While DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) efforts are increasingly becoming a part of most organizations’ plan for workplace development and culture, many struggle with how to put their commitments into words. How do you articulate your dedication to… hiring a diverse workforce? Creating and maintaining safe spaces for all employees? Investing in staff development and continuous learning? Summing up something …
The importance of investing in professional development
The first time I became a manager, I was promoted because I was good at my job. My boss was promoted, therefore I was able to move into his place based on my work performance. The second time I became a manager, our company was experiencing significant growth, so I was asked to build a team to support the influx …
How to Support Employees with Invisible Disabilities
What is an Invisible Disability? Often when many of us think of someone with a disability, we typically think of someone with a clearly visible impairment such as being in a wheelchair or needing other ambulatory devices for assistance. However, the definition of someone with a disability is much broader. Disability not only includes obvious physical disabilities, but non-obvious physical, …
Get to Know the SGO Facilitators: Rachel Sadler
We’re excited to introduce you to some of the incredible DEI training facilitators that are part of the SGO team. We asked them to share what sparked their passion for this work, what DEI means to them, and why they do what they do. Meet Rachel Sadler, DEI Facilitator! What does DEI mean to you?DEI means ensuring that all spaces, …
Ask SGO: How do job applicants evaluate DEI initiatives?
I often look for a lot of things when I’m considering applying for a position at a company. And the first thing I look for is a statement or commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. And it’s really important, first of all, to see the terms that a company is using. I have seen people use “equality” instead of “equity”, …
A Guided Meditation for Workplace Stress
We are thrilled to team up with Crystal Augustono from Temple Honey Healing, to bring a meditation for self care to our community in honor of World Mental Health Day. Rest and care are essential as we work to abolish inequity in the workplace and beyond. Enjoy this brief, guided meditation as you center yourself, leave distractions behind, and indulge …
Why Digital Accessibility is Critical to a Successful DEI Strategy
In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we’re thrilled to team up with Perkins Access to learn more about digital accessibility. NDEAM is held each October to commemorate the many and varied contributions of people with disabilities to America’s workplace. As noted by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, “The theme for NDEAM 2021, ‘America’s …
Five Ways to Support Your Employees Now
Many of us are experiencing a tremendous amount of emotional labor as we continue to live in uncertain times. While it may sound nice to compartmentalize the world from our work, the reality is this isn’t a realistic scenario. As colleagues, as managers, as leaders, how can we best support each other as we ask the tough questions: “How do …
Ask SGO: Allyship in Action
So we’re talking a lot about allyship, especially how to be an ally in the workplace these days. But what I find is that we don’t always know what do you actually do as an ally? And for me, the whole definition around acting and serving as an ally is hinged on that word “act.” What do you do? What …
9 Must-Follow DEI TikTokers
TikTok went from the “cool-kid” app for teens to a home screen mainstay for even the “cheugy” 30-somethings over the pandemic. But as we’ve learned, it’s so much more than just weird dance challenges, prank videos, and lip syncing. We may have gotten a little too into paint-mixing videos and cheered the viral success of @420doggface208 (2020 was strange, y’all), …