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Fletcher Consulting
Equal pay for invisible work
Women still paid less than men for the same work. They are also often asked to do additional, unpaid work outside of their jobs.
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Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 21
- 2 min
When good intentions meet bad systems
If you’re not seeing the results you hoped for in your DEI efforts, look to see if your good intent has been marred by your own...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 14
- 2 min
A practice, not a perfect
Sarah Beth of Sarah Beth Yoga often reminds her students that “Yoga is a practice, not a perfect.” Let that be our mantra as we work to...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Women's History is Black Women's History
It’s Women’s History Month! It feels like Black History Month was just days ago. Before you know it, it will be April—Autism Awareness...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Keep Black History Month present beyond February
Black History Month 2023 comes to a close today. I encourage you to find ways to keep learning throughout the year. Without a clear...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Black History doesn’t need to make white people uncomfortable
**Guest Post from FC Consultant, Colin Stokes If I heard that someone in my kids’ school district was working to prevent educators from...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Black History Month for the win
When the College Board announced the latest version of their landmark Advanced Placement African American Studies course on the first day...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 2
- 2 min
What would you give up?
You believe in the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. (I assume so, since you’re reading this blog.) Maybe you describe...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Bias and equity at the airport
The airport is a great place to observe human behavior…especially bad behavior. Last month, as I was waiting to board a plane, the...
Fletcher Consulting
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Don’t believe the anti-DEI hype!
Every few months, an article is published claiming that DEI training doesn’t work. This time, contrarian writer Jesse Singal and his New...
Fletcher Consulting
- Jan 17
- 2 min
A King memorial that embraces a joyful truth
Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend, many of us in the Boston area were hearing about or visiting the new landmark downtown: a...
Fletcher Consulting
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Making mentoring equitable
Last week I saw this post on LinkedIn by DEI consultant and leadership coach Tara Robertson. I was so excited to see how generous she’s...
Fletcher Consulting
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Our New Year’s Priority: Momentum in DEIB
Happy New Year to all of our clients, colleagues, and friends! As we begin 2023, we at Fletcher Consulting are focusing on the word...
Fletcher Consulting
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Setting goals with an equity lens
At this time of year, many people think about setting goals for the year ahead. If you are one of those people, be sure not to forget...
Fletcher Consulting
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
The joy of belonging
There is something special about being in a space in which one of your primary identities puts you in the majority. Growing up in...
Fletcher Consulting
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Take a real vacation
Last month, I took my first real vacation in three years. I say “real” because, although I have taken vacations more recently, I have...
Fletcher Consulting
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
Sustaining momentum post-“awakening”
Right after George Floyd was murdered by police in May of 2020, my email was blowing up. My phone wouldn’t stop buzzing with alerts that...
Fletcher Consulting
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
How to decolonize your Thanksgiving
I am grateful for all our clients and colleagues who are doing what they can to create diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible...
Fletcher Consulting
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Thoughts after the midterm elections
I remember election day in Jamaica, where I grew up. It was massive. Everyone went to the polls as if their livelihood depended on it. It...
Fletcher Consulting
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
How do I keep up with the current words for things?
At last week’s microaggressions workshop, I heard a white participant muttering, “With all these words I’m not supposed to say anymore,...
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