Companies who understand the human needs of today's diverse workforce will attract and retain the most talented employees and increase productivity.
As a mother of bi-racial children, Dr. Walsh thinks about diversity and human behavior a lot. Let's face it. Most workplaces were designed for employees with a wife at home. But today, facing some of the lowest rates of unemployment in history, companies who will dominate the future will be those who master the art of attracting and retaining the most talented workforce — one that may not look or behave anything like employees of the past. Women, parents, allo-parents, diverse workers by gender, ethnicity or or bright, non-neurotypical employees. Substantial research supports the fact that diverse and inclusive teams are smarter and more productive. But to get the diversity advantage, companies must understand the very human needs of today's workforce. Dr. Wendy Walsh's talk explains how employers can:
Recruit for Diversity
Increase Employee Retention by Building Trust and Identity
Use Gratitude as a Productivity Motivator
Get the Fresh Air Effect
Use Technology Judiciously
Create High Group Intelligence
SILENCE BREAKER
It all started with an email from a New York Times reporter asking me why I no longer appeared as a guest on the O’Reilly Factor. Ugh. Just reading the email caused a thud in the pit of my stomach. How do I tell her that I was banned from his show after I declined an invitation to Bill O’Reilly’s hotel room? “You are the only women left with a voice!” she implored, “Everyone else was silenced by a non-disclosure agreement.” This is the story of how
I found my “No” when it came to sexual harassment at Fox News and how
I became a feminist. This story is the ripple that gave rise to the
#MeToo movement.
It’s basic economics. When something rises in supply the price drops. The same goes for sex and love. In 1950 the price of sex was six months of courtship and a wedding. In the 1980’s it was the cost of three dates. Today sex has dropped to the barrel bottom price of one well-worded text. But even when there is, say, a bumper crop of tomatoes, there is always a market for an artisan grown, organic, heirloom tomato that sells for a high price. How to garner the top price for sex: care and commitment.