Dr.Susan Strauss

LGBTQIA+ workers still go to work every day for fear that they might lose their jobs because of who they love and who they are.  There is no federal law protecting the LGBTQIA community from workplace discrimination and harassment. There is confusion among org ...

More and more people are complaining of feeling depressed, hopeless, and just plain out of sorts. Therapists indicate that more and more people are seeking therapy, especially since the 2016 election. Millennials, the largest workgroup in our workplaces, have ...

It is hard to imagine that marijuana is legalized for medical use in 34 states, and 11 states have legalized recreational marijuana. Just five years ago, that would have been unheard of. Legalization initiatives are escalating with more and more states passing ...

Nurse-to-nurse bullying threatens the safety and well-being of patients and nurses. The misconduct is a major problem to all nurses and causing 60% of new nurses to leave their first nursing position and 1 in 3 nurses to quit the profession. Sometimes the bull ...

Title IX and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights requires that colleges and universities receiving a complaint, or otherwise learning of alleged harassment campus, investigate in a timely manner and take appropriate corrective action to en ...

Whether you call it Onboarding, Induction, Enculturation, or New Employee Orientation (NEO), the process used to welcome and train your new employees while capturing their excitement of a new job and reducing their new job jitters is critical to their success. ...

From the length of one’s hair, to the number and location of visible tattoos, to recognizing gender non-conformity style, to creating a summer dress code, employers are facing an increased need to determine their organization’s culture and policies, as well as ...

More and more organizations are “going virtual,” whether it is an employee who telecommutes, a team of workers in another country or simply an employee who extends her or his workday by checking e-mail or downloading a document from Dropbox that connects to th ...

This training program will discuss whether women are more hostile among each other in the workplace.It will discuss sexism and stereotypes in our perceptions of women and men’s bullying, the nexus of bullying and harassment, and the impact of bullying on witne ...

This training program will examine LGBT perceptions and stereotypes and help understand the business case for LGBT inclusion in the workforce. It will also establish gender transition guidelines and list organization best practices to minimize discrimination. ...