DiversityInc Best Practices

For Leaders: How to Give Constructive, Compassionate Feedback

Performance reviews have a reputation of being tense for both those receiving feedback and the reviewer. At the end of an unusually chaotic year, reviews may feel even less welcome. But giving feedback is a…

Best Practices: ERG Management and Building a Calendar of Events

A new year typically ushers in new energy and fresh ideas. This is especially true for employee resource groups and the planning committees that run them. Employee Resource Groups — also commonly referred to as…

How to Land a Job — In a Pandemic, According to an Executive Recruiter

Best Practices Career Advice Recruiting by Olivia Riggio

COVID-19’s record unemployment rates have led to a surge of people looking for new jobs. It can be difficult to land a position regardless of global crises but now, in an increasingly saturated market, the…

Webinar Recap: Performance Goals That Support Diversity & Inclusion

Webinar Library by Olivia Riggio

Panelists: Dana Noweder, Senior Manager of Client Fulfillment at DiversityInc; Lissiah Hundley, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Client Fulfillment at DiversityInc To view the presentation slides, click HERE. During DiversityInc’s Jan. 26 webinar, Dana Noweder,…

Meeting in a Box: Black History Month

Meeting in a Box by Olivia Riggio

Black History Month takes place in February to celebrate the history, culture, achievements and resilience of the Black community in the United States. The month of reflection and celebration recognizes the contributions the African American…

A 4-Day Workweek: Why Don’t We Have It Yet?

Talent Management Work/Life by Olivia Riggio

Conversations about shortening the workweek to four days have been popping up for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity for leaders around the world to reconsider the benefits of a four-day workweek….

Webinar Recap: DiversityInc Top 50 Competition Survey Prep Webinar

Webinar Library by Olivia Riggio

Panelists: Dana Adamczyk, Abbott’s Manager of D&I Corporate HR; Justin Chase, DiversityInc’s Senior Research Associate; Carlos F. Orta, DiversityInc’s Head of Strategic Growth and Program Management To view the full presentation slides, click here. During…

Research Roundup: Women Accounted for Virtually All Jobs Lost in December 2020

Research Roundup by Olivia Riggio

Following the start of the COVID-19 crisis and the quarantines and lockdowns that followed, December was the first month of overall job loss experienced in the country since businesses began to open back up and…

Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Meeting in a Box by Olivia Riggio

Download a PDF of our Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day tip sheet HERE, exclusive to our DiversityInc Best Practices subscribers and benchmarking customers. We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday…

Ensuring Gender Inclusion in Male-Dominated Industries

Best Practices Recruiting Talent Management Women by Olivia Riggio

While women make up roughly half of the overall U.S. labor force (though these numbers have been declining due to COVID-19’s destructive effects), there are certain industries where they are vastly outnumbered. Women make up…

Tips for Engaging Hourly Workers in DEI Efforts

Best Practices by Olivia Riggio

In 2020, the United States collectively shifted its gaze to retail and service workers — essential workers. Many of these employees held the country together by braving crowds and facing potential COVID-19 infection in an…

Women in the Workplace: Asserting Your Earned Academic/Professional Title

Best Practices by Brittany Robertson

With President-elect Joe Biden just weeks away from taking office, and his wife Dr. Jill Biden set to become the nation’s 46th First Lady, critics of the pair are already starting to emerge, fueled in…

Young Professionals Roundtable: What Drives Millennial and Gen Z Job Seekers

Career Advancement Millennials Talent Management by Olivia Riggio

By 2025, millennials — people born between 1981 and 1996 — will make up three quarters of the global workforce. Gen Z — those born after 1996, between the ages of 15 and 24 —…

Microaggressions: Crash Course

Meeting in a Box by Olivia Riggio

To download/view our microaggressions resource sheet, click here. What is a microaggression? Originally coined by Harvard University psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce in 1970, the term “microaggression” is typically used to describe brief and fairly commonplace…

Webinar Recap: What’s New for 2021? Tips on Completing the New DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity Survey

Webinar Library by DiversityInc staff

Panelists: Chris Parker, director of research and analytics at DiversityInc; Justin Chase, senior research associate at DiversityInc; Carlos Orta, head of strategic growth and program development at DiversityInc During the Dec. 9 Best Practices webinar,…