Karen’s Articles
Cinnamon, Spice, and Black History Month
One of the frequent questions that I hear from participants after I have conducted Diversity and Inclusion work in their organization is, “How can I be more supportive of this effort?” Personally, I am always seeking new and effective ways to walk the talk! In June...
We All Facilitate
Facilitation is quite an art. While it may seem similar to presenting, during a presentation you are perceived as the expert and everyone in the audience is there to listen to you. Facilitation is also distinct from training, where you are conveying a skill. As a...
The Importance of Feedback
The more specific, the more terrific! You can't improve if you don't know what you're doing wrong. In reality, many of us complain about underachieving co-workers, but we don't give them the type of explicit feedback they need to do their jobs better. -- Karen...
No Question is a Dumb Question
I helped my son’s friend prepare for an interview last week. We started out talking about common interview questions, which evolved into a discussion of which ones are more and less effective. Below are some of the questions we agreed were interesting, some from...
One Day at a Time
After graduating from college, I had no interest in going back to school, yet I knew most of the careers I was interested in required more education. One day Johns Hopkins University sent me an advertisement for a class taught by a famous author, and it looked...
Holiday F Words
At holiday gatherings, my family of origin played word games (video games hadn’t been invented yet.) It’s natural, then, that I’d use words to facilitate your fantastic family festivities. Here are a few words related to work, work groups, and celebrations. (Some...
Take a Gratitude Walk
Anyone who knows me, knows that I appreciate a good walk! I am especially happy when I am walking with friends, and also when I am able to walk and collaborate with colleagues by using my phone and earbuds. The benefits of walking are, of course, very well-known. A...
Just Start Walking
One of my clients was agonizing over the many options available to address her company's ambitious Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals. This reminded me of something one of my graduate professors, Roger Karsk, told me in graduate school: "When in doubt, just...
Widen Your View: The Look
My friends of color have told me about "the look." This was also the topic at a recent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion task committee meeting I led, prompted by an employee of color sharing her story. If you aren’t familiar with “the look,” Procter and Gamble has...
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