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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 Corey Anthony, who was named AT&T’s Chief Diversity Officer in the spring, is from the small town of Jewett, Texas, and was the first member of his family to attend college. He learned leadership skills through the course of…
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,…
Michelle Gadsden-Williams leads Accenture’s(No. 14on theDiversityInc Top 50 Companieslist) inclusion and diversity initiatives in North America. Responsible for further strengthening and accelerating the company’s efforts to foster an inclusive culture, she talked with DiversityInc about her career and offered valuable advice. All Paths Led to Diversity and Inclusion “Diversity and…
Over the weekend I received an email from a diversity consultant who wanted to “depoliticize” my column about Rex Tillerson and his speech on race and diversity management at the State Department. Secretary Tillerson talked about using the “Rooney Rule” in the State Department. That “rule” is nothing more than…
Mastercard (No. 7 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) partnered with Fortune Magazine and the U.S. Department of State to mentor two emerging women entrepreneurs, and to equip them with critical business and leadership skills. Hear their inspiring stories.
Abbott talent vice president offers best practices including involvement from the top, formal tracking and an egalitarian approach. By Eve Tahmincioglu A strong mentoring program requires buy in from senior leadership, formal monitoring and opportunities for all employees at every level to participate. That’s Abbott’s recipe for success when it…
DiversityInc Vice President of Consulting Shane Nelson moderated the panel “Disciplined Mentoring Programs” with Marlon Sullivan, Divisional Vice President of Talent and Development, Abbott Laboratories; Rosalia Thomas, Director of Human Resources, IBM; and Daphanie Pointer, Supplier Diversity Manager, Monsanto.
Jill Campbell owes a remarkable career to a mentor who “saw something in me I didn’t see.” That man, Curt Hockemeier, was her boss when 22-year-old Jill took her first job at Cox Communications right out of college. She was happy in her job in communications (traditional for women), writing…
By Sheryl Estrada Vildan Kehr, Divisional Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at Abbott “I was born and raised in Turkey,” said Vildan Kehr. “My dad used to work for the government and my mom was a science teacher. So my upbringing was an interesting one.” Every two years her…
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