I recently read an article in Reader's Digest entitled, "What If You Said Hello to Everyone In Your Path for a Month?" that really made me stop and think. Could something as simple as saying "hello" more often make a difference to a workplace environment?
Imagine that each and every day you are wearing an invisible backpack. And that the people you interact with either add to it with positive or negative emotions. At the end of the day, how heavy is your emotional backpack?
The process of writing a Code of Cooperation has become central to the training we offer to our clients. It is important that everyone participate and contribute their ideas to the process — the theory being that people will support what that they create, specifically in organizations.
You know the feeling. Your supervisor tasks you with finding a suitable training curriculum to solve your organization’s respect (or lack thereof) issues. Maybe there is someone in your organization who could use a little sensitivity training.
Last week, I found myself in a place I’d been before but that is not familiar: jury duty. I’d received jury duty summonses twice while living in Washington, DC. Both times I found myself giving up a day to sit in a jury waiting room, never to be picked for a case. This time was [...]
If you've been keeping up with this series, then you may or may not know how it started years ago. For those that need a refresher, here's the inaugural post, which was inspired by a Connecting With Respect workshop. That same workshop but at a different time and location has shaped this post and taken [...]
I haven't eaten meat in almost 20 years. I am not saying this to brag. It's just a part of who I am now. I have accepted this, even if other people don't understand. I can't recall how many times meat eaters have given me a hard time, when I simply ask for a non-meat [...]
Last month I traveled to Minneapolis with two of my colleagues to attend the Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity conference. While there, we had the opportunity to participate in a large-scale discussion of "what's possible for diversity and inclusion in the next 5 years?" Each of us worked within a small group to come up with a series [...]
We are thrilled that Michele Lawson, RHIT will join our blog as a guest writer. Michele is the Co-Owner of Red Feather Networking, LLC and a trainer, motivator, writer and public speaker who is passionate about helping others unleash their networking mojo. Previously a trainer at the University of Florida, Michele taught communication skills, diversity, professionalism, [...]
Respect seems like such a simple concept. One that we were all taught growing up. Something that our family and community instilled into us. A way that we live our lives. But respect is not defined the same way by everyone. And respect is certainly not experienced by everyone in the same manner either.
