Blogs / 2018 / January

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	Onboarding Best Practices

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Five Interview Tips for Winning Your First $100K+ Job

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	New Survey Indicates Majority Plan to Postpone Retirement

	What do You Mean My Company’s A Stepping Stone?

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash

	Do’s and Don’ts of Offshoring

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Blogs / 2018 / January

2017 has been an eventful year for #Edtech with Moodle expanding its footprint globally. Shezartech was part of the Moodle Moot LMS development event held in Mumbai towards the end of the year. However the big question for businesses planning t... More...

Cesar Millan is a noted dog behaviorist who specializes in changing the conduct of aggressive dogs. His rehabilitation efforts with these four legged creatures were highlighted in a television series entitled “Dog Whisperer” which aired from 2004-201... More...

I had a colleague the other day call me a disruptor. It stung for a little bit but after further thought, I started wearing it like a badge of courage. Of course, I am a disruptor. That is what inclusion practitioners do-they disrupt. The fir... More...

I recently attended the movie “The Shape of Water.” It is story set in the Cold War era of the 1960’s at a top-secret government laboratory in Baltimore, MD where a mute cleaning lady falls in love with an amphibian/human creature of the Amazon River... More...

9 Things Not to Say to an American Indian/Alaska Native and Why Indian Giver Definition- A person who takes a gift back after giving it to someone. Historical Context- To Native people, the giving of gifts should be reciprocated with a gift of... More...

One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring messages during his life was the need to move from acts of mercy to acts of justice. Many in the USA celebrate his birthday in January with community service acts of mercy consistent with the motto, “A D... More...

Interdependence American Indian organizations are interdependent. They understand that the success of the organization depends on everyone regardless of their title, role, paycheck or ego. Obligation to Others American Indian organization... More...

Recently I was listening to a renowned national thought leader give a speech about engagement. The speaker emphasized how engagement scores for USA workers were slightly higher than last year but still much lower than they need to be. Then he made ... More...

On Monday, January 15th, the federal government recognizes the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a holiday. During this time, I have a ritual of digging out research papers I did in seminary on Dr. King who at the time was a major inf... More...

I was thumbing through some of my old books from my seminary days and came across Robert Fulghum’s 1989 classic, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” As I skimmed the pages, it dawned on me that this book was a tutorial on inclusi... More...

As feds, we are entering the heritage month season. January brings us Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. February will usher in Black History Month and March will soon deliver Women’s History Month. In my conversations with employees about th... More...

Dean Smith, former head basketball coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) died on February 7, 2015. In his 36 year coaching career, he won 876 games which was an NCAA Division I record at the time. A member of the Basketb... More...

I come from a long line of substance abusers that reaches back several generations. Watching family members get on the road to sobriety has helped me understand that the part of the brain that has to rebuild itself during recovery is the same part of... More...

I saw this trend a couple of years ago when supervisors would tell me that diversity and inclusion was not a priority for them anymore. They had more important things to worry about like hiring freezes, sequestration, disengagement and budget cuts. T... More...

In the 2012 race for the White House, Republican nominee, Mitt Romney’s primary support came from White voters at 88%. Only 12% of Romney voters were people of color. His opponent and ultimate winner of the 2012 Presidency, Barack Obama was swept ... More...

I miss that old time diversity. Baby Boomers would call it legacy diversity. It was what the Civil Rights movement was founded on. It encompassed differences like race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexuality and religion. Legacy diversity has been re... More...

The council circle has been a mainstay of American Indian/Alaska Native culture. This cultural meeting setting built around a fire has served Indigenous people as a place where stories are shared, strategies agreed upon and emotional connections stre... More...

I have a colleague who celebrates Independence Day by reading out loud the Declaration of Independence with her neighbors, friends and family. I asked her, “When you get to the part of this sacred document that says, “merciless Indian savages,” what ... More...

Can we put to rest this notion of diversity and inclusion as being all about the business? Once the calling card of the private sector, this myth has slowly crept into the public sector and reinforced a transactional engagement model that makes diver... More...

In the Houston Astrodome on February 6, 1967, Ernie Terrell and Muhammad Ali faced off to unify the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. The World Boxing Association had stripped Ali of his title regarding a contract dispute with Sonny Lis... More...

Former San Francisco 49er football quarterback Colin Kaepernick has resurrected a long standing national debate about patriotism and athletes over the years who have called attention to the hypocrisy associated with our xenophobic nationalism. His re... More...

I have worked in private industry, the nonprofit world and at the local, state, federal and tribal levels. While each of these workplaces had their unique idiosyncrasies, all of them had one thing in common. At some point in time, they were invaded b... More...

Country music singer Josh Logan released a record in 1989 entitled “Somebody Always Paints the Wall.” It is the story of a man who makes incremental progress in his life that is undermined by unfortunate circumstances. Every time he makes his mark,... More...

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is the encounter between Jesus and Syrophoenician woman. It is a narrative that is rarely preached about in the Christian tradition. Why you may ask? To acknowledge the truthfulness of this story one must com... More...

In my mid-thirties, I tipped the scales at 225 pounds. I decided to do something about my weight gain. I started jogging every day. Running at incremental distances of 3, 5, and 7 miles, over a 20 year period, I am proud to say I have dropped 45 poun... More...

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Edtech 2018 and the rise of open source LMS

What the Dog Whisperer Can Teach Us About Inclusion

Want Inclusion: Be a Disruptor

The Shape of Inclusion

9 Things Not to Say to an American Indian/Alaska Native and Why

Acts of Mercy vs. Acts of Justice

How American Indian Values Can Help Your Workplace

Low On the Totem Pole

4 Ways Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's Nonviolence Movement Influences Inclusion

What Kindergartern Taught Me about Inclusion

Heritage Months: Temporary Celebrations or Yearly Discussions

Play Hard, Play Smart and Play Together

What I Learned About Bias from Addicts

Diversity and Inclusion: The Big Lie

The Politics of Bias

Old Time Diversity

Meetings: Native Style

Merciless Indian Savages

How the Busness Case for Diversity and Inclusion Makes Us Less Inclusive

That Is Not My Name

Kneeling for the National Anthem While Standing Up for Patriotism

The Tator Family

Stories That No One Wants to Hear

What We Learn About Bias from Jesus

What Running Taught Me About Inclusion