Workplace Diversity: Page 9

Leadership

If You Haven't Removed Bias from Performance Reviews, Then You're Not an Inclusive Leader. Take These Steps to Protect Your Marginalized Employees.

Performance reviews are critical to pay, promotion and assignment opportunities — but they often hurt employees in marginalized groups, thanks to biases. Here are some to watch out for and how to remove them from your reviews.

Leadership

5 Ways to Honor and Respect Indigenous Colleagues as a Leader

Instead of checking boxes as a leader, do the work to understand how you can support Indigenous colleagues.

Growth Strategies

Why Accessibility And Inclusivity In Customer Experiences Matter

Today more than ever, customers are holding brands to higher ethical standards, and are more likely to trust brands that are committed to championing inclusivity across their businesses.

Thought Leaders

Women Are Leaving Corporate America for Entrepreneurship. Here's How to Support Them.

The workplace was designed for men, and the last several years have only reinforced that notion. That's why women are leaving corporate America and opting to be their own boss — and why it's important for allies to educate themselves on the reasons why.

Fundraising

As a Black Woman in Business for 2 Decades, Here's How I've Learned to Navigate Microaggressions and Racism in Networking

Networking is a critical tool in an entrepreneur's toolbox, but it's not an easy one for people of color — and as a Black woman entrepreneur, I'm all too familiar with the microaggressions and sometimes outright racism we have to brush aside. Here are some tips for navigating networking as a person of color.

Leadership

Quiet Quitting Is Dividing the Workforce. Here's How to Bring Everyone Back Together.

With "quiet quitting" dominating conversations about work, it feels like something has broken down in the relationship between employer and employee. Rather than judging one side or the other, we need to get back to open, multidirectional workplace communication that empowers everyone.

Leadership

Stop Expecting Marginalized Groups to Lead Diversity Efforts. It's Time For Allies to Step Up and Put in the Work.

Marginalized groups are being overtasked with leading diversity work, which is driving them away from their jobs — and the No. 1 reason for leaving is burnout. It's time to engage more allies for positive change.

Leadership

How Can Women in Fintech Break the Glass Ceiling?

Here are four pieces of advice for other women looking to break the glass ceiling in fintech that I've learned through my own career journey.

Leadership

Business Leaders Need to Take Inclusive Language More Seriously — Here's Why.

Words that used to be very commonplace are now recognized as exclusionary and have been replaced with more inclusive language. Here's why using that's essential to understand for your business.

Leadership

5 Examples of Unconscious Bias at Work and How to Solve Them

We all have a natural tendency to gravitate toward people similar to us in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, age and lifestyle. This unconscious bias can lead us to hire people who look like us and share similar backgrounds instead of the most qualified candidates.

Leadership

7 Steps to Building a High-Performing Team

Learn how a high-performing team can be mission-critical to any company's survival.

Thought Leaders

Melissa Villanueva of Brewpoint Coffee on Creating Avenues for Café Owners of Color

Interview with Brewpoint Coffee CEO and Founder Melissa Villanueva about balancing community and larger ambitions, creating opportunities for people of color, and equity and inclusion in business.

Employee Experience & Recruiting

How to Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Your Workplace

There is no single "right" approach to DEI because it constantly evolves. We should be developing alongside it.

Thought Leaders

'I'm Not Going to Change the World by Myself, But I Can Start.': How UOMA Beauty's Founder Merges Activism and Makeup to Fight for Change

Sharon Chuter is trailblazing her way through the beauty industry while fighting for equality, equity and representation for women and the Black community.

Thought Leaders

4 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Can Lead With Compassion

If we can't develop a sense of compassion for ourselves and others, how can we make a more diverse, inclusive and equitable world?