It's been a while since I've had a chance to post because I've been pretty busy training. As usual, training classes have offered me plenty of content for blogging. The most interesting of late has been on the topic of diversity. Diversity management can be a challenging topic for individuals in the workplace. I've seen people in my training classes visibly uncomfortable discussing The Big Three--race and culture, sexual orientation, and religious differences. Maybe because biases expressed in these areas tend to get people in the most trouble. For those who hate confrontation, they tend to shy away from potentially controversial topics altogether. The concern I hear expressed most often is that they don't know what to say because they fear they'll offend someone. It's the whole "walking on egg shells" concern that leads to avoidance of the topic. At work, when they have to attend training because some discrimination issue has occurred
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