Calm Down: 5 Steps for Leaders To Reduce Employee Work Stress

How can women leaders deal with the issue of workplace stress among their employees?

Nearly every employee today is experiencing work stress, perhaps in varying degrees and in different forms. This is especially true given the current global health crisis brought on by COVID-19 and the resultant changes in today's workforce.

Even prior to COVID, a 2018 Fidelity Investments survey found that in America, the workplace has been deemed the top stress factor among employees. In the U.S. workplace stress is responsible for losses of up to $300 billion.

Do More: 5 Ways to Ensure DEI Efforts Are Working in Your Organization

Two months into a cultural reckoning that reached a tipping point with the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police officers and the global protests that followed, companies, organizations, non-profits, institutions, universities and celebrities have made public mission statements of intention to address racial inequities.

An intensifying renewal and resetting of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is in the works across the country—and the world. And rightly so. But are these DEI efforts working?

8 Ways to Be an Effective Leader for Change

Issue 132 — June 22, 2020

I first learned about the power of organizing to make change when I was about 15 years old. In the small town of Stamford, Texas, where I lived at the time, there were two short order restaurants in town. One was called Son’s City Pig and it had indoor tables with juke boxes where we kids could sit and kibitz, as teenagers do. And as teenagers were inclined to do, we created various fads. One was eating our French Fries with mustard. OK, I admit I started that one.

The owner of Son’s became annoyed that we were consuming so much mustard. He began charging us two cents for each little paper cup of mustard. We decided this was terrible injustice. Most of us just groused about it.

Nonprofits So White: New Report on Lack of Inclusion Offers Strategies

Nonprofits in this country are failing on their diversity and inclusion efforts, even as their missions address social justice and fairness issues, according to a new report of more than 5,000 workers in nonprofits.

“The sad — but unsurprising — truth is that people of color and whites have a different set of experiences in nonprofit organizations. This gap in how professionals experience their workplaces — whether they receive mentorship, are granted promotions, or face microaggressions — is partially reflected in what we call the ‘white advantage,’” write Frances Kunreuther and Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Co-Directors of the Building Movement Project, and authors of the report, Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap.

5 Types of Corporate Culture: Which One Is Yours?

Culture affects every aspect of your company, from the public’s perception of your brand to your employees’ job satisfaction to your bottom line. Because there’s so much at stake, it’s important that your corporate culture is adaptable and open to improvement – which starts with being able to articulate just what kind of culture your company has.

Leading In The Time of COVID-19: Take The Lead Co-Founder Offers Virtual Solutions

The global workplace is experiencing economic and cultural disruption arising from the COVIV-19 or Coronavirus spread. Updates expand daily, affecting leaders, employees and entrepreneurs everywhere. Cancellations from Coachella and South by Southwest to classes on university campuses, sporting events, professional conferences and political campaigns heighten awareness and also create chaos.

RSVP: How To Create A Great Workplace Holiday Event Now

So you don’t want to organize something that involves ugly holiday sweaters, because that is so 10 years ago. If you are in charge of creating or even contributing to the workplace end of the year event—and 82 percent of workplaces do have a holiday event—why not make sure it is memorable, safe and perhaps even advances your mission?

Not There Yet: Women In U.S. Politics Gaining, But Not Total Victory

No victory laps just yet. A new report from The Center for American Women And Politics at Rutgers University shows a disruption of the gendered view of national politics, if not quite a victory. While the 2018 midterm elections revealed that “women candidates disrupted the (White male) status quo in American politics and challenged assumptions, and they outperformed among non-incumbents at nearly every level in both primary and general elections,” the 2020 elections are still hazy on the horizon, the report states.

Here’s To Brevity: 6 Tips For An Effective Intro Speech

You don’t want to be that person. The one who goes on and on and on when they have the mic. At a recent wedding, the best man went on and on and on for 25 minutes in his toast to the couple, and it was all about himself. At work, a conference, awards ceremony, meeting or networking event, you may be called upon to give an introduction of someone.

Women Leading Green: Climate Change Leadership Affects Workplaces

This is about more than plastic water bottles and individual coffee pods in the office kitchen. And more than putting plants around the office and calling your organization “green.” Sustainability, environmental protections and systemic changes to protect the planet are issues challenging leaders, and particularly women leaders.

How to Celebrate Labor Day: Sit in the High Seats

Issue 106 — September 2, 2019 Are you one of the 46 percent of Americans who’ll barbecue over Labor Day weekend? Will it be ribs, hot dogs, burgers, or veggies? Or will you be one of the 25 percent who’ll be shopping? Google “Labor Day” and the majority of top hits involve Labor Day sales.

99 Years and Counting: 5 Actions You Can Take For Women’s Equality Day

Ninety-nine years ago on August 26, women won the right to vote in the U.S., with the passage of the 19th Amendment. It wasn’t until Bella Abzug (D-NY) in 1971 proposed a Joint Resolution of Congress that that day be designating Women’s Equality Day. It was passed two years later in 1973.

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