Sylvio A Gravel

Not every organization or business has the management skills or resources to successfully create a more diverse workplace. This book tells the story of one organization's transformation through diversity and provides 12 lessons that can help an organization, or business, through the diversity workplace process. The 12 lessons to succeed, outlined in the book, include: • establishing the environment for workplace diversity, • who should champion...

It had only taken fifty-six seconds to go through the entire incident from the moment I received a description of the armed robbery suspects to the moment when I called for an ambulance because I had shot a man. After those brief fifty-six seconds, I was no longer the man who had first joined the police service. I now had a different perspective, based on hard-earned experience that I never had before. I became a changed man and I lost who I had once...

It's understandable that police organizations and the leaders within them want to portray their work environments as supportive of their members when it comes to mental health. But we see far too many members being hurt and unsupported not to speak out. It's also important for us to state that not all organizations are failing to support their members. Even within some poorly structured organizations, there are many leaders who are doing their best...