Psychosocial Empowerment: The Power of Pulse Surveys in Capturing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Progress

Measuring DEI Objectives Ostensibly, organizations today value diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across the board. They track minority representation within their departments and hold training about inclusive culture to meet quotas. Yet in the absence of DEI investment through policies and structure the social change remains unrealized. Internally employees are hesitant to contribute their ideas, […]

Policy Exhibit: Video-on or Audio-Only debate

Virtual Conference Policy reflects on company culture There are usually strong sentiments around how meetings are conducted. My company broke-off into an independent business from their larger counterpart in 2023. In that move, the new organization defaulted to a norm of audio-only virtual conferences (VC)s. Some middle management professionals are baffled on where the company […]

The IO Psychology of Work Besties: Gender Dynamics and Coworker relationships

Gender and Connection at work Coworker relationships fulfill a unique need and significantly influence employees’ sense of wellbeing and job satisfaction. In my research on the workplace values hierarchy, participants indicated that connections are their fourth priority out of nine key workplace values. The impact of workplace connections varies by gender due to factors such […]