I have been in the diversity training field for nearly 20 years and everybody talks about best practices but I feel too many of my colleagues really make it more complicated than it really needs to be and here at DTG we have always tried to make diversity issues and the related training more easy … Continue reading Diversity Best Practices – By Mauricio Velásquez
Mauricio Velasquez is the President & Founder of Diversity Training Group (DTG). In this interview he shares his observations of current trends in Diversity & Inclusion. With more than 25 years experience in diversity field, Mauricio is a mover & shaker in the business, government, and education sectors. Check out his analysis of the diversity … Continue reading Mauricio Velasquez- Diversity Training Group
As a Diversity Consultant and Trainer to law firms I am often asked by our clients “help us stop the bleeding.” Firms invest so much in sourcing, recruiting and developing their talented associates and to see them leave prematurely can be disastrous. One of my clients had lost nearly a dozen partners and associates (too … Continue reading Associate Retention Today: The Truth – by Mauricio Velasquez
Observations and Tips from recent training in the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) trenches (especially hostile or militant audiences) CURRENT EVENTS – Current events are just “upping the volume, the passion, the conversation in the workshop.” Do not shy away from current events. I do not answer “what do you think about…” questions at first, I … Continue reading Recent Diversity Training Made Me Reflect – by Mauricio Velásquez
As a professional who has worked in the D&I field for 25 years, I am seeing some significant emerging trends in the workplace. As a result of an improving economy, previously slashed HR budgets are finally being revitalized with attention being paid to training and development – especially for diversity and inclusion. In addition, as … Continue reading Emerging Trends in D&I – By Mauricio A. Velásquez
Toxic employees are trying to “take over” and create toxic workplaces. As a diversity trainer, sexual harassment prevention trainer, consultant, executive coach, and expert witness, for twenty five years now, so much of my work points to one emerging phenomenon – toxic employees, toxic workplaces, are on the rise!
Antonio Velásquez, my immigrant father, who came to this country (legally , you have to say that these days) with nothing, not knowing the language, serving this great country in the military and then eventually, with the GI bill, graduating from college (at age 32) recently passed away. My father lived to see me go … Continue reading What My Father Taught Me About Diversity and Inclusion — by Mauricio Velásquez
HOSTILITY Do we have to keep talking about this? Oh, a diversity workshop… why? You are ruining the workplace; we can’t have any fun anymore!” Have you heard these wonderful, welcoming, open, pro-learning comments lately? I had one participant (in front of all of his buddies) recently comment – “This session will probably be about … Continue reading Diversity and Inclusion Fatigue — by Mauricio Velásquez
I think many people are tired of the diversity issues percolating and re-circulating in the workplace, marketplace, and society-at-large, but way too many people just don’t realize that these diversity and inclusion issues are going unacknowledged, unresolved and “will come back over and over again.” The question is not should we fear diversity fatigue but … Continue reading Why Diversity Fatigue — by Mauricio Velásquez
Maximize Thought Leadership Boost your creativity, emotional intelligence, and decision making in a diverse workplace Who Should Attend Managers looking to establish and reinforce their teams’ culture of diversity and inclusion. Presenter Deborah Levine is an award-winning author of 18 books, Editor-in-Chief of the American Diversity Report, and host of the ADR Podcasts. She has … Continue reading Thought Leadership
