Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/04/2010
Volume 1, Issue 11
Group Klopfer Diversity Consulting
Welcome back to Diversity Briefings. I hope you are enjoying these diversity stories and links. Please feel free to resend this Diversity newsletter on to friends and colleagues. If you would like to subscribe to receive daily updates, the form for Diversity Briefings is below. Also, if you have some extra time, take a look at the new glossary, top left. Take care and Good reading!
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Today’s New Diversity Topics: New UK diversity school, Air Force Academy assigns diversity role, Why feminism must transform, Editor says books need more diversity, NLRB defends facebook post, How controlling "the seeds" reduces poverty, Keeping others from driving you mad, Diversity leadership tips
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British Workplace diversity group wins right to start School
A UK BUSINESS organisation specializing in bringing diversity to the region's workforces has been given approval to set up a new "free school". Continued --
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/schools/Workplace-diversity-group-wins-right.6610653.jp
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Air Force Academy (AFA) Faces Diversity Issues; Brings in Expert
The U.S. Air Force Academy's new diversity officer is ready to set up shop. Adis Anative of Cuba who speaks four languages fills the first academy post dedicated to promoting diversity.Vila has a law degree and arrives later this month. Continued --
http://www.csindy.com/colorado/hot-button-issues/Content?oid=1900809
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Union College Presents Presidential Forum on Diversity
Daughter of author Alice Walker preaches "Third Wave" feminism -- author, journalist, and feminist Rebecca Walker explains "Why Feminism as We Know it Must Transform." Walker, who is both biracial and Jewish, is noted as one of the founders of a branch of feminism which intends to make room for all people. Continued --
http://media.www.concordy.com/media/storage/paper858/news/2010/11/04/News/Author.Speaks.About.the.End.Of.Feminism-3953708.shtml
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Books Need More Diversity, Harry Potter Editor Says
Cheryl Klein, continuity editor for the last three Harry Potter books and senior editor of Scholastic, talks on the importance of establishing diversity in a lecture entitled "Black and White and Read All Over: Diversity and Inequity in Children's Publishing." Lecturing a Kansas group, Klein gives insight to an industry that it is not very diverse in terms of race. Click here to continue --
http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/editor-books-need-more-diversity-1.2394168
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NLRB Sues Company for Firing Worker Over Facebook Post
A worker who was allegedly fired for posting negative comments about her supervisor on her personal Facebook page now has the support of the National Labor Relations Board, which announced yesterday that it filed a complaint against the company. Click here to continue --
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/11/nlrb-sues-company-for-firing-worker-over-facebook-post.html
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Who Controls the Seeds? Key to Poverty Reduction and Crop Genetic Diversity
In many developing countries the right of farmers to use and exchange farm-saved seed is a form of life insurance. Ensuring that farmers have this right is an important means of alleviating poverty and is crucial to maintaining crop genetic diversity throughout the world. To continue click here --
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/237/884/Who_Controls_The_Seeds_Biodiversity_And_Poverty_Reduction.html
Still More Diversity Notes
Help For Dealing With People Who Drive You Mad
From an old Buddhist parable comes the beginning of understanding of co-workers who make us nuts: A young farmer was paddling his boat up the river to deliver his produce to the village. He was in a hurry. It was a hot day and the farmer, covered with sweat, wanted to make his delivery and get home before dark. Looking ahead, he spied another vessel moving rapidly downstream toward his boat. The vessel seemed to be trying desperately to hit him.
“Change direction, you idiot!” he yelled at the other boat. “You’re going to hit me!” But his cries were to no avail. Although the farmer rowed furiously to get out of the way, the other boat hit him with a sudden thud. Enraged, he stood up and shouted, “You moron! How could you manage to hit my boat in the middle of this wide river? What’s wrong with you?”
As he strained to see the pilot of the other vessel, he was surprised to realize that it was empty. He was screaming at an empty boat that had broken free of its moorings and was just floating downstream with the current.
The next time you get angry and get ready to blow up because of someone else, just remember: there is never anyone in the other boat. When we are screaming, we are always screaming at an empty vessel. To learn more continue here --
http://www.bnet.com/blog/marshall-goldsmith/how-to-deal-with-a-coworker-who-drives-you-nuts/181?tag=drawer-container;load-section-river
Diversity Management Tip of the Day
Three diversity leadership tips: 1) Know your cultural identity and understand what that identity brings to your communication; 2) Ask others about yourself and listen to their answers; 3) Examine your grading of values. Learn more about these tips, where they come from, and why they seem to work at
"What Makes An Effectice Leader?" by Susan Klopfer, continued here --
http://www.scribd.com/doc/39448938/What-Makes-an-Effective-Leader
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