TIAA’s Michael Rochon, a senior director of digital strategy, is glad he advocated with senior leadership to adjust the company’s parental leave policy for all family structures when he and his husband adopted a baby boy.
Career Advice
3 Powerful Career Advice Tips for Women in Tech
Working as a woman in tech can have its challenges, especially since the industry is still male-dominated. Though women make up half (50%) of all U.S. workers in STEM occupations, according to research, however, Black and Hispanic workers continue to be underrepresented in the STEM workforce. Black professionals represent only…
TIAA’s Sean Woodroffe Discusses the Value of Community Service
Employee volunteering can bridge divisive social and cultural practices and help employees understand and bridge social and cultural divisions especially during the current political climate.
5 Ways to Launch and Utilize Employee Resource Groups
How can your organization increase its potential for bottom-line growth? Leverage your employee resource groups (ERGs) for improved talent development and innovative go-to market strategies!
5 Ways to Enhance Your Executive Presence
Advancing your career and finding the right employer and position fit doesn’t have to be complicated. There are things you can do each day to advance toward your dream job and thrive at work. The following article is part of a 5 Ways Series that offers resources and tips on…
Reverse Mentoring: Top Benefits to Facilitating Workplace Bonds
In a typical mentoring relationship, a senior employee offers wisdom to help a junior employee advance in their career. Reverse-mentoring turns that convention upside-down and is a beneficial practice of successful companies. In fact, 72% of the 2020 DiversityInc Top 50 companies report having reverse mentoring. These types of connections…
5 Ways to Show You Are a High-Potential Employee
Advancing your career and finding the right employer and position fit doesn’t have to be complicated. There are things you can do each day to move toward your dream job. The following article, part of the 5 Ways series, will show you a few different tactics to use to show your employer that you are a high-potential employee.
TD Bank’s Lakshmi Stockham Gives Advice for Entering the Industry
TD Bank’s senior vice president of retail product and customer acquisition technology Lakshmi Stockham discusses her journey toward a position that involves both business and technological skills. She offers career advice for those looking to pursue work in similar fields and recommends exposing oneself to a variety of different experiences….
AIG’s Brandi Monique Shares her Mentorship Journey
AIG’s assistant vice president Brandi Monique shares the mentor relationships that led her to her success at AIG. Monique defines mentorship as an organic connection — rather than a formal relationship — between a mentor and mentee. Monique says from her early days at AIG, she sought potential mentorship relationships…
Accenture’s Cline, Hershey’s Slater, TD Bank’s Mobley Discuss Growing and Effectively Leveraging Your Diverse Abilities ERG at ERG Festival
“Disabilities do not discriminate.” That was one of the messages Sarah Cline, training manager and U.S. Disability ERG lead for Accenture (No. 7 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list and No. 3 on the Top Companies for People with Disabilities specialty list), had at DiversityInc’s ERG Festival…