by Tim Toterhi | Sep 27, 2023 | Career Blog
Dear HR, Stop looking to the external to define diversity. If 100% of your executive or HR team is liberal or conservative, you don’t have diversity of thought; you have a groupthink starter kit. Over time, this can lead to bias in hiring, performance, compensation,... 
by Tim Toterhi | Jul 17, 2020 | If I May
Dear Editor, Thanks for your notes. I understand you’d like the book to demonstrate more “inclusiveness,” so I’ve reluctantly accepted your “suggestions.” All characters are now gay, except for Gianna, who is bisexual, and Vinny,... 
by Tim Toterhi | Jul 10, 2019 | If I May
Human Resources is hardly a comfortable profession for conservative, straight, middle-aged white guys. Seriously, talk about your under-represented voices. I’m as common as a leprechaun riding a unicorn. Colleagues, who, by comparison, often make Hollywood... 
by Tim Toterhi | Feb 20, 2019 | If I May
As a Human Resources professional, I routinely field questions about diversity and inclusion programs, work-life balance issues, gender pay practices, and, most recently, the concept of privilege. Rational conversations that incorporate verifiable data and each... by Tim Toterhi | Sep 19, 2017 | Career Blog
The single biggest challenge employers face with diversity in the workplace is that they are looking for the wrong thing. Somewhere along the way the concept of corporate diversity, or “inclusion” as it is now known, got cheapened. It got boiled down to a marketing...