Building a culture of inclusion begins when leadership is on board. Their commitment is essential to sustaining a positive culture in the long run.Although the responsibility for inclusion sits on the shoulders of the CEO, the only way for any diversity and inclusion...
Inclusity’s team is made up of some pretty amazing people. Vern Vereen brings his magic to Inclusity as he leverages over 50 years in the workforce to achieve inclusive workplace cultures, create inclusive leaders, and help those around him to grow professionally....
Not all the harmful prejudices that hold us back from mutual respect and cooperation are based on visually apparent traits like race or sex. The fine gradations of polite society have given most of us an abundance of criteria that we use to judge people based on their...
Inclusity starts each inclusion training session with a “connection.” This is more than just a euphemism for those (sometimes-corny) ice breaker activities that add levity to a workshop, if little substance. Often our connection exercises ask participants to...
The turn of the 20th century was the first great era of female emancipation in the United States. For the first time in centuries, public figures encouraged women to wear clothing that facilitated movement, take healthy exercise regularly, and involve themselves in...
One of the greatest, yet least remarked-upon advances made by the medical profession in the 20th century was the widespread adoption of physical therapy as a means of soothing pain, rebuilding muscular strength and restoring confidence to people with disabilities. At...
Most of us are familiar with Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Ugly Duckling, in which a baby bird is born into a family of ducks who mock him for being ugly and clumsy, only to realize when he has grown into adulthood that he is not a duck at all, but a...
When we consider the visible Elements of Individuality that lead us to either respect others and take them seriously, or disregard them and their ideas, one that often goes overlooked is age, both apparent and real. In modern American society, as in most societies...
One of the greatest underappreciated advantages that most of us possess is access to the written words of others. Alphabets, printing and widespread literacy combine to let us experience times, places and sentiments other than our own and face our daily problems with...
Earlier this year, I became a Rotary member and was appointed as vice chair of the Toledo chapter's member engagement committee. I was thrilled when I heard that Rotary International recently approved a diversity, equity and inclusion policy statement. This commitment...
Over the past year, we’ve explored the inspiring personal stories of twenty-five people who overcame challenging circumstances to achieve great things. As “From Adversity to Achievement” celebrates the first anniversary of its inception, this seems like a fitting time...
Inclusive Leaders How many of us, at some point in our lives, have felt like we were an outsider – no matter how hard we tried to fit in? Who hasn’t attended a meeting and posed a thought-provoking question to only be met by the sound of “crickets,” or mustered up the...
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