What does “good” look like at my workplace?

Preventative Steps to Address Harassment

I recently joined two of our Purple corporate partners – Deanna Slocum, Senior Director of Ethics & Compliance at Uber and Kari Bible, Director of Employee Relations at Gilead Sciences – for an amazing panel conversation at the Global Ethics Summit in Atlanta. After working together virtually to address unprecedented workforce challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was great to be together in person again to share our lessons learned.

As Kari and I shared with the more than 2,000 conference attendees, Purple and Gilead began working together in 2020, when the company was facing unprecedented challenges as one of the leading biopharmaceutical companies developing and delivering antiviral COVID remedies. Instead of putting workplace culture on the backburner, Gilead did the opposite: they reached out to me to ask “what does good look like?” in order to make sure they had a healthy and thriving workforce as the company scaled its business operations in the midst of the pandemic. 

Don’t get me wrong: we love helping organizations deal effectively with problems that come up. But just as important is the preventative work we do with companies like Gilead, to help them lay strong foundations for their employees and stop instances of workplace harassment from occurring in the first place. That’s why “reduce” is the first pillar in our four-part framework, and why our offerings–from policy reviews, to harassment prevention trainings, to our corporate certification program–are designed to help organizations proactively build safer workplaces.

If you or someone you know is interested in following Gilead’s example and learning what “good” looks like for your organization, I’d love to chat! Reach out to hello@thepurplemethod.com to connect or head to our page to learn more and receive additional information from our team. 

Best,

Ally Coll
Founder and CEO
The Purple Method