Life Happens at Work. Are Your Employees Discussing the George Floyd Tragedy?
By Victor Cardwell (cardwell@woodsrogers.com) and Leah Stiegler (lstiegler@woodsrogers.com)
Originally published as a Roanoke Times Opinion Letter.
The killing of George Floyd changed our nation overnight. The killing and subsequent protests coalesced with COVID-19 and the highest rate of unemployment since the Great Depression to create a paradigm shift for all.
If it happens in life, it happens in your workplace and business leaders should take notice. With 24/7 coverage of these events, even if you have not overheard water-cooler conversations about the riots or seen employees take to Twitter and Facebook to denounce the killing or the resulting chaos, it is occurring. Everyone has an opinion about what happened, what should have happened, and what is happening now. As Americans become more polarized, your workforce does too.
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