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3 Creative Strategies to Advance Race Equity at Work: Part IV – Use the Abrams Method
By Candice Justice Harper | March 19, 2021 This series has been all about stretching you. I wanted to stretch you to think outside the box and push the envelope to imagine what is possible when engaging corporate culture in diversity and inclusion matters. I have also...
3 Creative Strategies to Advance Race Equity at Work: Part III – Gamify Their Learning Experience
By Candice Justice Harper | March 10, 2021In last week’s post, we talked about using a very familiar tool, comedy, differently, in a more strategic way, and this week we will do more of the same. After spending generations building and perfecting our proverbial wheels...
3 Creative Strategies to Advance Race Equity at Work: Part II – Use Humor
By Candice Justice Harper | March 5, 2021And just like that, Black History Month 2021 has come to an end. Before taking the time to analyze what you could have done better, let’s take a moment to recognize the work that you put in this year. I know that you’ve got a...
3 Creative Strategies To Advance Race Equity at Work
By Candice Justice Harper | February 26, 2021It’s February 26, 2021, and your plan of using Black History Month to make your company more racially equitable isn’t going the way you thought it would. You thought that coming off the heels of last summer’s Racial...
Cook Ross Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
By Adriana Rojas | October 6th, 2020"Every Native American is a survivor, an anomaly, a surprise on earth. We were all slated for extinction before the march of progress. But surprise, we are progress. What was apparent to Native people long ago—the interrelatedness...
Cultivating a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace
By Shane Lloyd and Adriana Rojas | June 15, 2020Belonging is an experience in which a person feels connected, supported, and respected when as a member of a collective, their authenticity is valued. The research on belonging tells us that when people feel emotionally...
Inclusive Leadership: A Map to Weather The Storm
By Eric Peterson | May 22, 2020 Since I joined Cook Ross six and a half years ago – and indeed, throughout my 20-year career – I’ve spoken to a lot of business leaders about Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA). Most of them are eager to hear what I...
The Climate of the Remote Workplace in the Era of COVID-19
By Shane Lloyd and Adriana Rojas | May 18, 2020We are living during an unprecedented, historic pandemic and our prior experiences limit our capacity to effectively address these sudden changes. This collective trauma is altering the way we live and relate to our...
Leading In Times of Crisis
By Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale | May 13, 2020“The ultimate measure of a [human being] is not where [they] stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand at times of challenge and controversy.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr “How do I lead a workforce...