Karen’s Articles
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...
Feeling Grateful With Family and Friends
Last year at Thanksgiving, I wanted the focus of the meal to be around gratitude. Remembering an exercise I learned in graduate school, I modified it to fit my family and it was a huge success. I am sharing it with you and your family as my gift to you this...
Sorry, the Employees Are Not Coming Back
Unlike the usual quick blogs that I generally post, on occasion, I am going to delve deeper into subjects that I find my readers need to be thinking about and considering. I just spoke at the Maryland Society of Human Resources 2021 State Conference. One of the...
Practicing Gratitude
“When you're thankful for what you have; you end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough." - Oprah Winfrey What do you focus on as you move through your day? Do you wake up to your alarm and think, I slept in a...
The Types of Conflict
"Conflict is constructive when it helps build cohesiveness among people. Conflict is destructive when it diverts energy from more important activities." -- Karen Snyder For more of Karen's workplace wisdom, check out her book Eating Worms: Practicing Leadership...
When What You Think Should Work Doesn’t
www.savagechickens.com This cartoon has always cracked me up! It reminds me that some of the suggestions I make in programs and during coaching don't always work the way they were intended. For instance, I suggested to one leader that he walk around more and get to...
Hacking Your Happiness Chemicals
All of us need daily doses of each of these happiness chemicals, but how can we get them when we are working? Here are some tips: Dopamine Finish a little task. Keeping track of the things from your to do list that have already been completed can be very powerful....
What Would You Do?
In order to create a respectful and inclusive culture, organizations need to provide regular diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training. But once you have had that basic training, how can you mix it up and make it relevant year after year? At Concordia...
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