Culture-Rific founders Claire and Regina join Sarah and Kelly of The Mentoring Lab Podcast for a discussion on YOUR inner critic. We discuss navigating our inner critic, giving it a name, and what we can learn from it. Give it a listen here, and check out our friends at https://thementoringlab.podbean.com/ for more.
Since March 2020, the nation’s workplace has undergone an unplanned transformation that few have ever experienced. Unlike the economic crash of 2008 that displaced many jobs and forced folks into new career paths, the COIVD-19 pandemic drives us to look at how workplace culture relates to our existing careers. As of September of 2020, many people in the workforce are still uncertain and frustrated, while others have started to experiment and integrate new realities into their work lives. Where managers fall in this process hinges on how much they believe in their organization’s greater purpose. Organizations have had to change…
Employees need to be heard. Especially now. In this heartfelt letter, Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn Ferry, reminds us that everyone on our team has stories and experiences that they are yearning to share. This letter also reminds us that, right now, executives and employees alike are all riding the emotional curve. The emotional curve, otherwise known as the Kübler-Ross change curve or the stages of grief, show up in the workplace more often than one may think. At Culture-Rific, we have been using the emotional curve for years with managers in our change leadership and organizational development programs. When…
Is there a problem of racial inequality in the American workplace? Do organizations consciously or unconsciously and consistently violate their stated values? The answer is YES, absolutely. When we began Culture-Rific, we committed to lead with this mission: We want YOU to have the best days of your life at work. As leaders, we are advocates for the people we care about — ALL people at work. As white people, we have benefited from a system that unfairly and disproportionally disadvantages our black colleagues, employees, and friends. Corporate trainer Dana Brownlee makes it perfectly clear both why and how this is the…