By: Stuart Jara

Stuart Jara — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:39:18 +0000

It is interesting and encouraging, to a point, to see more focus on training and development of minority talent. I say to a point because as long as the approach is one pronged, the needle will move too slowly. Real commitment to diversity requires a multi prong approach including promoting and recruiting minority talent at the C-suite and board level. Yes there is a lot of discussion about diversity but yet women on corporate boards have plateaued at 15% and Hispanics are an anemic 3%. We do need to educate, train and develop young talent to increase the minority talent pool but a pool of minority executives does exist today. The needle can be moved at the most senior levels by changing the way executives and board members are recruited and tapping into the pool of existing minority talent. Once companies across the board implement and execute a strategy to tap into the existing pool of executive minority talent we will begin to see real movement in minority representation and influence in corporate America

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By: Stuart Jara