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How to detach from the emotions around workplace abuse
How can you go from taking on other people's problems through worry and control — that doesn't solve anything — to detaching, taking on our own problems and only our own problems? In this episode, I talk with fellow...
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How conflict escalates after an employee reports discrimination
How does an employee go from noticing bias or discrimination and reporting it to having their entire character and competence brought into question publicly? In this episode, I talk about how the conflict between...
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How Survivor shows our bias and re-creates hierarchies
Alright, so I'm a COMPLETE Survivor junkie, and this season brings together past Survivor winners from the past 39 seasons for Winners At War. I've been hoping to see this setup happen for a while.
In this episode,...
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7 ways the legal system upholds discrimination
The legal system re-inscribes the very hierarchies discrimination law was designed to attack, according to the mind-blowing book Rights on Trial.
No social change.
Not much correcting discriminatory behavior at...
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How to un-learn limiting beliefs about ourselves
I spoke with Sarah Michelle, the CEO of HoneyMAP and creator of the Successful(ish) podcast, about ending identity crisis and redefining success.
Find out how she discovered imposter syndrome, how we can work...
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How non-disclosure agreements harm targets of workplace abuse — and what we can do about it
So here's the reality: most targets of workplace abuse, including illegal discrimination, don't file a claim. But when they do, around half settle with their employers. Why? Both sides want to avoid hefty legal fees,...
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How a good old boys' club managed out a state worker for asking for fair compensation
A state worker with 16 years of service under her belt took over a higher level job — that a woman left — for three years without a pay increase. When she spoke up about her employer doing the right thing, her...
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Top 5 ways the film Bombshell showed textbook workplace abuse
The film Bombshell took viewers through the disturbing details of just how Fox News' Roger Ailes allegedly sexual harassed broadcast journalists Gretchen Carlson and Megyn Kelly. We know sexual harassment is just one...
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Why screw the hierarchy?
What's this "screw the hierarchy" thing about? I'm talking about the social hierarchy that keeps white men in power positions at work and most of the rest of us out of them. We're left feeling robbed of our dignity,...
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