Microaggressions – What They Are and How to Avoid Them
Microaggressions are like planting, or watering, seeds of doubt – doubt in abilities, doubt in whether one belongs, doubt in worthiness, doubt in identity, and doubt in life decisions/paths. – Dr. Gretchen Neigh Acknowledgements: This issue’s column was a...
3 Steps to Creating an Interactive Company Culture
COVID-19 has forever changed the landscape of how employees and employers approach the work environment. Organizations should take note of the new engagement techniques that have emerged from this shift and incorporate them into...
Launching an Academic Journal
Professional scientific societies must continually re-evaluate and advance their vision and mission, not only to serve their membership but, more broadly, to achieve their core purposes of education and research in their specific discipline(s). Sometimes, this means...
Corporate Social Responsibility
In recent years there has been a push to hold businesses accountable for their actions and the impact they have on society. This all came to a culmination in the summer of 2020 when tensions were high and consumers felt that the businesses they patronized should be...
Gen Z 101
From activism about social and environmental issues to Tiktok, the culture of Generation Z (or Gen Z) is elusive to many adults. As Gen Z becomes older, they are starting to enter the job market. Making up 32% of the global population (LinkedIn), they will soon make...
Mentorship Programs
Organizational culture is described as the “shared values, beliefs, and assumptions about how people should behave and interact, how decisions should be made, and how work activities should be carried out” (Managers.org.uk). Easily said, organizational culture is how...
Building Habits (The Habit Loop)
I started this series on January 8th with a blog called “Don’t Make Resolutions, Create Better Habits.” This series is based on a book I read last year called Atomic Habits by James Clear, which is an exceptional book that explains in detail how to create productive...
2021 Outlook
“What is coming is better than what is gone.” -Arabic Proverb This quote well-articulates my vision for 2021. Twenty-twenty was undoubtedly a year of strife for many personally and professionally. My original goals for 2020 are laughable. Recreating our goals for...
Don’t Make Resolutions, Create Better Habits
Happy New Year! Give yourself a high five AND a pat on the back for making it through 2020. So on to 2021. I think we are all a little shell-shocked from the past 10 months, but hopefully you are still at least somewhat optimistic. If you made resolutions for the...