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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

This bias, predicated on age, undermines the principles of equity and diversity with potential ethical issues. Ageism’s Pervasive Impact Educational and Training Disparities Studies show a direct correlation between lower levels of education and training and decreased employment rates (OECD/Generation, 2023). References AARP.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. It sought to make things better. References Holiday, R.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Provide the tools and train the members of the workforce to use the best possible techniques for clear, concise, and effective transmission, reception, and translation of communications. A great corporate culture goes beyond these occasional treats, and leaders should ensure such events have inclusivity under appropriate circumstances.

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Nurturing Psychological Safety in the Workplace Through an Age-Diverse Lens

Harmonious Workplaces

2021), referencing Tajfel & Turner’s (2004) diversity research, note that multigenerational groups may have a lower inclination to engage in open knowledge sharing due to the salience of age as a factor, which triggers automatic social categorization processes. Gerpott et al. Harnessing the power of age diversity. Harvard Business Review.

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Becoming a Data-Driven Organization: What You Need to Know

Epicflow

However, according to the survey by NewVantage Partners [1] conducted in 2021, only 24% of companies have managed to develop into data-driven ones. Data privacy, ethics, and security will be treated as areas of required competency. Employees should be provided with relevant training at the right time. References . Rowshankish.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. L&D, goal-setting theory of motivation, and leadership training took shape during those five years with the band.

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How to Build Organizational Commitment

Organizational Talent Consulting

Especially when the disconnect involves values that are people-oriented or ethical behavior. Evaluate the ethical consequences of your decisions and create an open-door policy allowing employees to provide input where their voices and concerns can be heard. The effects of organizational training on organizational commitment.

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