Diversity Management, News and Updates
Originally published on January 14, 2019. I received a comment from a reader on my last column. Here’s the gist of it: “I did not tweet or post (your last column) because of the ageist comment/s made about Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. I have no problem with them being…
With the Black Lives Matter movement still in full force, corporations paying more attention to diversity and inclusion, and leaders of African descent being placed in the forefront, the debate about the capitalization of “Black” in mainstream media has been one of high significance. Cultural identity has been at the…
DiversityInc Founder and Chairman Luke Visconti embodies what it means to be an ally, and CEO Carolynn Johnson said it best in welcoming him to the stage for his session at the 2019 Women of Color and Their Allies event on Oct. 2 in Atlanta. “There’s no better person to…
DiversityInc Founder and Chairman Luke Visconti, along with five other expert panelists, offered their perspectives and experience during the House Committee on Financial Services hearing, entitled: “Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America’s Boards.” Or, in most cases, the lack of diversity in America’s boardrooms. …
The House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled: “Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America’s Boards,” Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10 a.m. (Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AUzBgSIpPM) Presented by Mr. Luke Visconti, Founder and Chairman of DiversityInc Good morning, Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member McHenry and distinguished…
At the 2019 DiversityIncTop 50 event on May 7, Clint Wallace, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Sanofi North America (No. 31), Bruce Broussard, CEO of Humana (No. 42), Johnny Taylor, President and CEO of SHRM and Luke Visconti, Chairman of DiversityInc, were the power players tabbed with discussing…
Sponsorship is essential to advance women and people of color into senior leadership positions. “We now have almost 400 people in our sponsorship program globally… These were all high performing people for a long period of time. They were all people we knew had upward mobility,” said Nancy Wolfe, SVP,…
DiversityInc joined Nasdaq and UN Women on Thursday for the global kickoff celebration of International Women’s Day at Nasdaq headquarters in New York City. The event “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality,” included panel discussions and a bell-ringing ceremony to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can…
I am the same age as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. As he was selecting pictures for his medical school yearbook page, I was flying helicopters for the United States Navy. I’m not sure about blackface in Virginia in 1984. I do know I attended flight school not long after, geographically…
After watching the president conclusively prove he can read off a teleprompter, I struggled to stay awake as the 146-year-old couple (Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) robotically read through an uninspired response. Here’s the real crisis at the border: children are dying. Families fleeing from…