by Amy Tolbert | Feb 10, 2020 | Diversity
American Dirt is a newly released book that has caused interesting public discussion. Author Jeanine Cummins wrote a fiction novel based on a Mexican woman’s migration journey to the United States with her son. Cummins – a white writer with no personal...
by Amy Tolbert | Aug 30, 2019 | Diversity, Multicultural Diversity, Positive Thinking
Let’s face it. There will never be a “right” time, or even a “right” way, to make changes or devote time to promoting and developing more inclusion in the workplace. The excuses are many and, at first glance, quite solid. “I’m burnt out! I don’t have the enthusiasm...
by Amy Tolbert | Aug 30, 2019 | Articles, Diversity, Gender Diversity, Multicultural Diversity, Team Building
Everyone – at some time or another – has felt the harsh effects of being rejected or left out. The ten-dollar, corporate world word for it? Marginalization. Have you ever been the last person picked for the team? Or been left at a clubhouse door staring at a “Keep...
by Amy Tolbert | Jul 12, 2019 | Articles, Diversity, Team Building, Uncategorized
The three key aspects of communication are: tone, words and body language which were first identified by Dr. Albert Mehrabian in the 1970’s. The words we use to communicate, clearly, have meaning and in a time of rising activism among Millenials, new words are being...
by Amy Tolbert | May 6, 2019 | Articles, General, Positive Thinking, Team Building, Uncategorized
In this last of five presentations on positive thinking, you’ll learn a powerful tool to affect your personal and organizational mindset: Trust. What makes effective teams? Inclusion, respect, gratitude, appreciation… but above all else, it’s trust. Being...
by Amy Tolbert | Apr 25, 2019 | Articles, General, Positive Thinking, Uncategorized
Politics has historically been a male-dominated sphere. However, even if at a less than ideal pace, women are winning their seat at the table. In June 2018, another large success was won. Foreign Minister María Fernandez Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador became the...
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