June 9th, 2008
Another Monday morning. There are pros and cons to being self-employed, but it has certainly made Monday mornings different! I know enjoy them much more than in the past. Last week was a busy and wonderful week. I had several client workshops, and had the opportunity to work with some great corporate/for-profit folks, an amazing [Read More…]
May 29th, 2008
More dates and locations for Working with Humans workshops: Friday, May 30th (Omaha) Wednesday, July 16th (Omaha) Thursday, July 17th (Lincoln, NE) Friday, July 18th (Grand Island, NE) Monday, July 21st (Sioux Falls, SD) If you have not attended one, you should think about registering for one of these or contacting me about scheduling [Read More…]
May 28th, 2008
From Workforce Management: The Future of Diversity: Changing Focus, Practices Can Create New Business In 2004, the U.S. Census Bureau projected that by midcentury the U.S. population would be 50 percent nonwhite. For many Detroit companies, the report crystallized what they were already starting to understand—diversity is the future. This series focuses on how one [Read More…]
May 27th, 2008
From Danielle Nantkes, Field Director Nebraskans United: Greetings! The Memorial Day holiday has recently passed and summer is finally here. Along with the enjoyable aspects of the season, baseball games, barbecues, and gardening, comes another more unsavory aspect of summer-OUT OF STATE PAID CIRCULATORS flooding into Nebraska pushing their dangerous political agenda. This year [Read More…]
May 23rd, 2008
From the New York Times: Diversity Isn’t Rocket Science, Is It?By LISA BELKIN BACK in the bad old days, the workplace was a battleground, where sexist jokes and assumptions were the norm. Women were shut off from promotion by an old boys’ network that favored its own. They went to meetings and were often the [Read More…]
May 20th, 2008
From Business Week Ten Reasons Gen Xers Are Unhappy at WorkCorporations really need folks in their 30s to early 40s, but there is a tentative relationship at best between that cohort and Corporate America by Tammy EricksonMay 10, 2008 9:46 AM I’m worried about Generation X and corporations. As far as I can tell, these [Read More…]
May 20th, 2008
You may register for the Stem Equity Pipeline webinar, May 21, 2008, 1pm, Assessing Effectiveness: Insights Learned from the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering Project. http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/WhatsNew/WhatsNew.aspx Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of [Read More…]
May 19th, 2008
It is a beautiful Monday in Omaha! I am on the campus of UNO today speaking at the Midlands Industry Liaison Group 2008 Affirmative Action Technical Session…that is a mouthful. I am kind of the oddball on the agenda, as I am not talking about Affirmative Action or any aspect of compliance or reporting, but [Read More…]