A recent item on my ever-growing reading list was the Boston Consulting Group’s Gender Diversity Report. This research is chock-full of interesting nuggets, but here’s one of the most striking: 91 percent of surveyed companies had invested in gender diversity programs – yet only 27...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 16, 2019Contact: Kim Barbano, kim@kimberlymbc.com, 703-819-9861 Women Business Owners Join Forces to Help Hold Companies Accountable on Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives The Silverene Group, a culture consultancy, to partner with OurOffice to bring an integrated diversity, inclusion, and belonging solution to businesses. WASHINGTON, D.C. –...
The #MeToo movement shocked the country. It swept through our workplaces and brought to light workplace abuse in staggering numbers. It revealed the toxic cultures permeating some of the most reputed organizations, and in turn, it showed us how many were not appropriately prepared for...
Monica Lewinsky has arrived back in the spotlight in the last few years, most recently because of her participation in “The Clinton Affair” documentary and her first-person account in Vanity Fair. The affair was notorious but more importantly, it was misrepresented. In 1998, the affair revealed...
In a classic case of going too far, the hip technology-meets-media company’s obsession with company culture has in turn created a culture of fear. Netflix, who was lauded for publishing their culture code, is selling a culture of transparency and trust yet it appears being...
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[social_share] On Monday while the annual National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Summit was taking place in Washington, D.C., California became the first state that will require public companies to have women on their boards. On Tuesday, right before I was scheduled to speak on stage...
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People are cutting out Nike logos and burning Nike apparel because the company chose Colin Kaepernick for its latest "Just Do It" campaign - "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." It is not the first time Nike has been in the headlines in recent...
We’ve all worked in toxic cultures. You know the signs: team members are afraid of speaking up, there’s an abundance of rules and hierarchy, communications flows in one direction – from the top-down, and silos are standard. Toxic cultures have a huge impact on employees. In...
