Entrepreneurial inequity is often the most overlooked contributor to the racial wealth gap in the United States. Starting, scaling and owning businesses is often difficult for people of color. Not only do minority business owners…
Author: Linda Bell
The Damaging Effects of Age Discrimination in the Workplace
As a recruiter, Lynn learned how to read people well. (Her name has been changed to protect her identity.) Ten years ago, she applied for a marketing position at a senior living facility. After the…
What It Means To Be a Disability Ally
Emily Ladau first ventured into disability advocacy at age 10. She appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street, where she educated children about living with a disability. Ladau was born with Larsen syndrome, a rare…
How the COVID Pandemic Has Changed Talent Management Strategy
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended talent management strategy and changed how companies attract, retain and develop employees. Companies are transforming the office by offering workplace flexibility, implementing new methods for managing employees remotely, providing skills…
Why Don’t More Fathers Take Paternity Leave?
When Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said he was taking “a few weeks” of paternity leave following the birth of his second child this year, his decision solicited mixed reactions. Some praised him for normalizing paternal…
How Community Partnerships Can Help Formerly Incarcerated People Find Jobs
Over 30 years, Na’im Al-Amin would spend time in juvenile detention, the county jail and be sent to prison three times. After his second release from prison, he was determined to make a change. Al-Amin…
Childcare Deserts: The Struggle for Quality and Affordable Childcare
In 2020, Amanda Lundberg discovered she was pregnant. The working mother already had an infant daughter and knew that obtaining care for a new child would be difficult. She immediately began putting her soon-to-be-born baby…
Why is There an Active Allyship Gap in the Workplace?
Jeena Cho recalls the many times she could have used an ally at work — too many for her to remember. One day after the Uvalde school shooting, the mindfulness coach and consultant said she…
Living Your Truth: An Interview with Joshua Kennedy About Recognizing Your Identity
In celebration of Pride Month, DiversityInc Senior Business Writer Linda Bell sat down with Joshua Kennedy, Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership trainer and co-chair for the Kaiser Permanente Pride business resource group. Kennedy shared details…
Older Workers are Returning to Work After Retirement
Retirees are ditching vacations in the Caribbean, midday feedings of pigeons in the park and hours of frolicking with their grandkids for a once familiar reality. A growing number of older people are leaving retirement…
Male Allyship in the Workplace
Approximately seven years ago, Tim Lockie’s daughter said something that surprised him. “Dad, you’re really sexist,” she said. Instead of getting defensive, the CEO and founder of Now IT Matters, a Salesforce consulting practice, asked…
Understanding and Tackling AI Hiring Bias
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized talent management and recruitment. From advertising open positions, pre-screening resumes and applications, analyzing video-recorded interviews and predicting job performance, 24% of companies are using AI for their hiring and recruiting…
How Companies Can Address the Great Replacement Theory in Their DEI Efforts
The mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 people dead and three injured, almost all of them Black, is one of the latest examples of racial hatred in the United States. In a 180-page manifesto…
Implicit Racial Bias in the Hiring Process
A Hispanic-American man nervously waits with several applicants for a job interview. “Mike Rivers?” The hiring manager asks as he enters and surveys the room. “I’m Mike Rivers, that’s me,” the job applicant says as…
Book Review: Anti-Racist Leadership: How to Transform Corporate Culture in a Race-Conscious World
As a Black man who worked at the highest levels of corporate America, James White says it’s time to take more direct action in the fight for social justice. Throughout White’s thirty-plus years of experience…
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