Dana Brownlee
Forbes
Atlanta, GA, United States
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7 Ways To Spice Up Your Corporate Team Retreat
For many returning to the office, team retreats can provide a valuable opportunity to reconnect or meet new colleagues, get away from the daily grind and recharge as a group. Use these seven smart tips to curate a session that's engaging, productive and memorable. → Read More
The 7 Deadly Sins Of Corporate Black History Month Programming
While most organizations will set aside time in February to commemorate Black History month, many will make tragic mistakes along the way. Here are seven classic missteps to avoid. → Read More
Meet The 17-Year-Old Author Of ‘Books N Bros: 44 Inspiring Books For Black Boys’
As an elementary school student, he loved reading but rarely saw himself reflected in the characters, so he developed the Books N Brows book club at just ten years old. Now at 17, he's written his first book full of inclusive recommendations for other Black boys. → Read More
Four Female Pioneers Share The Secrets To Breaking Barriers
Being the first or the only is never easy. Certainly, it’s hard to walk into a space where you feel foreign and own it, but these ground-breaking women have done just that. Here's some of their best advice for succeeding in traditionally male-dominated spaces. → Read More
5 Pieces Of Practical Career Advice From Uniquely Successful Women
In the Epic Mentor Guide 180 successful women share their best career advice for early career professionals. These five pieces of practical, easily implementable advice pack a big punch. → Read More
Career Mentorship Stops Confidence Slide For Teen Girls, Study Finds
Having founded Etre, a mentorship program that brings girls directly into companies to meet female leaders face to face, Illana Raia has observed first-hand the confidence boost that those brief interactions can inspire. → Read More
5 Hacks For Holiday Networking, Especially For Those Who Hate It
The last few weeks of the year are a great time to network on and offline. Here are 5 tips to help you do it more effectively. → Read More
‘Stranger Things’ Mom, Acting Veteran Shares 5 Tips For Career Success
You may not know her name or even her face, but Karen Ceesay represents the vast majority of acting professionals, working actors. There's no guidebook for cultivating a career as an actor, but there are a few secrets to success. Ceesay shares lessons learned after thirty years in the business. → Read More
Five Steps Companies Can Take To Navigate The Shift To Remote And Hybrid Work
The McKinsey and Lean In Women in the Workplace 2022 Report reveals that increasingly women prefer hybrid work flexibility. The report offers five specific considerations for organizations navigating to support remote and hybrid work long term. → Read More
How To Raise Difficult Issues In Team Meetings
Speaking up about sensitive or controversial issues is hard to do but so important. Unfortunately, too many professionals take the easy way out and say nothing. Instead of holding your tongue the next time you want to say something difficult, try this instead. → Read More
4 Leadership Strategies To Address ‘Quiet Quitting’
Employee disengagement is a clear warning sign to managers to lean in to better understand a team member's situation. Here are four specific strategies that leaders should use if they sense a marked shift in a team member's level of engagement. → Read More
Is ‘Quiet Quitting’ A Problem Or A Symptom Of A Problem?
Arguably, "quiet quitting" may not be a problem as much as it is a symptom of a potential problem. Concerned managers should focus less on the dimunution of time and effort and more on the reasons behind it. → Read More
The Next Time Your Boss Suggests A Horrible Idea, Try This
Senior leaders can propose some ambitious, unrealistic project ideas that unfortunately evolve into nightmare projects. Fortunately, risk analysis can be a powerful technique for convincing a senior leader that their great idea may not be so great. → Read More
Anti-Racism 101: Let’s Clarify ‘White Privilege’ Once And For All
Unfortunately, key anti-racism concepts are often mangled and misunderstood creating unnecessary angst, tension and acrimony. Here we explore and debunk common misconceptions around the term "white privilege." → Read More
This Is Why Corporate DEI Tragically Fails Many Black Professionals
While DEI has been entrenched in corporate ecosystems for more than 50 years, Black professionals have arguably seen relatively little progress on the equity and justice front. Here are four key reasons why. → Read More
5 More Questions To Ask During Your Project Kickoff Meeting
Those leaders who simply send an email to kickoff a project are missing a tremendous opportunity to start their project on the right foot. As projects become increasingly complex and team members are more often remote, project kickoff meetings have become more important than ever. → Read More
5 Questions To Ask During Your Project Kickoff Meeting
Project kickoff meetings can be a powerful tool when executed well, but that doesn't happen by osmosis. Be sure you're asking the right questions that help surface important issues to clarify early on. → Read More
3 Ways ‘Nice’ Team Leaders Unwittingly Create Workplace Cultures Of Exclusion
The hard truth is that "nice" team leaders can indeed create and foster exclusive, othering, sometimes toxic workplace environments for Black and Brown professionals. Here are three classic mistakes that some of the nicest team leaders make. → Read More
4 Ways To Encourage Inclusion During A Business Meeting
Like it or not, most business is conducted during some sort of meeting—virtual or live, small or large—and meetings aren’t always inclusive spaces. The good news is that there are specific strategies that leaders can use to make everyone feel included and valued. → Read More
82% Of Employed Gen Zers Want Mental Health Days, Study Finds
A recent TalentLMS and BambooHR survey found that a whopping 82% of employed Gen Z employees want mental health days—a concept that may not have shown up on many HR managers’ radar just a decade ago. Companies are exploring different approaches for offering such support. → Read More