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Originally posted on Comcast.com Once a month, Comcast employee Steven Greene gets in his car and drives two hours to have lunch with 16-year-old Micah, a student he mentors at our company’s Jacksonville, Fla. regional office. He doesn’t mind the drive, and December’s meeting was especially worth it – he…
Humana’s Diane Bailey-Boulet and Latisha Schmitt detail how their organization’s mentoring programs prepare mentees to drive the mentor/mentee relationship. 01:15 – Humana Introduction 02:17 – Quick Poll: Do You Have a Mentor Currently? 05:34 – Creating An Engaging Framework 16:27 – Overview of Guidance for Mentees 20:19 – Identifying Your…
Having a mentor, an advisor and a sponsor, someone who uses his or her influence to help advance another’s career, is critical in every profession including acting and directing. Years before Chadwick Boseman starred in Marvel Studios’ blockbuster film”Black Panther”as T’Challa, King of the fictional African nation Wakanda, he was…
SHANE NELSON: What advice can you give to folks that are new to their company on how they can adapt to the company’s culture quickly YRTHYA DINZEY-FLORES: It is important to listen. What I typically do when I’m new to a company is go on a small listening tour, if…
Roger Ferguson is the President and CEO of TIAA. TIAA ranked No. 27 on the 2017 DiversityInc Top 50, up six spots from a year ago. The organization ranked on DiversityInc’s Top 50 for the fifth consecutive year, due largely in part to Mr. Ferguson and his direct reports’ strong,…
AT&T is No. 3 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list AT&T Hello Lab, a collection of original entertainment created by, for and with Millennial and Gen Z audiences, has launched its mentorship program. It’s a new initiative that brings together entertainment industry leaders with aspiring filmmakers from diverse backgrounds…
Ernie, who started the security operation in Washington, D.C., for Accenture’s federal operations when he joined the company in 1998, is also the executive sponsor of the Washington chapters of the company’s LGBT and Hispanic employee-resource groups. Business and Security Ernie grew up in New Mexico, where his father was…
Updated April 29, 2016 At age 13 Misty Copeland was discovered at her local Boys and Girls Club of America and encouraged to take ballet classes. Even though she started at what is considered a late age in ballet, it became clear she was a prodigy with the high potential…