Workers around the world are getting competing instructions right now: come back to the office! No, stay out of the office! But, still, come back to the office! It’s not surprising. …

Every time I would think about what it means to be Black in America, I would dig a hole in my garden. — After 38 years, I moved out of the city and into the country. Only an hour, but as a Black woman who has lived in cities her entire life, it sometimes feels like the moon. I moved to a house with a disturbingly large garden plot and many weeds. I…

I’m a Black woman who speaks about racism in the workplace. Which means I am a hopeful realist. You have to be both if you do this work. I recognize the public shaming that many organizations in America had to face to even make the barest acknowledgment that Black lives…

“What if I say the wrong thing?” I have spoken dozens of times on anti-racism in the workplace the last month and this is almost always the first question I get. Here’s what I say. We have to start by taking apart this myth of “saying the wrong thing.” The…

Before you talk to your kids about race, answer this question — I’m a black woman who talks about race. So, in the past few days, I have received many requests from white people — all women — for resources on how to talk to their white children about race. I appreciate the sincerity of the request—and I’m also looking hard at…

Meet Brad, a white man, and Keisha, a black woman. They both work for your company. Let’s have you play the role of their manager. You’re going to decide who stays and who goes. Will your decision be a fair one? We are in the midst of a pandemic and…