Dr. Linda Burrs is the CEO and Principal Consultant of the Step Up to Success! consulting firm that focuses on diversity and inclusion organizational strategies for leaders, teams and individuals. For more than 25 years, Dr. Burrs has brought her rich dynamic approach to the corporate and professional training arena. She is the author of The Fruits of Inclusion™: A Smart Business Guide to Creating a Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion Program.

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	Inclusion Gone Viral by Dr. Linda Burrs - Mar, 2011 Getting the inclusion virus can be a great thing as viruses by their very natures duplicate and spread! Having the inclusion virus go viral is symptomatic of an organization that has learned to value diversity in all of its forms and has created a culture that has learned to leverage its d...
	Inclusion in Virtual Teams by Dr. Linda Burrs - Mar, 2011 I have worked as a member of traditional and virtual teams for many years and based on my experiences, while there are some unique challenges facing each type of team, there are plenty issues that are the same. Both types of teams require significant trust to function as a high performing ...
	Clean Up Your Toxic Workplace by Dr. Linda Burrs - Feb, 2011 Organizations with sound diversity and inclusion strategies frequently experience higher rates of creativity, are able to hire and retain the best and brightest talent and make product development a priority in order to stay competitive. Yet for years — and in some circles today — the ...
	Clean Up a Toxic Workplace by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 Organizations with sound diversity and inclusion strategies frequently experience higher rates of creativity, are able to hire and retain the best and brightest talent and make product development a priority in order to stay competitive. Yet for years — and in some circles today — the ...
	A Postmodern Chicken Little Story by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 Chicken Little was a postmodern chicken. She enjoyed the freedom to express herself with her friends and sister chickens as they clucked about the barnyard. One day, Chicken Little experienced some cognitive dissonance when an object hit her on the head. Having never experienced this pheno...
	Diversity – More Than A Notion by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 Abstract Oh no, here we go again…not another diversity initiative…not another diversity article…not another diversity program! Sound familiar? What’s wrong with this scenario? The problem is that for far too long, diversity has been the “whipping post” for many issues in organizations ...
	Inclusion Gone Viral by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 Getting the inclusion virus can be a great thing as viruses by their very natures duplicate and spread! Having the inclusion virus go viral is symptomatic of an organization that has learned to value diversity in all of its forms and has created a culture that has learned to leverage its d...
	Inclusion in Virtual Teams by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 I have worked as a member of traditional and virtual teams for many years and based on my experiences, while there are some unique challenges facing each type of team, there are plenty issues that are the same. Both types of teams require significant trust to function as a high performing ...
	Leaders Behaving Badly by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 As a personal and professional coach, so much of what I have been hearing about lately has to do with leaders behaving badly. It seems time to address this issue from the perspective of millions of employees who continue to suffer injustices by these bad behaving leaders. It seems the p...
	Leadership that Transforms by Dr. Linda Burrs - Oct, 2010 In the eighties, Hasbro© began marketing and selling an original and innovative toy that changed shapes, functions, and missions upon command. These toys were a huge hit with children and some adults as they took regular toys like cars, trucks, and planes and transformed them into mission ...
	Personal Mastery and Self-Confidence: A Key to Success by Dr. Linda Burrs - Feb, 2010 "Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities." — Terry Josephson 21st-century motivational author – A new year always seems to bring out the need to improve our desires to start something new. Personal Mastery is the second of the five disciplines...
	Diversity – More Than Just A Notion by Dr. Linda Burrs - Nov, 2008 Oh no, here we go again…not another diversity initiative…not another diversity article…not another diversity program! Sound familiar? What’s wrong with this scenario? The problem is that for far too long, diversity has been the “whipping post” for many issues in organizations that are not ...
	Intentional Inclusion by Dr. Linda Burrs - Nov, 2008 If leaders are not intentionally creating cultures of inclusion, then by default, they are creating cultures of exclusion. For years the term diversity seems to have taken the brunt of everything that is not good about working in organizations. The misinformation and disinformation attache...
	The Fruits of Inclusion™: Creating a Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion Program by Dr. Linda Burrs - Mar, 2008 The concept of the fruits of inclusion has been repeated throughout this workbook. This discussion deserves some additional attention as it is the essential factor to effectively making diversity work for everyone. We are all already diverse. What we don’t need is more diversity...what...
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