January 2019 – July 2022
Learn how to identify bias when it creeps into the language of performance in hiring, developing, retaining, and advancing employees. Get tips on using language more effectively to describe merit and advocate for others, and employ concrete actions to block bias in descriptions of performance. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fh0CN2TUOdSotcwcMcUPxjqFrcS553wt/view
Get your creative juices flowing by joining others who are building shoebox floats for the Lab’s virtual Pride Parade. Lambda is hosting a “crafternoon” session on Tuesday, June 23, from 4 to 6 p.m. Snap a photo of your finished float and share it. The parade is scheduled for June 30. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2020/06/17/pride-month-virtual-shoebox-float-parade-flag-lowering/
Join the Lambda Alliance for a Pride Month conversation with Julia Serano on Wednesday, June 24, noon to 1 p.m. Serano is an Oakland-based writer, performer, biologist, and activist, best known for her 2007 book “Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity.” https://diversity.lbl.gov/2020/06/16/pride-month-a-conversation-with-julia-serano/
A recent IDEA Brown Bag for managers and supervisors focused on incorporating IDEA goals into the Performance Management Process. Sample goals include attending IDEA events, mentorship of others, or joining a Lab ERG. https://youtu.be/fDuULnayfqY
June 19 marks the day in 1865 that enslaved persons in Texas were told they were free, two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about this important date in American history. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2020/06/18/history-of-juneteenth-june-19/
Incorporating goals for the diversity and inclusion portion of the PMP process was the topic of this recent IDEA brown bag. These include such activities as attending events, leading IDEA exercises at team meetings, getting involved in DEI committees or employee resource groups, and more. https://youtu.be/fDuULnayfqY
While there is no parade this year, Pride is never cancelled. The show must go on, so the Lab’s Lambda ERG is hosting a shoebox float parade on Tuesday, June 30. Lab staff are invited to get out their glue sticks, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, and other supplies to create a float for the parade. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2020/06/17/pride-month-virtual-shoebox-float-parade-flag-lowering/
In this toolkit, supervisors will learn about bias and how it can unintentionally influence evaluations of merit in hiring, developing, retaining, and advancing employees, as well as methods to accurately assess performance and potential, and block bias when evaluating talent. https://ideas-in-action.lbl.gov/topics/performance-assessment#h.p_qhmYhR4lhFbx
In this replay of a supervisor brown bag on June 10, learn more about the goals of #ShutDownSTEM and other actions, the “Guidance for People Leaders” resource sponsored by HR and DEI, responding to current events, and ways managers can actively support their employees. https://youtu.be/WEuhVwXld60
It is time to show your colleagues your real self and share your hidden (or not so hidden) talent with the entire Lab. All performance types are welcome, including music, spoken word, dance, animal tricks, and bag pipers! Sign up by June 23. The next Open Mic is Friday, June 26, at 4:30 p.m. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2020/06/15/save-the-date-berkeley-labs-fourth-open-mic-june-26-2020/