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Women of Color Undervalued Despite DEI Focus

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become top priorities for corporate America following the racial equity movements of 2020. Companies realize that not only is DEI the right thing to do, but they are also…

Webinar Recap: Career Advice for Women of Color

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Moderator: Lynn Cooper, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at DiversityInc Panelists: Salma Jutt, Divisional Vice President of U.S. Commercial, Chronic Pain Therapies at Abbott (No. 4 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity…

Women of Color and Their Challenges With Navigating Office Politics

Best Practices Career Advancement Career Advice Leadership Accountability Unconscious bias by DiversityInc staff

Imagine you are a newly hired employee in an organization going about your normal day at work. You ask what you believe is a simple question to the wrong person, which turns out to be…

Strategies for Including Women of Color in Workplace Planning

2020 Women of Color and Their Allies Event Recap Best Practices Diversity & Inclusion Diversity Management Diversity Recruitment Diversity Recruitment & Retention Leadership Women Workforce by Andrew Leung

At DiversityInc’s “Women of Color and Their Allies” event on Nov. 4, 2020, Dr. Stephanie Creary gave a presentation titled “The Importance of Inclusion and Belonging at Work: Spotlight on Women of Color.” As a…

Research Roundup: Census Data Shows No Progress Made on Closing Gender Pay Gap

Research by DiversityInc staff

Between 2018 and 2019, there has been no progress toward closing the gender pay gap according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released data. Still, the average working woman earns $0.82 for every dollar a…

DiversityInc’s Chris Parker Explains How to Assess Human Capital Metrics

2020 Top 50 Events by DiversityInc staff

DiversityInc’s Chris Parker, director of research and data analytics, delivered a talk on how companies can measure their human capital metrics to understand whether their strategies are producing the results they are aiming for. He…

Webinar Recap: Career Advice for Women of Color, Things You Wished Someone Had Told You

Webinar Webinar Library Webinar Recap by DiversityInc staff

Panelists: Lissiah Hundley, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Client Fulfillment at DiversityInc; Joiava Philpott, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Cox Communications; Circe Stark, Compliance Director at Southern Company Panelists on the webinar discussed what…

Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw Delivers Keynote Speech on Intersectionality

2019 Women of Color and Their Allies by DiversityInc staff

Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase “intersectionality” nearly three decades ago, despite it only recently entering mainstream conversation. Crenshaw delivered the keynote speech Oct. 2 at DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event, explaining…

Code Switching Defined

2019 Women of Color and Their Allies by DiversityInc staff

On Oct. 2 at DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event,Kelley Cornish, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at TD Bank and Corie Pauling, SVP and CDO at TIAA, discussed the definition of code…

Intersectionality and Navigating Your Career

2019 Women of Color and Their Allies by DiversityInc staff

On Oct. 2 at DiversityInc’s annual Women of Color and Their Allies event, Natasha Miller-Williams, SVP of Diversity and Inclusion at Nielsen and Stefani Raggio, Vice President of Human Resource Operations for North America Hilton,…

KPMG’s Michele Meyer-Shipp and Toyota Financial Services’ BillieJo Johnson Discuss Women of Color Supporting Women of Color

2019 Women of Color and Their Allies by DiversityInc staff

At DiversityInc’s second annual Women of Color and Their Allies event, panelists Michele Meyer-Shipp, principal, chief diversity and inclusion officer at KPMG (No. 9 on the DiversityInc Top 50 list) and BillieJo Johnson, financial services…