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HR & Communications: How Ernst &Young Gets Its Diversity Message to 50,000 Employees Every Day

the Editors of DiversityInc — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:57:38 +0000

To have the most effective D&I strategy, HR and diversity departments must talk to each other and collaborate. Karyn Twaronite, Partner and Americas Inclusiveness Officer at Ernst & Young, discusses her firm’s best practices for keeping the lines of communication open between those two departments.

Ernst & Young, No. 6 in the 2012 DiversityInc Top 50, is one of eight leading companies that presented at our Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments event held in New York City.

The full presentation slides are available at DiversityIncBestPractices.com.

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Video Minutes
0:01:29 Evolution of HR Departments
0:03:36 Importance of HR–D&I Collaboration
0:08:20 Metrics & Accountability
0:09:38 Working With Communications Staff
0:14:03 Use of Social Media
0:16:02 Senior-Executive Involvement

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What HR Really Needs to Succeed

the Editors of DiversityInc — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:41:21 +0000

What organizational structure allows for the best collaboration and satisfies the different needs and competencies of HR and diversity professionals? Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation diversity leader Rhonda Crichlow demonstrates the best practices that HR and diversity departments need to succeed.

Novartis, No. 2 in the 2012 DiversityInc Top 50, is one of eight leading companies that presented at our “Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments” diversity event held in New York City.

The full presentation slides are available at DiversityIncBestPractices.com.

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Video Minutes
0:00:00 Introduction
0:04:37 Diversity and Inclusion at Novartis
0:07:43 3 Challenges to D&I–HR Relationship
0:08:43 HR’s Responsibilities
0:10:39 D&I’s Responsibilities
0:11:50 Organizational Structure at Novartis
0:13:30 HR Versus D&I Competencies
0:15:14 Treat Each Other Like Customers
0:17:07 Alignment, Accountability, Assurance, Assessment
0:20:06 Examples of Successful Implementation
0:21:35 4 Case Studies
0:23:16 3 Takeaways

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HR, Diversity & Mentoring: A Correlation to Talent Development?

Stacy Straczynski — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:43:41 +0000

DiversityInc research shows that formal, cross-cultural mentoring has a direct correlation to talent development, which is measured in engagement, retention and rate of promotions. Dana Foote, partner, member of the diversity advisory board and co-chair of the Abilities in Motion Network resource group for people with disabilities at KPMG, reveals at our diversity event how her firm maximizes mentoring through HR and diversity-management collaboration. Watch the video below.

KPMG, No. 22 in the 2012 DiversityInc Top 50, is one of eight leading companies that presented at our Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments event held in New York City.

Visit DiversityInc.com/events for a schedule of our upcoming learning sessions, such as our DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity Announcement on April 23 and 24 in New York City.

Video Minutes

00:58 The Four Success Factors of Mentoring

02:27 KPMG’s Mentoring Expectation

08:30 Business Impact: Advancement Opportunities & Senior Leadership

12:20 How to Improve Mentoring Through Sponsorship

16:05 Sponsorship at KPMG: Different than Mentoring

17:53 Audience Q&A Session

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HR & Legal: Setting Goals

the Editors of DiversityInc — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:18:31 +0000

At MasterCard Worldwide, where diversity management reports to the legal department, diversity, legal and HR all work together to achieve company goals.

MasterCard’s diversity leader, Donna Johnson, details at our diversity event how the company works with HR, legal and diversity to improve its talent-development efforts. Watch the video below. The full presentation slides are available on DiversityIncBestPractices.com.

Video Minutes

0:04:00 Strong Foundation for a D&I Policy

0:05:27 Setting Measurable Evaluation Criteria

0:06:32 Governance & Accountability

0:09:10 MasterCard’s Eight Business Resource Groups

0:11:56 D&I as Part of Law and Franchise Integrity

0:16:28 Public Policy, Philanthropy, Ethics & Compliance

0:28:04 The Evolution of a Global Policy

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Working Collaboratively With HR: Recruitment & Talent Development

Stacy Straczynski — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:19:43 +0000

Can a decentralized diversity-management strategy help your company achieve its recruitment and talent-development goals? It’s how Toyota Motor North America successfully facilitates collaboration for results across its four business units globally.

Dana Green, national manager, Corporate Diversity & Inclusion, and Nikki Nance, corporate manager administration, discuss at our diversity event how the car manufacturer’s innovative approach to diversity-management and HR enables the entire company to find, recruit, engage and retain the best talent, especially from underrepresented groups. Watch the video below.

Toyota Motor North America, No. 41 in the 2012 DiversityInc Top 50, is one of eight leading companies that presented at “Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments” held in New York City. Visit DiversityInc.com/events for a schedule of our upcoming learning sessions. Also, register today for our diversity web seminar on diversity councils on Oct. 16, where executives from Kellogg Company and Comcast will provide case study examples to help you implement a successful diversity council–or better utilize the one you have–to drive measurable results.

For more on Toyota’s innovative recruitment and talent-development strategies, watch this Innovation Fest! presentation–How Recruiting People With Disabilities Solved Toyota’s Costly Problem–where executives detail how the company leveraged its employees with unique talents to speed up its production line, improve public relations and diversify its workforce.

Video Minutes:

0:00:00 How Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing & Finance Collaborate

0:01:15 Senior Execs Lead as Diversity Champions

0:02:14 Building Accountability for Diversity

0:03:30 Recruitment: Launching Mentoring Programs

0:04:25 Diversity Training for Diversity Champions

0:05:00 Diversity Benchmarking & Measuring Data

0:06:33 Executive Diversity Advisory Board

0:07:34 Recruitment: Work/Life Benefits, Messaging & Job Postings

0:10:52 College Recruiting

0:12:20 Talent Development & Measuring Employee Engagement

0:19:29 Toyota’s Two Pillars: Continuous Improvement & Respect for People

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Should Your Diversity Department Report to HR?

the Editors of DiversityInc — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:00:47 +0000

Should the head of diversity report to HR? Find out what one of the world’s most successful CDOs—Rohini Anand—has to say about it.

Sodexo’s global diversity leader Dr. Rohini Anand analyzed at our diversity event the increasingly critical issue of whether diversity execs should report in to HR.

Sodexo, No. 2 in the 2012 DiversityInc Top 50, is one of eight leading companies that presented at our “Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments” diversity event held in New York City. Watch the video below. The full presentation slides are available on DiversityIncBestPractices.com.

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