What’s the key to achieving better engagement and promotion among Blacks, Latinos, Asians and women Provide them the career support they need early on with cross-cultural mentoring.
Research, including studies from Catalyst, shows that women and people from other traditionally underrepresented groups do better than the general populationin terms of engagement, retention and promotionswhen they have mentors. Studies also find that formal mentoring programs are one of the most critical ways of retaining women, Blacks and Latinos and helping them develop in leadership roles.
As discussed in our 90-minute diversity web seminar on mentoring with Sodexo (No. 2 in The 2012 Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity) and ADP (No. 27), 39 percent of managers at Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 companies are in mentoring programs, as opposed to just 19 percent in 2005, with 94 percent reporting a cross-cultural component.
