I’m a little mad at myself for having to post this. But transparency is the game and 2020 has changed the rules. Over the past 5 years, I’ve worked really hard to find a good balance to the number of…
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Pet Peeve – Just Business
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I know it has been a while since my last pet peeve post. I’m sure you missed my rants. This round of pet peeves is focused on this one line (or variations that get leveraged): It’s not personal. It’s strictly…
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Reactions
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As one might expect…choosing to no longer make “isms” discussions at work, might garner some reactions. I wrote this a while back on my private facebook account and thought maybe this might help someone else experiencing reactions. Last week, a…
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Reaction Processing Phases
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After watching a webinar by Dr. Kendi on Anti-racism, his words of to the effect of this being the time to see whether we step up to the challenge and transform this word to be equitable – keep staying with…
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Stuck in…
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I can’t remember if I saw this on social media or if someone said this to me, etc. Yet, I’m finding that I keep thinking about this statement: “You are not stuck in traffic. You are the traffic.” I keep…
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Token Diversity
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I have and will continue to be transparent about my own past and learning and that is now going to include systematic racism (and all ‘isms’). Agile Virtual Summit released a session recording for anyone on the topic of DEI.…
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Taboo? Topics at Work
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Confession: I’ve said for a very long time, no politics or religion at the workplace. Although I had good intent, I fell victim to believing certain topics are taboo or too risky to have at work. The problem with this…
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Danger of Anonymous Virtual Notes
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I was in a recent virtual meeting and experienced exactly why I really dislike anonymous feedback. Let’s set the scene first. At the end of the meeting, the request was prompted for each person to post a note indicating what…
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Defensive Responses
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I thought about posting today about the protests. I thought about posting today about some element of systematic racism that I’m still digging into to understand in all areas of my life including work. But I started thinking about the…
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Nothing to Say
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Ok. Obviously, anyone that knows me understands this is not ever completely true but I am experiencing something that is different. After being basically home 95%+ of the time since March 14th, I’m feeling very unmotivated. With the groundhog repetitive…