Intern Series-Resilience and Performance
In this blog, Alessia Girardin discusses some principles of resilience and optimal performance.
Normalizing Women in Leadership
In this blog, Jacqueline Thompson discusses the importance of normalizing women in leadership. She shares her experience of being an active duty United States Army Officer.
Brick by Brick: Developing Sustainable DE&I Initiatives
In this blog, I briefly address five strategies to help organizations develop sustainable DE&I efforts which integrate organizational assessments, learning, and leader development programs that focus on cross-cultural exposure and engagement.
4 Steps to Evaluate Multicultural Competence in your Organization
We each hold ideas about how our organizations function best. Unfortunately, these ideas can be influenced by blind spots, and those blind spots are costly. This is particularly true in the area of multicultural competence.
Dear Leader: The time is now. 10 thoughts on how to respond.
Dear Leader, my hope for this brief blog will be to highlight some practical ways to lead in such a time as this. I fully understand that the cultural and occupational context for each of you is unique, however, the following thoughts are meant to be descriptive guidelines rather prescriptive mandates.
Bird Watching While Black: Authority, Influence, and Racism
The two incidents that highlighted our purview this week were the death of George Floyd and the wrongful accusation of Christian Cooper in Central Park. These two situations are not isolated and unrelated incidents. They are interconnected and reprehensible behaviors that highlight authority, influence, and racism.
Positive Interpersonal Relationships at Work
Positive interpersonal relationships and occupational thriving are interconnected. This blog emphasizes the importance of positive interpersonal relationships and how to enhance these relationships at work.
Resilience: Before, During, and After a Crisis
April 9, 2004 was the first day that my platoon was ambushed in Iraq. This event has greatly impacted what I think about crisis, resilience, and post-traumatic growth.
Our Legacy: Research. Train. Assess. Thrive.
Our story began with an easel, a paper pad, and a small apartment in Pasadena, California. In 2017, Dr. Cedric Williams realized there was an ongoing problem in both our business and social environments.