January 21 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
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December 23, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
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Jonathan W. Kanter, Daniel C. Rosen, Katherine E. Manbeck, Heather M. L. Branstetter, Adam M. Kuczynski, Mariah D. Corey, Daniel W. M. Maitland & Monnica T. Williams
From BMC Medical Education: Racial bias in medical care is a significant public health issue, with increased focus on microaggressions and the quality of patient-provider interactions. Innovations in training interventions are needed to decrease microaggressions and improve provider communication and rapport with patients of color during medical encounters. Read the full article here.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-020-02004-9
From The Greater Good Science Center: If we reward people for speaking their truth, we can create better and more productive workplaces. When people are afraid that something bad will happen to them because of their decision to speak up, in most cases, they won’t do it. And can we really blame them? This is, seemingly, leadership’s failure to foster the type of culture that encourages and rewards people for speaking up.
Read more at: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_make_it_safe_for_people_to_speak_up_at_work
From the NY Times: Obtaining reasonable accommodations is often a messy, frustrating process for both employees and their managers. But there are solutions.
The lack of an item like a keyboard tray may seem like a minor inconvenience to some, but not to Ms. Macfarlane and millions of other people living with disabilities. The Americans With Disabilities Act, which became law in 1990, bans discrimination against workers with disabilities and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations that don’t pose an “undue hardship” — a tricky term.
In reality, experts say, the process for obtaining accommodations at work is often filled with countless obstacles that dissuade disabled people from requesting them in the first place.
“There’s a huge gap between what the law was intended to do and what the experience of employees with disabilities really are,” said Ms. Macfarlane, who is the incoming director of the disability law and policy program at Syracuse University College of Law.
Read the original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/business/disability-accommodations-workplace.html
Follow the link below to learn more on increasing employee engagement and its importance.
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/231581/five-ways-improve-employee-engagement.aspx?version=print
Workplace bullying is a problem that occurs across the globe. In the US an estimated 30% of Americans have experience bullying yet there’s not much being done.
Follow the link below to learn more about the myths, types of bullying, and how to address and prevent it in your workplace.
https://hbr.org/2022/11/how-bullying-manifests-at-work-and-how-to-stop-it
This toolkit will:
– Inform you on what an active bystander is.
– Provide tips on how you can deescalate situations or provide support to victims.
– Provide the additional resources to learn more.
https://thecoastalsociety.org/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/active-bystander-toolkit-webpage/
