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When it comes to celebrating diversity, we are all for it. But diversity’s strength in organizations goes far beyond that. The fact is, we are all different from one another in big and small ways and that is precisely the thing that makes us all the same. Diversity is more than the leveraging of difference—it’s our shared humanity. Diversity, so often seen as what divides us, is really our common ground.

For more than eighteen years, Common Ground has been starting from there and helping organizations take diversity and inclusion wherever they want or need to go. We bring you expertise in:

We work with all kinds of organizations in all public and private sectors. We work with small groups, large groups and one-to-one. Our focus is on helping you fully leverage the strength of your workforce diversity – as you define it - to create the most productive, satisfactory workplace possible for everyone involved.

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WOMEN AND MEN AT WORK EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS Books & Articles gender in the workplace, women at work, gender discrimination What's New

  • August 25 and 30: Liz Winfeld, keynotes regarding sexual orientation in the workplace for BCBS Association in Washington, DC and Chicago.
  • October 6: Liz Winfeld, Kickoff Education for Mattel Diversity Council on sexual orientation and gender identity, Los Angeles
  • October 7: Liz Winfeld, Presentation on sexual orientation  and spirituality at Out and Equal Workplace Conference, Los Angeles
  • October 13: Alice Adams, Meet the Author in Harford, CT for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association.
  • October 20: Alice Adams speaks to the Inclusion Coalition of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives in San Francisco.
  • Also in October: Liz Winfeld presents a leading-edge look at spirituality – not religion – in the workplace to BCBS-FL.
  • November 6 - 8, Alice Adams at the Linkage Women in Leadership Conference, Applied Learning Team.
  • Listen to Alice Adams’ Linkage Diversity webinar, Turning Gender Inside Out