In the weeks after the 2024 presidential election, companies across the U.S. are dealing with an uptick in tense political discourse in the workplace.
To help business leaders find solutions and create a better workplace culture, Newsweek Horizons hosted the “Better Workplaces: How to Foster Inclusion and Civility” event, sponsored by the SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) on Tuesday, December 10.
Newsweek’s Workplaces Editor Aman Kidwai moderated the discussion at the magazine’s office at One World Trade Center in New York City. Panelists included Stephen M. Paskoff, president and CEO of ELI; Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, MD, BetterUp’s chief innovation officer and leader of BetterUp Labs; professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dr. Kurt Gray; and Michael Franklin, the executive director of Speechwriters of Color.
Before the discussion, SHRM’s Chief Human Resources Officer Jim Link shared opening remarks about current incivility in the workplace.
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