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The Power of Employee Resource Groups to Connect and Support
Employee Resource Groups can be a powerful way to build connection and support at work. It's important, though, that when we ask people to participate and to share of themselves, that we create a space that feels safe for that sharing and that acknowledges and...
Art and Healing
“The more I paint the more I like everything.” — Jean-Michel Basquiat I spent the weekend in New York and loved the street art I saw, including this mural of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol by Kobra. In my work with crime victims, I was amazed by the dazzling art...
My Book’s One-Year Anniversary
It's a pretty special day for me. Today is one year from the day that my book, The Empathetic Workplace, entered the world. It's the book into which I poured all of my best advice on how to support each other at work, to talk about hard things, and to take care of...
Psychological Safety in the Classroom
I often tell clients to celebrate their wins, so now I’m going to model that with a recent win of mine. I just read the student evaluations of the class I taught on victims’ rights at American University last fall. The students deepened their understanding of...
Boundary Setting
I spoke recently with a fantastic organization on the topic of boundary setting. How do we ensure that we are empowering those around us to do their jobs so that we can be freed up to do the work that only we can do? First, it's important to recognize that it feels...
Celebrate Your Wins
This is a common time of year to make plans for the future and trust me, I am a huge fan of goal-setting, but before you get there I want to encourage you to do one thing: Look back. Specifically, look over 2021 and count your wins. I know it was a rough year. I...
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