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July 25, 2024

“DEI Hire?” Seriously?!

by Gregg Ward in Business Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Respect, Respectful Leadership, Restoring Respect

Calling someone a “DEI hire” is a racist, bigoted, and misogynistic insult. It implies that the only reason a person in a position of power or authority got their job was because of a handout or a numerical preference based on race, ethnicity, or gender. It also wrongly assumes that any white male in a […]

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July 11, 2024

Handling Political and Social Tensions in the Workplace

by Gregg Ward in Books, Business Culture, Leadership, Respectful Leadership

Who Should Read This? If you’re part of the C-suite, working in HR, leadership development, diversity, equity and inclusion, learning and development, or organizational and cultural development, this blog post is for you. You’ll find this content particularly useful if you’re looking for: The Current Climate Hyperbolic Media and Public Disrespect The media landscape today […]

July 4, 2024

This Independence Day – Character Matters

by Gregg Ward in Business Culture, Leadership, Respect, Respectful Leadership

Recently I had the honor to meet a former US Army Colonel and current non-profit CEO at a prestigious leadership awards event in San Diego (he won!). Our conversation turned to the coming election, and I wondered aloud if this would be our last time celebrating Independence Day as a functioning democracy. The Colonel paused […]

June 20, 2024

INTENT versus IMPACT

by Gregg Ward in Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Respectful Leadership, Restoring Respect

Introduction This fundamental concept is one of the core principles of my work and integral to DTG’s approach to dealing with Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) issues in the workplace and marketplace. D&I issues or employee relation issues (among people who are different) typically involve two people or more. The perpetrator or the initiator of the […]

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June 13, 2024

Take Pride In Our Differences!

by Gregg Ward in Diversity & Inclusion, Respect, Respectful Leadership

It was August 22rd, 1978 and my very first day as a freshman at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. All of the theater school students were gathered together in the mainstage for a welcome speech by the school’s director. As I looked around me, I realized it was a very diverse group of young […]

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May 9, 2024

5 Non-Confrontational Ways to Encourage Employee Accountability

by Gregg Ward in Engagement, Productivity & Performance, Uncategorized

When managing a project, sometimes it takes a little extra TLC to get your team on board, working at their greatest potential, and delivering maximum results. But few people enjoy working while being observed through a microscope. So how do you encourage employees without coming across as pushy or confrontational? Entrepreneur Guest Writer Lucas Miller […]

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May 2, 2024

Clash of Ages: Navigating the Multigenerational Workplace

by Gregg Ward in Business Culture, Respect, Respectful Leadership

Currently there are five generations at work in almost every organization, and they have an enormous range of experiences and influences. The oldest is the “silent generation,” – also known as the traditionalists – born between 1928 and 1945. As children they most likely experienced the impacts of the Great Depression and WW2, and were […]

April 11, 2024

It Costs You Nothing

by Gregg Ward in Leadership, Managing Conflict, Respect, Respectful Leadership

When I was growing up in the suburbs of New York City, even though the world’s financial center has a reputation for rudeness, my parents frequently reminded me that I should be polite and respectful to everyone, no matter who they were. “It doesn’t cost you anything to be polite,” my mom used to say. […]

April 4, 2024

Return to Office: A Closer Look at the Latest Trends and What They Mean for Your Business

by Gregg Ward in Business Culture, Leadership, Respectful Leadership

Welcome back, colleagues and fellow industry observers! Today, we at the Center for Respectful Leadership are delving into compelling findings on the return-to-office (RTO) policies and hybrid work dynamics that are reshaping our work environments, as highlighted in our latest “The Respectful Leader Emergency Updates” series from March 21, 2024, titled “RTO – Return to […]

March 28, 2024

Respectful Leadership: The Key to Boosting Employee Morale

by Gregg Ward in Respectful Leadership

This article originally appeared in Training Industry on April 10, 2023. You can access it directly here. If you’re like most people these days, you’re busy. Jumping from meeting to meeting, call to call, and email to text, with little time for chit chat or what are quaintly known as “the niceties.” Sometimes even the […]

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