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Food for Thought from Fox

Stephen M. Paskoff April 20, 2017 No Comments

Yesterday morning, I wrote a short blog concluding that Fox News would likely face long-term reputational damage if it allowed Bill O’Reilly to continue hosting The O’Reilly Factor. Before I could post it, Fox announced the end of O’Reilly’s twenty-year career with the network. As a broadcast superstar, Bill O’Reilly will be remembered for his persona, opinions, stellar ratings and now the acts, allegations, and

ELI launches new Diversity & Inclusion training program

ELI, Inc. April 18, 2017 No Comments

April is Celebrate Diversity Month — a month dedicated as an opportunity to place focus on the differences and similarities that make each of us unique. Founded in 2004, the concept was designed to educate, honor, celebrate and share the melting pot of cultures, religions, foods, language, art and lifestyles that make up our world. As part of Celebrate Diversity Month, corporations, families, schools and

You can’t conquer if you divide

Stephen M. Paskoff April 6, 2017 No Comments

Most organizations take a highly complex and fragmented divide-and-conquer approach to behavioral issues. They have an initiative on sexual harassment, one on discrimination, others on scores of compliance topics, perhaps one on values. The list goes on. Typically, these initiatives are developed by experts in a narrow specialty who come up with a long list of important ideas, laden with technical terms that have specific

Legal compliance is mandatory but not enough

Stephen M. Paskoff March 30, 2017 No Comments

A leading hospital was concerned about the behavior of two prominent surgeons, widely known for treating other staff with contempt, displaying frequent emotional outbursts including screaming, and making condescending remarks and insulting members of the medical team. The leadership was worried about whether the hospital was headed towards a lawsuit. The lawyer the hospital consulted tells them there doesn’t appear to be any legal threat.

Harassment and the cost of culture at Uber

ELI, Inc. March 23, 2017 No Comments

The recent reports and allegations of sexual harassment at Uber have once again have highlighted the ill effects of a toxic work environment that rewards bad behavior. In mid-February, Susan Fowler, a former Uber engineer, wrote a blog in response to the many questions she’s received about why she left the company and what her time was like while she was there. “It’s a strange,

Las Vegas Leads with Values

Stephen M. Paskoff March 9, 2017 No Comments

I had the honor and privilege to deliver the keynote presentation launching the City of Las Vegas’s annual three-day values conference for leaders and employees this past January. The City has held the conference since 2011. The conference is part of the City’s commitment to live by its ACTION values: Achievement, Creativity, Teamwork, Integrity, Ownership, Now. These words give leaders and team members alike clear

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Food for Thought from Fox

ELI launches new Diversity & Inclusion training program

You can’t conquer if you divide

Legal compliance is mandatory but not enough

Harassment and the cost of culture at Uber

Las Vegas Leads with Values