OUCH! That Stereotype Hurts is a training program designed to explore communication skills for promoting inclusion and respect in the workplace. Based on the book by Leslie C. Aguilar, Founder of International Training and Development, LLC, the program allows participants to experience the impact of stereotypical comments, jokes and emails, and explore why people don’t… Read More »

Sexual harassment continues to be a problem in the workplace. In addition to the financial impact of litigation and defending against complaints, employers must also deal with the decline in morale, team productivity and safety when an organization tolerates or ignores harassment. Sexual harassment is an issue that no California employer can afford to ignore.… Read More »

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has adopted new regulations regarding the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), effective as of April 1, 2016. The DFEH issued a summary of the new employment regulations, including the following important addition: Written Policy Requirements California employers with five or more employees have an affirmative… Read More »

Decades of research by organizational scientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists and demographers show that socially diverse groups (that is, those with a diversity of race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation) are more innovative than homogeneous groups. It seems obvious that a group of people with diverse individual expertise would be better than a homogeneous group at… Read More »