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5 Biggest News Stories of the Week: May 19
As the saying goes, the news never stops — but there’s a lot of it out there, and all of it doesn’t always pertain to our readers. In this weekly news roundup, we’ll cover the top news stories that matter most to our diversity focused audience. 1. Emergency Services Dispatcher…
How Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta Has Led the Company To Be a Top Employer for Diversity
From plunging toilets in a hotel to spending several years in real estate and private equity to moving back into the hotel industry, Chris Nassetta has had an interesting path to his position as CEO of Hilton (a DiversityInc Hall of Fame company). In a Q&A with DiversityInc, Nassetta shared…
DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event: Cutting Edge Research on DEI in The Workplace
Dr. Stephanie Creary, Assistant Professor of Management at The Wharton School, was joined by her colleagues at the 2022 DiversityInc Top 50 Event on May 3 to share their unpublished research on diversity, equity and inclusion. Dr. Stephanie Creary: Speaking up for DEI: How DEI Practices Affect Belonging and DEI-Voice…
5 Biggest News Stories of the Week: May 12
As the saying goes, the news never stops — but there’s a lot of it out there, and all of it doesn’t always pertain to our readers. In this weekly news roundup, we’ll cover the top news stories that matter most to our diversity focused audience. 1. Coverage From DiversityInc’s…
Photo Gallery: 2022 Top 50 Event
Accenture earns No. 1 spot on the Top 50 List, Hilton joins Hall of Fame. Expert panels and presentations cover the event’s theme of “ESG: Climate and Culture at Risk”. State Street execs share how they ranked for the first time. Cutting edge research from the Wharton School is presented…
DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event: Fireside Chat: State Street’s Eric Aboaf and Paul Francisco
According to DiversityInc CEO Carolynn L. Johnson, State Street (No. 44 on DiversityInc’s 2022 Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) CEO Ronald P. O’Hanley is the only CEO to ever say that the company needs to focus on ethnic and racial diversity in the same way it focuses on gender…
DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event: The Link Between DEI and Financial Performance
More and more investors are holding companies accountable for reporting on and disclosing the diversity of people on their board, which could incentivize companies to do more in terms of their DEI efforts. During a Fireside Chat with DiversityInc CEO Carolynn L. Johnson titled “The Link Between DEI and Financial…
DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event: Fireside Chat: Howard Bryant, Renowned Author of Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field
Carolynn L. Johnson, CEO of DiversityInc, had a conversation with Howard Bryant during a Fireside Chat at the DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event on May 3. Bryant said he was inspired to write Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field while working on his previous book The Heritage: Black…
DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event: A New Landscape = New Opportunity: Shaping Corporate Standards of Excellence for ID&E Management
The role of an inclusion, diversity and equity practitioner has completely evolved, and all eyes are on the corporate community as it navigates its approach. Dr. Sally Saba, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer at Medtronic, spoke about working together to shape the next generation’s standards during her Top50Talk “A New…
DiversityInc 2022 Top 50 Event: Fireside Chat With Accenture CEO Jimmy Etheredge
Accenture has participated in DiversityInc’s Top 50 survey for 16 years and has always done well, ranking at No. 2 on the list in 2021 and No. 1 this year. Before the company found out it was the No. 1 company at the DiversityInc Top 50 event on May 3…