Good Vibes Leadership with Bernadette Smith

Here are this week's good vibes: Happier Employees = Lower Turnover at IKEA Thailand Approves Marriage Equality Record Employment for People With Disabilities Doris Burke Calls NBA Finals Miss Maryland USA Breaks Barriers Call to Action: Too hot out there? Stay cool inside and check out these  movies by and about trans people to watch this Pride month Read the stories:   https://www.theequalityins...

Here are this week's good vibes: Scholastic Publishes Pride Guide  Claudia Sheinbaum Breaks Glass Ceiling in Mexico Planet Fitness Affirms Trans Inclusion FIFA and Citigroup Expand Parental Leave This week's Call to Action: GRACE is a transgender-led national nonprofit organization that’s creating videos featuring conservative and center-right parents standing up for their trans children. Watch an...

Here are this week's good vibes: Trans Woman Awarded Best Actress at Cannes Melinda French Gates Pledges $1B for Women Major Accessibility Updates Coming to Airports MLB Adds Negro League Stats Boston University Renames Dorm This week's Call to Action: It’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Remember, Pride started as an act of rebellion, and Pride parades are still forms of protest in many places. Learn about P...

This Week's Good Vibes: ‘Sesame Street’ Introduces TJ, the Show’s First Filipino American Muppet FDA Paves Way for More Gay and Bisexual Men to Donate Blood With New Risk-Based Assessment Dartmouth Health on How to Reduce Hiring Bias, the Power of DEIB Statements Airbnb Let Its Workers Live and Work Anywhere. Spoiler: They’re Loving It For Kids, Going Under Anesthesia Can Be Scary. This Nurse Made...

Here are this week's good vibes: SFMOMA’s New Exhibit Celebrates Inclusion Kaylynne Truong Becomes the First Vietnamese Athlete in the WNBA Frontier Co-Op’s Values-Driven Approach Liechtenstein Passes Marriage Equality Apple Products Grow More Accessible Connect with Bernadette: www. BernadetteSmith.com Read the Stories: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-karen Th...

Here are this week's good vibes: WNBA Players to Fly Charter Flights American Cancer Society to Study Black Women Japan Airlines’ New CEO is a Woman Sesame Place Is More Inclusive of Neurodivergence Kate Spade Promotes Mental Health Awareness This week's Call to Action: Speaking of mental health awareness, I’ve developed a “bag of tricks” to manage my own in times of acute stress. Here are some gr...

Here are this week's good vibes: Title IX Protections More Inclusive Potawatomi Nation Reclaims Ancestral Land John Lewis Partnership Publishes Interview Questions Online United Methodist Church Lifts LGBTQ Bans Opting Out of Mother’s Day This week's Call to Action: Speaking of belonging, my friend Rhodes Perry, author of Imagine Belonging, is hosting The Belonging Circle: A Gathering for Inclusiv...

Here are this week's good vibes: PBS Kids Adds ASL to Six Shows Delta Continues to Invest in Employees Korean Company Uses Korean Names Retail/Grocery Employees to Have More Protections Dell Sees ERG Success This week's Call to Action: Join my next DEI Double Feature: The Belonging Buzzword . I’m hosting it with Michelle Silverthorn on May 8 and you can join right here !  Read the Stories: h ttps:...

Here are this week's good vibes: Singapore Enshrines Flexible Work in Law Allstate Managers Get Connections Budget Ashley for State Rep! NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Sets Records Wisconsin Includes Asian American History This week's Call to Action: Read this article in HBR by Lily Zheng: What Needs to Change About DEI — and What Doesn’t . Read the Stories: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equ...

Here are this week's good vibes: USCIS Now Offers Gender X Shift from Autism Awareness to Acceptance First Arab Woman Graduates from NASA  Innovative Trans Employment Project First Watch Employees Get Caregiver Benefits This week's Call to Action: Book recommendation time! Check out The Boldly Inclusive Leader by my friend Minette Norman. There are some great stories in this book that illustrate p...

Here are this week's good vibes: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum in Washington Big ROI on Child Care Benefits “Hop” Showcases Authentic Disability Representation Federal Forms to be Updated for Better Representation Yurok Becomes First Tribal Nation to Co-manage Land This week's Call to Action: March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility. My good friend Rhodes Perry created a checklist on how to show up...

Here are this week's good vibes: Women’s Hockey Continues to Set Records Malcolm X Gets His Recognition in Nebraska Four-Day Workweeks in France and Germany To Increase Diversity, Hire Differently Stolen Artifacts Returned to Japan This week's Call to Action: If you like 5 Things, then check out “5 Ally Actions”, Karen Catlin’s weekly newsletter that’s been around for 6 years! Subscribe here to ge...

Here are this week's good vibes: Racial Diversity Leaders to Higher Box Office ROI Tyson to Hire 42,000 Migrants Walmart Teaches Compassion Inclusive Bridal Dresses It’s OK to Say Gay This week's Call to Action: It’s Women’s History Month! Learn about some amazing women by exploring the inductees of the National Women’s Hall of Fame . The 2024 class has its first trans woman, Sandy Stone.  Read th...

Here are this week's good vibes: The North Face Incentivizes Customers to Learn About Race Land O’ Lakes Makes Life Easier for Caregivers Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Requires Gender Diversity Cole Brauer Sails Around the World The Philadelphia Eagles Partner with Popcorn for The People This week's Call to Action: It’s Ramadan! I found this article by Sharanika Akter, A Ramadan Guide for Your Wo...

Here are this week's good vibes: Walmart Creates a Pipeline for AI Talent Charlotte Tilbury Promotes Women in Motorsports New Jersey to Recognize LGBTQ+ Businesses Unilever Hires People With Disabilities Behind the Camera Historic Donation to Albert Einstein College of Medicine This week's Call to Action: Learn about Nex Benedict , the non-binary teen in Oklahoma who was bullied and beaten by clas...

Catharine Montgomery, the founder and CEO of the social-impact-focused communications agency, Better Together and I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes.  Here are this week's good vibes: Big Bonuses for Delta Employees Starbucks Re-Designs Store for Inclusion Breaking Barriers in Whiskey Churches Teach Black History in Florida Four-Day Workweek Sticks This week's Call...

This week our conversation is about same-sex marriage and adoption in Greece, lactation pods, employee stock ownership, and more! Here are this week's good vibes: MLB’s First Woman Play-by-Play Announcer Greece Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Mamava's Lactation Pods Revolutionize Support for Nursing Parents Lyft Expands Pilot to Prioritize Safety and Inclusion RIP Bob Moore This week's Ca...

Brenda Harrington, PCC (she/her), founder of Adaptive Leadership Strategies LLC, and I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI). This week our conversation is about the 49ers Black Excellence Collection, Lyft’s commitment to driver pay, and more! Here are this week's good vibes: 49ERS Launch Black Excellence Collection Poker Power for Women+ Lyft Takes Care of Its Drivers m.m.lafleur Dresses...

Andres Sigcha, Founder & CEO of Tariy.ai recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes. This week our conversation is about DEI metrics in performance reviews, autism-friendly airports, skills-based hiring, and more!  Here are this week's good vibes: Hitachi adds DEI metrics to performance reviews JFK and other airports become more autism-friendly Massachusetts moves to skills-b...

Rubén Alejandro Ramírez, Group Head Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Syngenta Group and I will recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes. This week our conversation is about Apple podcasts becoming more accessible, psychedelics, DEI jobs, and more! Here are this week's good vibes: JPMorgan fully committed to DEI Billionaire couple gifts $100 million to Spelman College DEI job...

Here are this week's good vibes: Walmart to increase pay for store managers Philadelphia becomes first sensory-inclusive city in the U.S. Jerod Mayo hired as New England Patriots coach BIPOC folks win big at Emmy’s 321 Coffee shows an inclusive business model This week's Call to Action: Do you crave Girl Scout cookies but struggle to find them for sale where you live? No worries! Check out this li...

Here are this week's good vibes: Aviva CEO to sign-off on all “non-diverse hires” Irish dancing community shows trans support Formerly incarcerated people get instant voting access in Michigan Inclusive customer service at Sephora Southwest praised for 'customer of size' policy that gives larger passengers priority This week's call to action: Read this important article in Forbes by Janice Gassam...

Here are this week's good vibes: More states strive to make parks, trails accessible Dove and Open Source Afro Hair Library launch Code My Crown Companies leading in disability inclusion outperform peers Companies offer more generous bereavement leave in pandemic’s wake and expand who counts as ‘family’ AI is helping new parents apply for paid leave This week's call to action: Listen to this inter...

This week's good vibes: Croquet player becomes first out trans woman to win world championship Discord Explicitly Bans Misgendering and Deadnaming on Its Platform Estée Lauder leverages AI and AR to help visually impaired people use cosmetics 'Barbie' Movie Adds Unique Accessibility Option Beck’s New Beer for Older Adults Call to Action: What is Trauma Intelligence? Check out LaTonya Wilkins' Lead...

Here are the good vibes I found this week: ‘Peppa Pig’ Gets Its First Same-Sex Couple – Two Polar Bear Mommies A Swimming Cap Made for Black Hair Gets Official Approval After Previous Olympic Ban The Hubspot Culture Code: “Better to Try and Sometimes Fail Than to Sit Tight...and Fail for Sure.” U.S. Soccer Players Formally Sign Equal Pay Agreements If Your Family Makes Less Than $100,000 per Year,...