Over the past few months, Black women’s workplace experiences have been amplified as a call to action. From loss of life to public smear campaigns, there are deeply visceral consequences to Black women being bullied, harassed, unwelcomed, or undervalued in the workplace. The Harvard Business Review describes elements of the psychological and emotional stress Black…

The racial reckoning of 2020 inspired many workplaces across America to take a look at how they treat Black employees. As we see widespread challenges to DEI efforts in many companies and institutions, such as the rising termination rates of DEI-related roles and the increase in reports on detrimental impacts of work environments on the…

In May, ADR Associate Consultant, Omari Keeles, and I, had the opportunity to present at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE) in New Orleans, LA. In our session titled “Authenticity for Black Professionals at Work,” we aimed to create a safe and empowering space for Black professionals to explore the importance of embracing…

It’s been hard to miss the TikTok buzz around the alliterative phenomenon of ‘Quiet Quitting’. There is a lot of talk about what quiet quitting is, why it’s coming to the forefront, and its causes and implications For us at ADR Consulting Group, ‘Quiet Quitting’ is about more than just job dissatisfaction. It is an issue…

If you aren’t mad, then you haven’t been paying attention. A bumper sticker, or a quippy slogan suggesting that if you are ok with the status quo, you don’t know half of what must be going on around you. Or, as Ijeoma Oluo argues in chapter after chapter of her well written and thoughtful book,…

Since the “Great Recession” of 2021, many people currently find themselves in new roles, with new colleagues and new supervisors. No matter where you are within an organization, you will likely need to develop skills related to giving and receiving feedback. Research over the years has continued to better inform the ways we think about…

As we move into April of 2022, and we take stock of what lasting changes the Covid-19 pandemic brought, you may have seen headlines about what economists are calling, “The Great Resignation.” The term was coined by an organizational psychologist, Anthony Klotz, who is also an associate professor at the Business School at Texas A&M…

You blink and it’s mid January.  You haven’t found even a moment to sit and set goals for the year. What to do?! Take a deep breath, and focus. February is a great time to set goals and make plans to realize those goals.  Why set goals in February?  Let the dust settle. Many companies…

For many, Pride Month represents a time to celebrate hard-won battles for LGBTQ+ equality in the last 60 years. Pride’s roots trace back to the Stonewall riots of 1969 which brought the struggle for equality into the mainstream consciousness for many people. While it is certainly a festive month, filled with celebrations, Pride Month also…

As the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close  in the evening of Wednesday, May 12, you may want to be sure to wish your Muslim colleagues “Eid Mubarak!” To mark the end of a month of fasting during Ramadan. But what exactly is Ramadan? How do you support your colleagues who fast during…

It has become common place thought that diversity in the workplace is a boon to any and all companies. Racially and culturally diverse teams outperform non diverse teams by up to 35%. And while much focus has been put on diversifying teams and workplaces along gender, racial, and cultural lines- the newest frontier has been including…

If you have been following the news this week, you may have seen the heated exchange between Sharon Osbourne, and Sheryl Underwood on CBS’s The Talk. A conversation about racism in a wider context quickly led to a hostile work environment for Sheryl Underwood, and she is certainly not alone in facing overt and more…

It is no secret that the pandemic has drastically altered the way many companies have had to think about work. From hybrid model work styles to utilizing new video conferencing technologies, workplace operations have taken a hard shift in the last year. Offices once buzzing  with people, energy and ideas, have now become ghost towns.…

1. Address it. I cannot stress the importance of not going about “business as usual”. Today was anything but usual, to say the least. You must address it, by name. There was an attempted coup by a violent and aggressive mob, most of whom were White, male, supporters of the sitting President. (Feel free to…

As the year comes to an end, many businesses, offices, agencies and schools alike are preparing to close up shop in observance of Christmas Day. It comes with no surprise that in the United States, a country where Chrisitianity is the most prevalent faith tradition, Christmas is a widely celebrated holiday. Christmas is so widely…

With New Year’s resolutions in full swing this January, striving to create the most productive and inclusive work environment for your company is an admirable goal for 2021, especially since many work environments have shifted over the last year. An excellent place to start, as you seek to improve the inclusivity of your workplace, is…

As the leaves turn colors, the temperature drops, and pumpkin spice lattes reign, you know that Halloween is near. Halloween can be traced back to thousands of years ago when the Celtic people celebrated Samhain, marking the end of the summer season and harvest. Fast forward to today, in the United States, Halloween has evolved…