When you think of being an ally, what comes to mind? Are you thinking that being an ally means being respectful to everyone? Are you thinking about a scenario where someone is being bullied or insulted and you stand up for them or stand with them? While those are both important, they are not enough, if we really want to create cultures of more inclusion and safety for everyone. In this action-oriented episode, Michael interviews highly acclaimed workplace influencer, speaker, and four-t...
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When you think of being an ally, what comes to mind? Are you thinking that being an ally means being respectful to everyone? Are you thinking about a scenario where someone is being bullied or insulted and you stand up for them or stand with them? While those are both important, they are not enough, if we really want to create cultures of more inclusion and safety for everyone. In this action-oriented episode, Michael interviews highly acclaimed workplace influencer, speaker, and four-t...
Toxic co-workers? A new way to think about nice people causing exclusion
The Culture Advantage
23 minutes
1 month ago
Toxic co-workers? A new way to think about nice people causing exclusion
The people bringing down the culture of your organization are not necessarily the ones you think they are. In this episode, Michael Baran describes the insidious way that all of us, even with the best intentions, can cause our co-workers to feel exclusion in our attempts to bond, to help, to be funny, or even to give a compliment. Michael and his book’s co-author name this concept “subtle acts of exclusion,” and in this episode he describes why they coined this term to reframe “microaggressio...
The Culture Advantage
When you think of being an ally, what comes to mind? Are you thinking that being an ally means being respectful to everyone? Are you thinking about a scenario where someone is being bullied or insulted and you stand up for them or stand with them? While those are both important, they are not enough, if we really want to create cultures of more inclusion and safety for everyone. In this action-oriented episode, Michael interviews highly acclaimed workplace influencer, speaker, and four-t...