by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Hi everyone, I’m happy to host the Carnival of HR for the second time here at Race in the Workplace. If you’re new to the blog, we’re all about exploring how race and racism influence our working lives. To catch you up, here are some of our most popular posts from 2007:

How to respond to a racist joke
Why you shouldn’t be colorblind
Diversity training doesn’t work. Here’s why.
If diversity training doesn’t work, why do companies do it?
What to do if you’re experiencing racial discrimination at work

The Carnival of Human Resources, published twice a month, is a collection of blog posts on topics related to human resources, business and training. This brainchild of Evil HR Lady aims to get more people blogging and/or reading about these topics, but it’s also a great way to get new readers for your blog.

The December 12th Carnival will be hosted by Wayne Turmel at The Cranky Middle Manager.

Without further ado, here we go!

Please, Lord, not another trademarked leadership concept
Blog: Wally Bock’s Three Star Leadership Blog
“I don’t like that everybody’s got to have some hook of a brand-like name for what they do. It seems to me that Peter Drucker managed to do a successful job of teaching us a few things without needing a fancy name for what he did.”

The “built environment” discrimination theory
Blog: WorkplaceHorizons.com
“The Randy Newman song “Short People” has found an echo in a new gender discrimination theory that has come into vogue in certain articles and in academic circles. Although the Newman song was considered to be satire, these theories are quite serious in claiming that gender discrimination can result from the physical work environment, frequently in the form of work environments designed for taller, and thus more-likely-male employees.”

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