{"id":3791,"date":"2020-01-01T11:40:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2022-01-12T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:58:44","slug":"happy-new-year-my-top-7-blogs-of-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/happy-new-year-my-top-7-blogs-of-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year – My Top 7 Blogs of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of my top blogs of the year just published in mid December deals with how the huge proliferation of robocalls are ruining our lives and productivity.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

I am now enjoying this annual tradition of reviewing my website statistics for the past entire year and listing my top seven most read blogs as a New Year feature.\u00a0 And this year, since there was a tie for 7th, I will feature 8 blogs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I normally blog about my two areas of consulting a few times each month: Diversity with a specialization in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) workplace and marketplace;<\/strong><\/a> and career and skills development based on my innovative Total Engagement Career Mapping process.<\/strong><\/a> And once in a while I throw in a more personal blog or rant about something that is irking me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In 2019, only three of my top 8 were published this year; the rest were first published in previous years, but people are finding them by web searching on various topics. Six of the top 8 dealt with some kind of diversity topic, one was around career development, and one a personal rant about the dramatic disturbing increase in robocalls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here are the \u201cTop 7 of 2019\u201d in reverse order:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

7) Tied for number 7 was a blog about including people with mental illness in the diversity discussion.<\/strong><\/a> It featured a game-changing organization, the Farm at Penny Lane, and its many innovative programs to integrate people with severe mental illness into the mainstream.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Also at number 7 was a blog that reached this height for the year even though it was not published until mid-December and only had a few weeks to run. It\u2019s title: \u201cHelp this blog go viral and create a movement – shut down all robocalls.\u201d<\/strong> <\/a>Robocalls are ruining our way of life and destroying productivity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6) Blog #6 was also published in December and reached this level quite quickly – In \u201cFive Examples of LGBTQ Equality \u2013 It\u2019s Equal Rights, Not Special Rights,”<\/strong><\/a> I dispel this myth of so-called \u201cspecial rights\u201d by sharing five examples.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5) Number 5 was the 2014 \u2013 2016 number 1,the 2017 #2, and the 2018 #3, actually published way back in 2011! As many people search for online resources about diversity training, they found and read my 2011 blog \u201cThree Components of Diversity Training,\u201d<\/strong><\/a> where I discuss three major components required for diversity training and exactly who within an enterprise should be trained. I have also updated that blog to include links to more resources including to a blog sharing a sample outline of diversity and inclusion training contents.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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An illustration of a partial career map as interest in skills and career development grows.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

4) My fourth most popular blog was last year\u2019s number 5 – \u201cThree Wonderful Recent Examples of Diversity and Sports,\u201d<\/strong><\/a> in which I provide short summaries with links about an NFL football player with one hand, an WNBA player who is a new mother with her wife, and a college track star who overcame a harsh abusive upbringing in Africa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3) And a surprising number 3 this year was my blog published way back in 2011 on using career mapping as a tool for career development.<\/a><\/strong> This new-comer to the list may signal an increased focus on the importance of investing in skills and career development as a way to recruit and retain the best employees. You may also want to check out my 11-question Skills Development and Career Road Mapping organizational self-assessment.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2) Number 2 for the second year in a row was \u201cSeven Misconceptions or Stereotypes of Hispanic People\u201d,<\/strong><\/a> a guest piece written in 2016 by my part-time bilingual consultant on staff, Elsa Maria Jimenez Salgado.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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2019 Pair Skating Champion Timothy LeDuc (center with partner Ashley Cain-Dribble, my parents and me) is one of my featured out gay skaters – they’re a great community advocate<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1) And finally, by a complete runaway with over 13,000 hits across the two blogs was last year\u2019s Seven More Fabulous Out Gay Men of Figure Skating (and One Bisexual Woman)<\/a> <\/strong>and my 2016 personal labor of love which included several personal photos that I took, \u201cSeven Fabulous Out Gay Men of Figure Skating.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Thanks to all the readers who enjoy and share my blogs. In 2020, if you want to be notified each time I do publish, you can like my business facebook page (Link),<\/a><\/strong> or if you subscribe to my monthly e-newsletter,<\/a><\/strong> I include a short summary and links to the past month\u2019s writings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Wishing all my readers a wonderful 2020 filled with much contentment, success and probably a wild and crazy US Presidential election year!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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