According to a recent survey by employee feedback management platform All Voices, 44% of full-time workers experienced harassment at work in the form of personal harassment and bullying, discriminatory harassment and bias, or online harassment and cyber bullying. Further, 48% have witnessed others experience harassment at work, 52% have not felt psychologically safe at work and 34% left a job because of unresolved harassment issues.
Natasha Nicholson
Natasha Nicholson
Natasha Nicholson is the Senior Content Manager at Kantola Training Solutions, an innovative e-Learning company focused on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Harassment Prevention training solutions. She is responsible for thought leadership, content strategy and production. Her background includes more than 20 years as a content leader, communication strategist and editor. Prior to Kantola, she was the Content Director for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and served as Executive Editor for Communication World and Catalyst magazines.
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionEditor's PicksHarassment Prevention
Talent scarcity and turnover: what’s the solution?
by Natasha Nicholson 6 min readAn acute labor shortage, a scarcity of skilled talent to meet the demands of the future, along with an unprecedented exodus of labor, dubbed the “Great Resignation” has made 2022 a year where recruitment and retention require a new focus and approach.
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionEditor's PicksHarassment Prevention
HR trends for 2022 and beyond
by Natasha Nicholson 5 min readWe’ve combed through the latest research, reflected on opinions from top experts and relied on our own experience with over 15,000 HR professional partners to pull together a list of the latest HR trends you’ll want to keep at the top of your mind for 2022.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
5 steps to building an inclusive culture
by Natasha Nicholson 4 min readInclusion means that everyone in your business, regardless of their personal identity, has a sense of connection and belonging at work, where their contributions are valued and they don’t feel left out of decision-making, promotions, and other impactful events. Exclusive cultures, by contrast, can create feelings of unfairness, resentment, and burnout, leading to lower productivity and higher turnover.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
6 steps to creating inclusivity in the hybrid workplace
by Natasha Nicholson 5 min readThe journey of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion is not easy. But some of the world’s most successful companies are making concrete commitments to DEI, adeptly working with employees to navigate a journey toward allyship and advocacy with successful results.
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionEditor's Picks
Observer, ally, advocate: The journey of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (part two)
The journey of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion is not easy. But some of the world’s most successful companies are making concrete commitments to DEI, adeptly working with employees to navigate a journey toward allyship and advocacy with successful results.
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionEditor's Picks
Observer, ally, advocate: The journey of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (part one)
Building a supportive culture is key to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment. While everyone is harmed when exposed to a negative workplace, people from underrepresented or marginalized groups are particularly at risk.
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A recently adopted California law, SB 331, expands existing restrictions on the use of non-disclosure…
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7 Strategies for Infusing DEI into Recruitment and Onboarding
One way to shore up both recruiting and innovation may surprise you: building a more powerful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program by including some key strategic steps in your recruitment and onboarding practices.
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Tackling absenteeism through DEI: With understanding, empathy and inclusivity
Absenteeism costs businesses billions each year. This article explores absenteeism as a symptom and microaggressions and discriminatory behavior as a cause. The solution: a focus on DEI with understanding, empathy, and inclusivity.