Coaching and mentoring play an important role in fostering relationships among your employees, connectivity with leadership and the cultivation of a growth mindset. They can also play a big part in helping employees feel as…
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Giving Feedback? Use These Strategies for More Inclusive and Effective Feedback
Many organizations are moving toward a culture of “continuous feedback.” On the surface, it sounds straightforward, but in reality, pitfalls await around every corner. To avoid them, companies must take an inclusive approach when giving…
Webinar Recap: Formal Mentoring Program Best Practices
Moderator: Dana Noweder, Senior Client Fulfillment Manager at DiversityInc Panelists: Ajla Elian, Senior Director of Talent and Leadership Development at Hilton (No. 1 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021)…
Center for Healthcare Innovation’s Joseph Gaspero on Increasing STEM Education and Opportunities for Women and POC
Diversity and inclusion efforts continue to be an important focus in all areas of education, but especially in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering and Math), where women, people of color and other marginalized groups, including the LGBTQ+…
Citizens’ Mike Sebring on Inclusive Work Cultures and the Importance of Belonging
As the concept of belonging becomes more mainstream in corporate settings, I am constantly reflecting on how powerful a single moment can be in changing someone’s life. All it takes is one inclusive or exclusionary…
DiversityInc 2021 Top 50 event: Fireside Chat with Carole Huntsman
During a DiversityInc 2021 virtual Fireside Chat, Carole Huntsman, Head of North America, Sanofi Genzyme and U.S. Country Lead at Sanofi (No. 27 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021), spoke about…
Wells Fargo’s Lester Owens in a One-on-One Interview with DiversityInc’s Carolynn Johnson
Wells Fargo’s Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Operation, Lester Owens and DiversityInc CEO, Carolynn Johnson sat down together recently for a spirited virtual conversation on Owens’ career in the banking industry; the career…
Managing Ethnic Stereotypes That Enter the Room Before You Do
During DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event on Nov. 4, Merary Simeon, North America vice president of diversity and engagement at PepsiCo and Billie Jo Johnson, general manager at Toyota Motor, North America…
A Fireside Chat: White Women Allies in Action
During DiversityInc’s Nov. 4 Women of Color and Their Allies event, DiversityInc CEO Carolynn Johnson held a virtual fireside chat with Karyn Twaronite, EY’s global diversity and inclusiveness officer and U.S. executive committee member, about…
How Resource Groups, Mentoring & Accountability Drive Engagement
Q: What are the top drivers of employee engagement?
Reverse Mentoring: Top Benefits to Facilitating Workplace Bonds
In a typical mentoring relationship, a senior employee offers wisdom to help a junior employee advance in their career. Reverse-mentoring turns that convention upside-down and is a beneficial practice of successful companies. In fact, 72%…
Cheryl Grise: Top 10 Lessons from 2019’s Women of Color and Their Allies Event
In a TED-style talk at DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event on Oct. 2, Ernst & Young Americas Solutions Leader Cheryl Grise listed her top 10 lessons learned about mentoring and sponsorship from…
Candid Advice on Mentoring Women of Color
Simone Gooden, Executive Development Strategy Lead at Wells Fargo shares her perspective on how to mentor women of color. Simone takes the audience through an interactive exercise on understanding what you don’t know about a…
Why Mentoring People Who are Different From You is Essential
“You have to have a good combination of people that you’re learning from and people that you’re teaching,” says Peter Tsahalis, TIAA’s Managing Director and Head of Mobile IT.
The Differences Between Mentoring and Sponsorship
Randy Cobb, Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Southern Company and Matthew Hanzlik, Program Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Nielsen talk about the differences between mentoring and sponsoring and give insights into how their companies leverage each….