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Job Journal January 4, 2009 Harriet Hankin |
The Strength of Our Diversity Socially and economically, California's rich mix of cultural differences is as good as gold. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 27, 2004 David A. Thomas |
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity Former CEO Lou Gerstner established a diversity initiative that embraced differences instead of ignoring them. In this Harvard Business Review excerpt, the author describes the key factors that made the initiative a success. |
Job Journal November 4, 2007 Rich Heintz |
The State of Diversity Success with diversity requires effectiveness from all people in the organization. |
HBS Working Knowledge February 21, 2012 Maggie Starvish |
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases Despite more women in the corporate work force, they still are underrepresented in executive officer positions. Harvard Business School Professor Robin Ely and colleagues propose a new way to think about developing women for leadership. |
Managed Care March 2004 |
IOM: Workforce Diversity Lacking In Health Care The report -- "In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce" -- points out that the health care workforce does not mirror the rest of society's move toward greater ethnic and racial diversity. |
CFO July 15, 2011 Marielle Segarra |
Taking the Next Step Women who want to advance to the top spot in finance often need a sponsor. Here's why. |
HBS Working Knowledge May 17, 2004 Stever Robbins |
Why Diversity Is an Opportunity How should we think about the importance of diversity in an organization, and how best to understand and value cultural differences? |
AFP eWire July 24, 2013 Horvath & Mehta |
The Inclusive Fundraiser's Tool Kit Diversity: a buzzword in today's fundraising world. How do we fundraise for and within diverse communities? Do our fundraising efforts reflect the communities we serve? Do we have a diverse board and staff? |
HBS Working Knowledge February 13, 2012 Carmen Nobel |
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Research by Harvard Business School's Michael I. Norton and colleagues shows that attempting to overcome prejudice by ignoring race is an ineffective strategy that -- in many cases -- only serves to perpetuate bias. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 14, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides A symposium at Harvard Business School delved into "intersectionality" -- the seemingly obvious yet complex idea that gender interacts with other axes of inequality such as race, age, class, and ethnicity. |
AFP eWire May 12, 2008 |
Mixed Results on Growth in Foundation Diversity A new report reveals that foundation diversity has increased significantly in some areas, including board and staff composition, but there continues to be problems in others, such as funding to diverse organizations. |
Entrepreneur October 2007 Mark Henricks |
In the Mix How to attract - and keep - a diverse management team. |
Chemistry World August 22, 2013 Geri Richmond |
Science unlimited Every country in the world is facing serious challenges that require a strong and innovative scientific workforce. Developing that robust workforce requires talented individuals from all segments of society, with a diversity of views and competencies, skills and insights. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
Our Diversity Problem Is there rampant discrimination on Wall Street or is it just a few bad apples giving the industry a bad name? Either way, the industry's efforts to hire -- and promote -- women and minorities have not produced impressive results. |
Job Journal February 24, 2008 Dafna Gauthier |
How Do You See Diversity? We all have a lot to learn before the real potential of diversity will be realized. Here's a start. |
Fast Company Christina Farr |
Twitter Hires A New Diversity Chief From Apple Twitter has hired Apple's Jeffery Siminoff, a former vice president of diversity and inclusion, in a bid to meet its goals for a more diverse workforce. |
Job Journal February 21, 2010 Hollister & Babcock |
A Time of Monumental Change Profound changes in the American workplace were triggered by Affirmative Action. |
Fast Company Lydia Dishman |
Apple Releases New Diversity Numbers, Shows Incremental Improvement A new snapshot of Apple's diversity numbers makes clear that the global innovator still has work to do, despite improvements made to diversify its ranks. |
InternetNews May 6, 2005 |
Microsoft Changes Stand on Gay Issues Company-wide memo from CEO lays out why Microsoft is switching its support for gay rights legislation. |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2010 |
Finding the Business Case for Diversity A new study shows diversity programs in high-performing organizations are more often anchored in business objectives than lesser performers. |
Job Journal January 15, 2006 Julia Hollister |
State of Diversity: A Work in Progress People of color have made giant strides over the past 40 year, but employment opportunity still isn't as equal as it could be. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 15, 2003 Meyerson & Ely |
Women Leaders and Organizational Change Merely expanding the number of women in leadership roles does not automatically induce organizational change. Harvard professor Robin Ely and Stanford's Debra Meyerson call for fundamental changes to transform organizations. |
Fast Company November 2015 Vauhini Vara |
Inside Pinterest's Plans To Fix Its Diversity Problem Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann and cofounder Evan Sharp gathered the majority of their more than 600 employees in the office cafeteria to discuss how to make their workforce more diverse. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2011 |
Limited Seating: Mixed Results on Efforts to Include More Women at the Corporate Board Table A look at what advances are being made, and how. |
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2012 Julia Hanna |
Developing the Global Leader What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? |
Fast Company September 2003 Fast Company |
Affirmative Action, Deciphered On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two related cases that, together, posed possibly the most important legal test of affirmative-action strategies since the Alan Bakke decision in 1978. |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Adrienne Selko |
The Business Case for Diversity Far from being just another feel-good initiative, diversity in the workforce has become a competitive advantage for manufacturers. |
Fast Company Catherine Ashcraft |
10 Actionable Ways To Actually Increase Diversity In Tech In the last few months roughly 20 tech companies broke with traditional silences around data transparency, publicly releasing their diversity demographics. |
Salon.com April 28, 2001 Cathy Young |
Secrets and lies The most pernicious thing about racial preferences is the culture of concealment that they spawn... |
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan |
Twitter Engineering SVP Alex Roetter On Diversity: "We Have Blind Spots" CEO Jack Dorsey pledged to make diversity a company-wide goal. |
Fast Company Marisa Kabas |
Minority Leaders On What Intel's $300 Million Pledge Will Mean To Tech Diversity Is investing a large sum of money the answer to more ethnic and gender diversity? |
Fast Company Lydia Dishman |
Intel's Radically Transparent Analysis Of Its Diversity Initiatives Intel published a 15-page statistical analysis of the progress it has made since CEO Brian Krzanich announced a $300 million, five-year plan to bring the company's workforce to "full representation" by 2020. |
U.S. Banker May 2010 Alan Kline |
Human Resources: The Business Case For Diversity Royal Bank of Canada is proving that developing a multicultural workforce is not just good policy, it s good for the bottom line. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Women Execs Drive Winning Performance Three examples of successful companies with strong female leadership. |
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan |
After Controversial Frat-Themed Party, Twitter Says It Will Make Diversity A Priority It is unclear what tangible steps the company will take to tackle this shortcoming -- but it certainly has a long way to go. |
Chemistry World November 2008 |
Column: Undercover Academic More diversity would be a good thing for academic research. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Julia Higgins |
Diversity: leading the way The Royal Society, funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, and in parallel with the Royal Academy of Engineering's diversity scheme, has set out a program to address diversity in science. For many of us, the word diversity raises the gender question. |
Fast Company February 2015 Lauren Schwartzberg |
"I'm Sure That Some People Didn't Like Working With Me Or For Me Because Of My Race": A Conversation With Ken Coleman We talked to Coleman about his career, what his experience in the field has been, and what he thinks should change. Coleman is still "optimistic," despite it all. |
National Real Estate Investor June 11, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Moody's: Chicago Tops List of Economically Diverse Cities Chicago came out on top in a new Moody's survey on the economic diversity of U.S cities, scoring a 95.1 out of a possible 100. The score means that Chicago's economy perfectly matches the components of the national economy. |
Registered Rep. December 11, 2002 Ross Tucker |
Merrill Program Seeks to Boost Women and Minority Advisors Executives from Merrill Lynch's global diversity group say the firm has to do a better job in retaining and boosting the performance of women and minority financial advisors. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 27, 2006 Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes In dangerous, male-dominated work settings, men's tendency to gain respect by demonstrating and defending their masculinity is costly. |
Geotimes September 2003 Jill Karsten |
A Unified Approach to Diversifying the Earth Sciences In the geosciences, a community-wide conversation is vital to recruiting and retaining a diverse population. |
CFO August 1, 2007 |
Sarbox at Five Letters to the editor: Setting up and testing controls... Finance chiefs and their bitter criticism... etc. |
AFP eWire June 9, 2015 Leah Eustace |
Let's Start an Inclusion Revolution! Let's smash open our fundraising box and embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in philanthropy. What are the first concrete steps we can take to change the face of philanthropy in Canada? |
Fast Company July 2000 Keith H. Hammonds |
Difference Is Power Lots of companies talk a good game when it comes to the proposition that different is better. Ted Childs, IBM's vice president of global workforce diversity, walks that talk. |
CFO June 1, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Gap Analysis Why diversity programs work better for women than for minorities seeking careers in finance. |
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2006 |
Workforce Diversification Diversity continues to grow within the securities industry, where women and minorities represent an increasing portion of the workforce, according to a recent study. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
The Other Diversification Financial planners take steps to increase minority participation in the industry. |
Inc. August 2004 Lora Kolodny |
Can You Judge a Biz by Its Color? Corporations, which have the same legal status as persons, can now sue for racial discrimination, a federal court recently found. The case involved a Silicon Valley company which alleged that it was rejected as a preferred vendor because of its minority status. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2011 Elizabeth O. Coulton |
Clinical Trial Issues Not Just Black and White The selection of clinical trial participants must meld with the changing demographics of America if industry is to improve medicines that work for patients. |