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According to January, before his new supervisor was hired, the team thrived because they had the freedom to come up with solutions. They were allowed to spend as much time as they wanted on solutions …
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I love “mom and pop shops”. Before I was born, my parents owned a small auto parts store in Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The store was bankrupt early in my life, and by the time I was …
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(This post was originally published on March 20, 2017.) It should come as no surprise that humans are living longer, on average, throughout the world. According to the American Association of …
[Read more...] about How to Resolve Sibling Conflicts Over Parents’ Care
(This was originally posted on December 14, 2020, but it's still relevant.) My goal is to keep you out of court and build your conflict resolution skills. So today, what I want to talk about is …
The first thing I invite my clients—and now you—to do is make the seven choices from the Third Ear Conflict Resolution process. That's to get rid of any emotional charge that you might have around …
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Because I am an employment attorney and mediator with experience as a human resources and employee relations supervisor, employers often ask me about combatting sex discrimination and sexual …
[Read more...] about How Can We Combat Gender Discrimination in the Workplace?
Let's talk about gender pronouns. Employers are confused and worried about using the wrong gender pronouns. They ask me questions like: Is every slip-up actionable? How much is it going to …
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Nance recently worked with Christine Michel Carter of Health on an article about institutionalized racism. Here's a draft of what they discussed, much of which was disappointingly cut from the final …
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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 didn't change much in New York …
[Read more...] about What Did Last Year’s Bostock Case Mean for LGBTQ Employees?
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 Supreme Court last year and …
[Read more...] about Can Employers Have Religious Objections to Hiring LGBTQ Workers? [VIDEO]
