Last month I attended the Great Place to Work Institute’s annual conference, and once again I was struck by how things have changed. Great Place to Work Institute (aka GPTW) is the organization responsible for Fortune’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For”…
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Your Teams Need ‘Boxing Rings’ and ‘Campfires’
Senior leaders were asked to estimate how much “wasted time” had cost their companies. Their average answer was nearly $15.5 million! It seems that our abundance of unproductive meetings, dysfunctional workplace dynamics, bungled opportunities and mishandled people problems are cumulatively…
If You’re Privileged, Embrace It to Help Others
If you’re privileged and you know it, clap your hands. Is that the sound of one hand clapping? “Were all privileged in some way. And yet,” says Kristen Bakalar, “We’re scared to talk about it in the workplace.” If insisting…
Referral Programs Work Best If You Stay Alert to Their Downside
From my desk I can see the impact that employee referrals have on hiring: Four members of our 12-person team received some kind of referral for their position. This may seem anomalous, but PayScale’s research shows that our team is…
Diversity Is Disrupting Business As Usual and Making a Difference
I’ll cut to the chase and say, yes, I think it is time to hope. We still face a mixed landscape when it comes to inclusion. We continue to see reports of pay inequity; we know artificial intelligence, which holds the hope of…
4 Tips to Help You Recruit People With Disabilities
Every business seeks improvement, whether that’s through bottom-line improvement or finding the best candidates to fill certain positions. Sometimes the two objectives go hand-in-hand, and actively seeking diverse candidates can help businesses improve both of these objectives. Diversifying your staff…
Diversity, Interviewing, Analytics and AI are the Top Global Recruiting Trends
Each year, over the past few years, I look forward to reviewing LinkedIn’s annual recruiting trends report. The 2018 version is no different! It’s 60 pages of insight and case studies, and really digs into the hottest trends in recruiting…
Fired Google Engineer Sues Claiming Discrimination Against Caucasians, Men and Conservatives
Google has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging it discriminates against white male conservatives. Filed Monday in California state court in Silicon Valley, the 161 page suit by former Google engineers James Damore and David Gudeman includes an…
HR 101: Simple Steps HR Can Take to Promote Inclusion
It should be pretty obvious to anyone reading the news that many women and minorities don’t feel fully comfortable at work. From Hollywood to Silicon Valley and from factory floors to government halls, too many women and minorities feel they…
Be Sure Your Diversity Program Addresses These 3 Issues
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is no longer about filling a quota. Today, D&I is recognized as a key way to boost profits and increase innovation. It simply makes business sense. McKinsey’s 2015 Diversity Matters report revealed a strong correlation between diversity and financial…
Better Reference Checking Is A Step To Ending Bad Behavior
From Uber’s media firestorm earlier this year which highlighted its lack of female employees and failure to address complaints of sexism to the recent memo from a Google engineer saying that women were more focused on “feelings and aesthetics than…
Lessons from SAP’s Journey: Three Actionable Ways to Increase Women in Management
Organizations continue to struggle to create gender equality in the workplace, especially those in the technology industry. According to research from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co., for every 100 U.S. women promoted to manager, 130 men are promoted – leaving far fewer…
3 Ways to Retain the Women In Your Workforce
It is no secret that there is a gender issue in business. Women continue to be vastly underrepresented in the workforce, especially when holding leadership positions. According to research from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co. for every 100 U.S. women…
Best of TLNT 2017: Stop Hiring for Cultural Fit and Start Hiring For Cultural Fitness
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 articles through January 2nd. This is No. 1 of 2017. You can find…
Why Aren’t More Women Disrupting Things?
Almost a year ago, well before the Google diversity manifesto made headlines, Sangita Kasturi issued a call for feminine boldness. “When we talk about disruption, we talk about being bold. We talk about being audacious. We talk about having courage….
The Google Manifesto Debate Tells Us That Diversity Training Is Harder Than We Suspect
It was inevitable that Google would fire its outspoken software engineer for his controversial manifesto challenging the company’s efforts at diversity and suggesting biology is why there are few female coders and leaders. James Damore confirmed his Monday firing in…
Memo Challenging Google’s Diversity Efforts Sparks Firestorm
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that biology and not society explains why there are so few women in tech and leadership. Posted internally last…
HR’s Embarrassing Secret: We’re About the Least Diverse
For those of us working in HR and those who partner with us, it’s no secret that the majority of HR professionals are women. This rings true across the country and across all levels. Women currently account for 75% of…
We’re Doing Diversity and Inclusion ‘All Wrong’
“Diversity and inclusion are all the rage right now,” Kristin Bakalar acknowledges. “But I think we’re doing it wrong.” What’s wrong? “Inclusion,” Bakalar declares to her DisruptHR audience, “Is a fancy way for the dominant group to say, ‘We’ll let…
Could Better Tech Help Public Agencies Recruit Millennials?
The biggest generation in U.S. history is now the largest generation in today’s labor market, yet in the public sector, millennials are a minority. Government has long been challenged in competing with the private sector for the best talent, but…