Week Six My Journey
Since starting with my organization I have been vaguely aware that certain personal
is afraid to hold the African American staff to the same expectations of all
the other staff. I am fairly new and
still learning the history of our growth and lessons learned. I have never truly witnessed personal bias in
this capacity. It has almost become a
prejudice not of African Americans but a prejudice that African American staff
will use their race to get what they want, or to get out what they do not want
to do. I have never felt differently
about supervising anyone from any race, gender, age or background. I have personally witnessed such fear of
prejudice that they were actually being prejudice themselves. The affect of prejudice among our leadership
has diminished equity significantly. It
creates an environment in which all employees are not treated equally nor are
they held accountable to the same standard.
Being able to lead, guide, mentor, and supervise employees equally is imperative.
I want staff to always know that as their supervisor I will always treat them
as individualize, and uphold them to the same standard as their collogues. As I continue to grow and learn to lead my
staff I hope that all my staff regardless of their ethnical background will
appreciate that they are treated fair, and held to the same standards.
You are doing the right thing by setting the expectation to be the standard. An employee handbook is a good way to help remind them of what their duties are and that no one gets special treatment.
ReplyDeleteI think they will appreciate you for being fair and respectful of them by making sure they are all treated as equal co-workers held to a high standard of professionalism. Good luck and keep on doing what you do.
Haley,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post. I believe that we do have to treat all staff fairly no matter their race, religion, or other identity. At my former job, as the only male under a male director, I felt that I had higher than normal expectations placed on me which is equally unfair. If everyone is not held to the same expectations then I believe that equity is endangered.