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I am often asked what the biggest challenge in my business has been. I am always embarrassed to admit that my answer is usually related to staffing. Despite the exceptional training I received in …
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(Updated from 10/26/2018) Your brain is an extraordinary organ, but it plays tricks on you. Some experts assert that our brains haven't evolved as fast as the world around us. Our brains …
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(Updated from 10/17/2017) Here we go again. Another mass shooting. On a holiday. And several throughout the world over the weekend. I am reminded of October 16, 2017. That was another tense day …
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(Originally posted 04/01/2021; most recently updated from 03/07/2022) Let's talk about gender pronouns. Employers are confused and worried about using the wrong gender pronouns. They ask me …
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(Updated from 03/22/2021) When I am teaching continuing education courses, this is a question I get a lot. It comes in light of the Bostock v. Clayton County case that was decided by the US …
[Read more...] about Can Employers Have Religious Objections to Hiring LGBTQ Workers? [VIDEO]
(Updated from 03/29/2021) The quick answer is that not much is different. This is a response to my last video in which I talked about managing LGBTQ employees. The reason the Bostock case …
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The New York State (NYS) Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is the administrative state agency charged with ensuring employees injured at work receive the treatment and wage replacement benefits they …
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(Updated from 12/21/2016) Remember the days when people didn't talk about politics at work? Nance doesn't either. When she contributed to this article for the Tampa Bay Times, Donald Trump had …
(Updated from 07/04/2019) I love free trials as much as the next person. Maybe it started at Baskin-Robbins, where we got those tiny spoons to taste the 31 flavors. (Apparently, you can't sample …
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(Updated from 11/20/2018) In her work as a Diversity Trainer, Nance is often navigating spaces that are uncomfortable for participants. Sometimes, they are even uncomfortable for her. She often …
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