Drew Bartkiewicz 6/19/23 Drew Bartkiewicz 6/19/23

How Important Is Corporate Culture? It's Everything

When we talk about corporate culture, we are really talking about your organization's ability - or lack of ability - to acknowledge trust and fear.

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10 principles of organizational culture

Companies can tap their natural advantage when they focus on changing a few important behaviors, enlist informal leaders, and harness the power of employees’ emotions.

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Education as the Pathway towards Gender Equality

The link between education and security underlines the importance of education as akin to a basic need in the twenty-first century of human development.

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Gender Inequalities: “Past” Issues and Future Possibilities

This article is concerned with the question of progress made on gender issues in a global context, specifically in terms of how far gender equality has been achieved, or not, in the past decade.

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Ageism is one of the last socially acceptable prejudices. Psychologists are working to change that

Psychologists are examining the age discrimination that pervades American culture and helping people to reimagine healthier relationships with their older selves.

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Combating Age Bias in the Workplace

Economists tend to believe that workers in their 50s and 60s have a harder time than their younger counterparts finding jobs, keeping them or moving ahead at a company, mostly due to ageism.

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Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education

If we are ever to get beyond the problem of the color line, we must confront and address these inequalities.

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Different Ability Versus Disability: Why Language Matters

The term disabled isn’t a dirty word, so why act like it is by using alternative phrases?

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When addressing the Abilities community, words matter and people come first

Below are just a few examples from the NCDJ’s style guide – a helpful primer for everyone to consult this Abilities Awareness Month and beyond.

Drew Bartkiewicz 6/16/23 Drew Bartkiewicz 6/16/23

How Cultural Differences Shape Your Happiness

Researcher William Tov explains why cultural differences matter for well-being.

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The Intersection Of Art, Education And Cultural Awareness

I had the pleasure of sitting down with award-winning artist and podcaster Rich Tu to shed some light on how art not only propelled a career but also allowed for a means to express cultural understanding and connection.

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NINE CULTURAL VALUE DIFFERENCES YOU NEED TO KNOW

National values sit on a continuum between two contrasting approaches to a societal problem. Every nation sits somewhere between the opposing alternatives. Here are 9 to know.

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How knowledge about different cultures is shaking the foundations of psychology

What effect can culture really have on the fundamental aspects of our psyche, such as perception, cognition and personality? Let’s take a look at the evidence so far.

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3 Situations Where Cross-Cultural Communication Breaks Down

The strength of cross-cultural teams is their diversity of experience, perspective, and insight. But to capture those riches, colleagues must commit to open communication; they must dare to share.

Drew Bartkiewicz 6/13/23 Drew Bartkiewicz 6/13/23

The Juneteenth flag is full of symbols. Here’s what they mean

You might see another red, white and blue flag flying this weekend over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States.

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Juneteenth: The History of a Holiday

On June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas were told they were free. A century and a half later, people across the U.S. continue to celebrate the day, which is now a federal holiday.