: About Me

Kelly Nelsen is the CEO of Keyne Insight, Inc. (www.keyneinsight.com), the creator of KeyneLink, an online strategy execution management system that helps organizations clarify and achieve corporate initiatives.

Kelly Nelsen received her undergraduate degree in English from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio. She holds a master's degree in psychology from Antioch University and is completing her dissertation for a doctoral degree in organizational psychology from Walden University. Her expertise includes strategy execution management research and design, executive coaching, organizational, team, and individual assessment interpretation, and women in leadership. Kelly has worked with such companies as ESPN, Kubota Tractor Corporation, YMCA, Hollywood Park Casino and Hughes Aircraft.

I know too much about ...

how the frequency and quality of supervisor feedback affects employee performance. (It's my dissertation topic.)

Why I write ...

I write because I love to get my thoughts onto paper. It's a form of artistry.

Business > Human Resources Does diversity in the workplace ensure workplace equality?

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Over time, yes. I've decided to take the unpopular side of this debate in order to give it its due. Encouraging no, mandating workplace diversity has gone a long way towards ensuring equality amongst all employees. Look at how far we've come over the past fifty years. Fifty years ago, working women's careers were relegated to low-paying assistant roles for men. Fifty years ago, African Americans were relegated to the same roles, or even worse as menial laborers who weren't considered competent enough to deserve a better paying job with more responsibility. There were no options for promoti...

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