of gender diversity in innovation teams and leadership positions contributes to a lack of diverse perspectives and limits the potential for breakthrough ideas. Research has shown that…
Microaggressions are one aspect on the spectrum of racism. They are interpersonal, everyday occurrences that have a significant impact. When faced with the need to eradicate racism in our society, it can feel like an…
There is a plethora of tools available to navigate the vast ocean of social media ranging from rudimentary to advanced. Some tools only help employers discover the candidate’s contact information, email, and phone number. Then…
India and the U.S. are such vast and populous geographies that drawing comparison points of cultural differences between the two can result in people making sweeping generalizations. A young, ambitious software engineer from New Delhi…
Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI) is an Atlanta-based non-profit with origins dating back to the 1960s, giving it almost 60 years of experience in the disability community. BDI aims to help people of all abilities reach…
English as a Second Language (ESL) is a traditional term for the use or study of the English dialect by non-native speakers in an English-talking surrounding. Those surroundings can be a country in which English…
A pronoun is a word that refers to either the person who is talking (like “I” or “you”) or someone or something that they are talking about (like “she” “it”, or “them”). Gender pronouns are…
Discrimination is seen and felt in almost every aspect of life, it is an act of making unfair distinctions between people based on race, gender, age, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, as well as other…
