Diversity Management, News and Updates
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…
Alaska Airlines is apologizing for an act of blatant discrimination against a same-sex couple, but the damage is already done as #BoycottAlaskaAirlines is circulating social media. “Diversity and inclusion are part of the fabric of Alaska Airlines,” the company said in a statement. However, the current executive team is all…
In a room of among many of his peers — white, male conservatives — Seth Grossman pleaded his case that diversity threatens the “traditional ways that made America great” and is a “bunch of crap” supported by Democrats and communists. Grossman is a Republican running for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional…
Howard Schultz is stepping down as executive chairman of Starbucks, the company announced in a press release Monday. Schultz transitioned from CEO to executive chairman in April 2017, changing his focus to social-impact initiatives and developing the company’s high-end coffee shops. Starbucks said Myron E. “Mike” Ullman would be the…
In the Trump era, there has been a proliferation of Islamophobic and racist incidents across the country. When discrimination occurs at a place of business, it’s apparent if the company’s leadership and workforce support diversity and inclusion. A Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf caf barista refused to serve a racist…
DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti had a fireside chat with JCPenney Chairman and CEO Marvin Ellison, one of three Black CEOs in the Fortune 500, at the 2018 Top 50 Companies for Diversity event May 1 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.