A couple of weeks ago 60 minutes ran a story on the impact of younger workers in the workplace. The piece noted that younger workers have different expectations concerning their careers than older workers. According to the story, gone are the days of working your way up through the ranks. Younger workers are demanding changes [...]
Category Archives: Employers
Confessions of A “Big” Firm Dropout: Why Women of Color are Dissatisfied in the Firm Environment
I ran across this Law.com article this morning that reports a study of job satisfaction among mid-level associates. The article explained that a study of mid-level associates at law firms indicated that minority women were less satisfied with their firms than white men and men of color and were less likely to see a future [...]
Dr. Watson Presumes Too Much: Nobel Prize Winner Quoted making an Insensitive Statement
I stumbled across this article from the Times of London in which quotes James Watson, the scientist who discovered the double helix formation of DNA as saying that blacks are not as intelligent as people of other races. His comments were made when discussing his opinion for the prospects for change in Africa. He is [...]
The Myth of the Color Blind Society: Why it is Important to See Our Differences
The United States is a nation filled with diversity. Since the early settlers came to continent people of different "racial" and ethnic backgrounds have shared this country. Yet despite over 400 years of experience dealing with people of diverse backgrounds, it seems we all still struggle when it comes to speaking openly about our [...]
Can I Ask You Something? – Cultural Questions In the Work Place
As America’s workplaces becomes increasingly diverse, people of diverse backgrounds find themselves interacting more frequently. With that frequent interaction, curiosity about cultural differences is inevitable. It would seem that if we know more about each other’s cultural norms we might be able to relate to each other more effectively. But too often good intentions go [...]
