Shared Links (weekly) Mar. 23, 2025
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Thinking about Carl Dean and #IWD2025
When we refer to women as “DEI hires,” what we are really saying is that we aren’t secure enough in our own accomplishments to let someone else shine. I imagine Carl would be embarrassed of us. I suppose the idea that we must diminish any woman’s achievements would be utterly unacceptable to the man who spent 60 years married to one of the most famous women in the world without ever feeling the need to grab the spotlight for himself.
We need examples like that. Carl Dean was one.
RIP
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There’s Only One Way to Prove Them Wrong – Beat Them.
We know these strategies create a better workplace, so I see a simple mandate as business owners: Ignore the pressure to scale back DEI efforts and remote working opportunities. Embrace both, hire the best talent in the labor market, and create dynamic, engaged teams.
Target your competitors who are pushing everyone back to the office and eliminating diversity efforts, and kick their ass in the marketplace. It’s what a free market expects of you.
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Linked – Return to Office, Return to Sexual Harassment?
The article offers some suggestions on educating your employees about harassment and what you should be doing with programs, but I want to get brutally honest here.
What workplace hasn’t already held a sexual harassment seminar? Is it making any difference? Not when you tell me that remote work was the most effective way to lower incidences of harassment. Essentially, keeping people away from each other was the only way we found to significantly dent the overall statistics.
Want to know what would make a dent? Fire people. On the spot. Publicly. The first time it happens.
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Linked – What Companies Get Wrong About Skills-Based Hiring
Most hiring managers have a short-term problem. They have work that needs to be done and not enough bodies to do that work. The easiest thing to do is hire another body just like the ones they have working for them. Many of them may understand the benefits of having a diverse team regarding broader life experiences with different voices and ideas, but that’s a long-term benefit. It’s not solving their short-term problem. Hiring another member of the team is a short-term solution.
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