NOT Sympathy Empathy is the ability to identify and understand another person’s situation without judgment, the full acceptance of their story. You have not lived their situation to be able to relate to it. Sympathy, by contrast, is projecting a feeling of less...
Next Pivot Point Podcast Interview with Minda Harts I read Minda Harts’ book The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table early 2020 and remember thinking how different the lived experiences women of color were in Corporate America. ...
Next Pivot Point Podcast Interview about Male Allies Brad Johnson and David Smith have been allies of mine for some time. They were quick to endorse and write forewords for my books on allyship, have introduced me to amazing allies in the diversity and inclusion...
Intersectionality is Key to Understanding Diversity and Inclusion Kimberle Crenshaw, TED talk speaker on The Urgency of Intersectionality, defines intersectionality as “a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and...
How to celebrate women’s suffrage and promote gender equality all the time, not just in 2020—and examine how far we’ve come and how far we have to go. 2020 is the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and women earning the right to vote. While this is an...
Every industry is male-dominated (and usually white-dominated). Learn five talk tracks to encourage improved gender equality. There is no such thing as a female-dominated industry. Yet, it is often given as the blanket excuse for low women in leadership...
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