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How to Establish a Personal Plan for the New Year
How to Establish a Personal Plan for the New Year

Look to your personal well-being, meaningful relationships, and purposeful work to make changes in your life

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Professional DevelopmentEmploy DiversityNew Year resolutions, workplace resolutions, changes in the workplace, personal plan for the new year, meaningful relationships, planning, make a plan, goal setting in the workplace, work with a purpose, personal well-being, Diversity & Inclusion, diversity and inclusion, diversity management, Inclusive behavior, Inclusion, Inclusive Workplaces, ResolutionsComment
3 Apps Breaking Down Barriers for Women in the Workplace
3 Apps Breaking Down Barriers for Women in the Workplace

Workplace diversity, or a lack thereof, is an issue that many companies struggle with. Women in technical or leadership roles, in particular, are far outnumbered by their male counterparts in most companies. Solving this issue requires employers to make a major shift in how they recruit, hire, support, and promote women.


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Women, Professional Development, TechnologyEmploy DiversityDiversity in Tech, Diversity Apps, Diverse Professionals, diversity management, Women in Tech, Women empowerment, Women mentors, Men as workplace mentors for women, Empowering women
How Women Can Manage the Impostor Syndrome
How Women Can Manage the Impostor Syndrome

Many highly successful women battle with self-doubt. They secretly think that their success is due to luck, that they’re not qualified for the positions they hold, or that they’re failing at their job. These beliefs are unfounded and inaccurate and are symptoms of imposter syndrome.


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Women, Professional DevelopmentEmploy DiversityImpostor Syndrome, Impostor Syndrome in the workplace, Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusive Working Environment, Women empowerment, Women's History Month, Women's Empowerment Month, Empowering women, Women Impostor Syndrome, Marginalized in the workplace, Women Marginalized in the workplace
Women, Stop Apologizing in the Workplace
Women, Stop Apologizing in the Workplace

The outdated expectation that women are supposed to be nice, polite, and well-mannered has led to way too many women apologizing way too much. Excessive apologizing isn’t only unnecessary, it can negatively affect your professional image.

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Professional Development, WomenEmploy DiversityWorkplace Diversity Issues, Women in the workplace, Apologizing in the workplace, Stop apologizing in the workplace, Assertive, Sorry not sorry, Unnecessary Apology, diversity, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusion
Tips for Men: How to Navigate #MeToo in the Workplace
Tips for Men: How to Navigate #MeToo in the Workplace

#MeToo has left many men questioning their behaviour in the workplace and how they should be interacting with their female colleagues. In the post-#MeToo world, many men are less comfortable working with women and have trepidations when it comes to their professional relationships with female colleagues.

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Professional Development, Diversity ManagementEmploy Diversity#metoo movement, #metoo in the workplace, #metoo, Inclusive behavior, Respectful workplace, inappropriate behavior, Professional relationships, Inclusive Working Environment, Diverse Workforce, Diversity Training, diversity and inclusion, diversity
How Small Businesses Can Build Diversity Programs
How Small Businesses Can Build Diversity Programs

Being a small start-up in a market of established players can be a huge challenge.  Smaller companies are constantly challenged to find ways to pull customers away from bigger brand name competitors. One way to gain a competitive edge is through workplace diversity.

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Professional DevelopmentEmploy DiversityDiversity programs, Small businesses, diversity and inclusion, inclusion, Inclusive Working Environment, Workforce Diversity, Diversity Training, Workplace Diversity Issues, Company Culture, Workplace culture