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An Interview with Hanif Fazal: An Inside Look into the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultancy World

In a continuing series of articles that define the offerings and benefits of training options within the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) space, I have interviewed Hanif Fazal, the co-founder and managing partner of the Center for Equity and Inclusion, based out of Portland, Oregon. Hanif is also the author of the book An Other World. The Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) offers workshops, consulting, and online learning for organizations and educators focused on driving culture forward

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityAugust 5, 2024Diversity & Inclusion, DEI Consultant, DEI Training, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusion Training, Diversity and Inclusion Training AgencyComment

A Look at the Future of the DEI Manager: How to Reduce Risk in the Job Market and Leverage a Passion for Diversity and Inclusion in a Volatile 2024

Currently, the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has come under fire. As an opinion piece in HR Dive noted, poorly structured DEI initiatives have presented a liability to companies, particularly with claims of discrimination in the workplace when one group of employees is supported and other groups are inadvertently disadvantaged.

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityFebruary 15, 2024DEI, DEI Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusion, BelongingComment

Disabled and Belonging in the Workplace

If it takes resorting to federal law to win your rightful place at work, then do it!

DisabilitiesEmploy DiversityJune 17, 2022Disability in the workplace, Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusive WorkplacesComment

Finding Belonging in the Workplace

Look closely at what you can change in yourself and in your environment

Professional DevelopmentEmploy DiversityMay 26, 2022Diversity & Inclusion, Diverse and Inclusive Organization, Belonging in the workplace, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusive Workplaces, Inclusive Workplace Culture, Inclusion, Inclusive behavior, Marginalization, Marginalized in the workplace, Workplace cultureComment

Black History Month All Year Around

Use Black History Month as a template to highlight the contributions of all the minority groups represented in an organization to boost corporate credibility with diverse communities and buyers

African-AmericanEmploy DiversityFebruary 21, 2020African American, Black History Month, Cultural Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Diverse Workforce, Diversity policy, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusive Workplaces, Inclusive Workplace Culture, African American culture, Company Culture, Cultural Differences in the workplaceComment

6 Steps to Making Good on Your Personal Plan

“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time”

Professional DevelopmentEmploy DiversityJanuary 17, 2020Diversity & Inclusion, Diverse Professionals, Inclusive behavior, Inclusive Working Environment, personal plan for the new year, planning, New Year resolutions, Resolutions, Following through with resolutionsComment

Creating Office Party Inclusivity

Company holiday parties are great times for HR managers to build greater understanding and joy between diverse and mainstream professionals

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityDecember 11, 2019Office parties, Office party inclusivity, Holiday party, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusive Workplace Culture, Inclusive behavior, Respectful workplace, Religious practices, holiday traditions, christmas parties, Winter celebration, Diversity of beliefs, Dietary Allowances, diversity management, diversity, InclusionComment

Latinas in Tech Break Through Barriers

Friends Gretel Perera and Rocío Medina are successful Latina technology leaders in their own right.

Through relaxed meetups at local Happy Hours, they compared notes about the challenges and obstacles to attaining positions of great responsibility at leading tech companies.

LatinoEmploy DiversitySeptember 27, 2019Latinas in Tech, Women in Tech, diversity, Diversity in Tech, Inclusion Training, Inclusive Working EnvironmentComment

5 Tips to Smoothly Integrate Millennials into the Workplace

The group of young adults promises to reshape the workplace as dramatically as Baby Boomers did in the early 1970s.

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversitySeptember 18, 2019Millennials, Millennials in the workplace, Diverse Workforce, Diversity Training, Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusion Training, Inclusive Workplaces, Inclusive Working EnvironmentComment