Topic: Communication

 

Building a Better Workplace: How Employers Can Attract and Support Talent with Disabilities

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Bringing in fresh talent is always a challenge, but it becomes an even more layered task when you’re trying to do it inclusively and with care. For job seekers with disabilities, it’s rarely just about the job—it’s about whether the environment will allow them to actually do the job well and live a full life while doing it. Too often, companies get caught up in the optics of diversity without actually examining the structures that either help or hinder real inclusion. But when employers slow down and build better systems, they don’t just attract more candidates—they keep them, grow them, and benefit from everything they bring to the table.

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Jeffrey Klubeck

 

Remote Communication Remote Workspaces? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Let’s start with communication. It was inherently dicey before the mass remote migration. Even in great workplaces, message intended is frequently not message received, cultural and other personal filters warp meaning, and we encounter barriers to listening and critical thinking, among the many roadblocks to understanding.  

Add in new challenges of the remote communication landscape, such as increased use of technology and the associated learning curves, new competing stimuli, reduced access to non-verbal cues, less chance for needed interaction on-demand (to name a few) and you have the moment for some long-needed skill building!  

Communication is the heart, the soul, the foundation, of our relationships — personal and professional. Empowering your team to become effective communicators has enormous benefits.

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