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• No. 8 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Executive Women

The healthcare giant’s diversity efforts continue to be cutting-edge, led by Anthony Carter, vice president of global diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. Carter reports to the CEO. Its top 300 leaders have 50 percent of compensation tied to business goals and 50 percent tied to leadership metrics, including diversity.

Johnson & Johnson has a diverse board of directors. The board is one-third women, 16.6 percent Black and 8.3 percent Latino.

Johnson & Johnson has a formal mentoring program with a cross-cultural component. All of the executives in the top three levels participate in the program. Mentors and mentees receive cultural-competence training. The company estimates that 61 percent of managers participate in mentoring.

The company has always been a pioneer in work/life benefits, and its current offerings include eldercare services and consultations, seven onsite child-development centers, childcare referrals, resources for parenting and grand-parenting, teen-driving resources, 26 onsite fitness centers, and paid time off for paternity leave.

The 10 resource groups at this company are available throughout its U.S. facilities and have had a significant impact on talent development as well as marketplace relationships, including helping to improve supplier-diversity initiatives.

Supplier-diversity efforts at this company have improved significantly, as has community outreach in general to reduce healthcare disparities. More than 10 percent of Tier I (direct contractor) spending went to minority- and women-owned suppliers, exceeding projected goals for both groups.

U.S. Headquarters: New Brunswick, N.J.

Global Employees: 114,200

U.S. Employees: 35,942

Last Year’s DiversityInc Top 50 Ranking: No. 6