OCTOBER 2022 | TISHREI 5783 |
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Shana tova (Happy New Year)! This week, the fall Jewish Holiday season officially comes to a close. Alongside the past month’s feasts, fasts, and Festival of Booths, this period on the Jewish calendar prompted us to move from the reflective stance of the Hebrew month of Elul into one of greater ownership, accountability, and action. Specifically, these holidays served as an opportunity to engage with the people in our lives about what we could do better this year. In this way, tradition urges us to accept feedback, acknowledge our faults, and apologize when necessary.
We learn from this time that the ability to accept feedback and take responsibility for our actions is a sacred endeavor. It is the cornerstone of change, growth, and progress, and it comes about not only through quiet contemplation but through constructive, reparative discussions with others. Accordingly, making feedback a regular feature of our workplaces is essential to ensuring psychological safety, increasing accountability, and fostering an iterative, growth-oriented trajectory for both individual employees and for your organization as a whole.
Commemorating the #MeToo Viral Anniversary
The lesson is a timely one not only within interpersonal and communal domains, but in systemic ones as well: just a few days ago, on October 15th, the world commemorated the 5th anniversary of the #MeToo movement going viral. This was a revolutionary time of collective feedback that extended well beyond the entertainment industry and into workplaces worldwide. Thanks to the bravery of Tarana Burke and millions of others, the last 5 years have brought about real, genuine change in workplace and legal policies alike, and prompted several new organizations to be formed in response to this call to action: including Ta’amod! The world still has a long way to go to ensure our workplaces are truly safe and equitable for all, but after millions spoke up in the #MeToo movement, change and progress are well on their way.
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In this MSNBC interview, Tarana Burke shares how the #MeToo movement has impacted the community over the last five years.
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Increasing Accountability and Creating Feedback-rich Workplace Culture
When it comes to our workplaces, we often think of soliciting feedback from our clients, audience, or the demographic we’re serving. But if we want to ensure a positive, safe, and accountable work environment for our staff, giving and receiving feedback internally is critical as well! Research shows that employees prefer any kind of feedback over no feedback at all from their supervisors. In fact, in a list of twelve employee statements that indicate great management, several involve receiving both positive and constructive feedback, such as:
- In the last 7 days, I have received recognition or praise for doing great work.
- In the last 6 months, someone has talked to me about my progress.
- There is someone at work who encourages my development. (Gallup Business Journal, 2001)
It’s clear that regular feedback is an essential feature of a safe, healthy, equitable workplace culture. But giving feedback effectively isn’t always easy, and receiving feedback openly and with grace can be even more challenging! Our trainings offer practical, research-based tools and strategies to ensure that you and your staff are well-equipped to give and receive feedback in the most effective ways possible.
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We look forward to our trainings and programs
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Ta'amod is here to help you and your organizations intrinsically reduce the risk of harassment, abuse, and harm in the workplace with our uniquely holistic curriculum and culture training framed in Jewish values.
Our content is data-driven and offers participants tangible tools for cultivating a healthy workplace culture framed by Jewish wisdom and accountability; with an emphasis on power dynamics, psychological safety, and accountability.
To inquire about training with Ta'amod,
please email Debbie, our Program Manager,
or click the button below to fill out our inquiry form!
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Ta'amod: Stand up! is fiscally sponsored by Mission Edge San Diego. |
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