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Diversity & Inclusion (8)

How Changing Salary Structures Can Build Organizational Equity

The publishing industry has been under fire lately for employee hiring and compensation practices—and for good cause....

Retention Programs Are Not Created Equal - How to Improve Yours in 2018

What makes your top talent stay? If your answer is limited to salary and benefits, you might have a problem.

Seeking the Next Wave of Introverted Leaders

Introverts rock. People often think that a big, vibrant personality is needed to succeed in the workplace. That simply...

How Taking a Break Increases Your Workplace Productivity

A one hour lunch with your co-worker. Snagging an early afternoon coffee. An impromptu mid-week vacation day. Your boss...

How to Accelerate Your Team's Productivity

4 keys to your team's success from productivity expert Laura Stack In July 2015, I was honored to be inducted into the...

3 Ways Diversity and Inclusion Activities Improve Performance

The benefits of making diversity and inclusion a priority are clear: Organizations with ethnic diversity outperform...

How Unpaid Internships Create an Inequitable World

My story as a BK intern I started at Berrett Koehler as an unpaid sales & marketing intern in the Fall of 2012. At the...

Overcoming Bias by Deprogramming Your Brain

Let's be honest: everyone is biased. There's nothing inherently wrong with bias. It's simply a term that describes the...

The Four Destructive Stereotypes About Black Women

Tamara Winfrey-Harris’ book answers the question “What is wrong with black women?” with “Not a damned thing!”