Connected to the Rise in the Need for Sexual Harassment Prevention Training in the Workplace One month in and 2018 is already seeing an increase in requests for training to guard against Sexual Harassment and other forms of Harassment in the Workplace. The momentum...
What Happens When People Feel They Can Say Whatever They Want. “We saw an uptick in requests about respectful workplaces and creating a feeling of a safe workspace,” said Executive Diversity Services President Elmer Dixon, reflecting on how EDS served clients over the...
Elmer Dixon is off on his annual trip to lecture on diversity at JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyvaskyla, Finland. He will be a guest lecturer on topics related to Strategic Diversity Management, Cross Cultural Competence and Team Development. Post‐war...
23-25 November, 2017, Jyväskylä, Finland Processes and strategies for initiating, maintaining, and furthering intergroup interaction or research Interculturalists around the globe for decades have been dedicating their “life's work to building bridges among cultural...
Exploring the Intercultural and Diversity & Inclusion Fields: Bridging Boundaries or One Approach? EDS President Elmer Dixon will be among the panelists in a discussion around where the Intercultural field and the world of Diversity & Inclusion meet, connect,...
Estela Ortega, Executive Director of El Centro de la Raza, is at the top of the list when thinking of “amazing Seattlites” and “Hispanic Heritage Month.” She was already at the top of the amazing list…Hispanic Heritage Month is simply a reason, not a qualifier, to...
You are in the midst of a conversation or perhaps a discussion at a business meeting when it takes a turn for the worse. Tension rises. “Women,” you mutter under your breath. “Typical black guy,” you think. The conversation had nothing to do with the speaker’s race or...
Turnover and job vacancies come at a high cost to companies. Deadlines and projects don’t wait while a company scrambles to find the best candidate as quickly as possible…for what hopefully will be a long and meaningful association. Having trusted relationships, an...
72 countries around the globe prohibit discrimination in employment because of sexual orientation. The United States is not one of them. Many people assume that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights includes Federal Government protections based on sexual...