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Preventing an “Us vs Them” workspace through inclusion
Uplifting Impact
English - May 13, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutesBusiness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Laura Kriska is an internationally recognized expert, with over 30 years of experience in cross-cultural relationships and providing that to help organizations bridge gaps in diverse workplaces. Early in her career, she worked for a large Japanese corporation, where she got first-hand experience in what it was like to be an outsider of what she calls a company’s “home team”. From that experience, and throughout her career, she developed strategies to help create inclusion and has written all about the “us versus them'' dynamic in her book, The Business of We. To learn more, connect with Laura, and order her book, you can find her on LinkedIn or at her website, https://www.laurakriska.com/.
Topics In This Episode
The dynamics that are created in department mandates
Unspoken relationships and how they play out in the workplace
How to identify unspoken dynamics
Making changes before it’s too late
Examples of when “us versus them” is ok in an organization
The “us versus them” self-assessment: https://www.laurakriska.com/assessment
Connect
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-kriska-she-her-0a93902a
Website: https://www.laurakriska.com/
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Laura Kriska is an internationally recognized expert, with over 30 years of experience in cross-cultural relationships and providing that to help organizations bridge gaps in diverse workplaces. Early in her career, she worked for a large Japanese corporation, where she got first-hand experience in what it was like to be an outsider of what she calls a company’s “home team”. From that experience, and throughout her career, she developed strategies to help create inclusion and has written all about the “us versus them'' dynamic in her book, The Business of We. To learn more, connect with Laura, and order her book, you can find her on LinkedIn or at her website, https://www.laurakriska.com/.
Topics In This Episode
The dynamics that are created in department mandates
Unspoken relationships and how they play out in the workplace
How to identify unspoken dynamics
Making changes before it’s too late
Examples of when “us versus them” is ok in an organization
The “us versus them” self-assessment: https://www.laurakriska.com/assessment
Connect
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-kriska-she-her-0a93902a
Website: https://www.laurakriska.com/
Recent Conversations We’ve Enjoyed
Evolve or Regress: A Mindset Shift
Diversity and Listening: The new standard for an inclusive workspace
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