Toyota’s Financial Services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager at Toyota BillieJo Johnson shares her path through the creation of the REACH (Reaching Women of Color) program. Johnson founded REACH within the ranks of…
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Toyota’s BillieJo Johnson Explains the Idea of Blind Spots and the Importance of Awareness
Toyota’s Financial Services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager, BillieJo Johnson explains the idea of blind spots and how they affect our everyday image. She delves into the concept of blind spots, or operating…
Toyota’s Billie Joe Johnson Explains the Importance of Understanding Challenges
Toyota’s Billie Joe Johnson explains why Women of Color need to be aware and understand the nature of their workplace challenges. Billie Joe Johnson is the Financial services Root Manager, and the Enterprise Program Project…
BillieJo Johnson Shares the Many Programs for Women of Color at Toyota
Toyota’s Financial Services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager, BillieJo Johnson shares her experience at the company and the programs that helped her navigate her career as a woman of color. After many years…
Toyota’s BillieJo Johnson Shares her Company’s Effort to Remove Barriers for Women of Color
Toyota’s Financial Services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager, BillieJo Johnson shares the company’s strides to enable women of color in the workplace. Johnson delves into the resources that helped empower her.
Toyota’s BillieJo Johnson Discusses Career Advancement While Counteracting Stereotypes
Toyota’s Financial services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager, BillieJo Johnson shares her thoughts on external stereotypes. Recounting her career, she expresses the difficulties and judgments she has overcome. Her valuable experience shows the…
Toyota’s BillieJo Johnson Reveals Her Advice on Feeling Stuck in a Career
Toyota’s Financial services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager, BillieJo Johnson explains how to combat feeling stuck in one’s career path. In “Get Un-Stuck,” Johnson says she believes that one should look inward in…
Toyota’s BillieJo Johnson Shares Takeaways from DiversityInc’s Women of Color and their Allies Event
Toyota’s Financial Services Root Manager and Enterprise Program Project Manager, BillieJo Johnson shares her takeaways from the DiversityInc’s Women of Color and their Allies event. In April 2018 Johnson launched the REACH (Reaching Women of…
Toyota’s Al Smith shares BPG Impact on Business
Al Smith, Toyota’s Group Vice President and Chief Social Innovation Officer, shares the improvements Business Productivity Groups (BPGs) make in the industry. BPGs span in many areas, from community involvement to advising to higher levels…
Al Smith shares BPG involvement in Toyota’s Texas Transition
Al Smith is Toyota’s Group Vice President and Chief Social Innovation Officer. With his experience, he shares the improvements Business Productivity Groups (BPGs) make in the industry. During Toyota’s move to Texas, it retained many…
Toyota’s Al Smith shares how Talent is Developed within BPGs
Al Smith, Toyota’s Group Vice President and Chief Social Innovation Officer, delves into what makes Business Partner Groups so unique at Toyota. He shares how the company nurtures talent within the group for greater growth…
Toyota’s Al Smith on Why Leadership Visibility is Important
Al Smith, Toyota’s Group Vice President and Chief Social Innovation Officer, shares his history and why he believes leadership visibility is important. He expands on several reasons leaders should be visible to everyone in the…
Toyota’s Al Smith Expresses the reasoning behind changing ERG to BPG
Al Smith is Toyota’s Group Vice President and Chief Social Innovation Officer. Unlike many corporations, Toyota refers to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as Business Partner Groups (BPGs). Smith shares why Toyota believes this option is…
Toyota’s Al Smith Explains the Rational Behind Changing ERGs to BPGs
Al Smith is Toyota’s Group Vice President and Chief Social Innovation Officer. Unlike traditional corporations, Toyota refers to their Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as Business Partner groups (BPGs). Smith shares his rationales as to why…
Research Roundup: UCLA Analysis Finds Transgender People who Experience Discrimination are More Likely to Attempt Suicide
A new University of Los Angeles (UCLA) analysis of data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found discrimination leads transgender individuals to contemplate and attempt suicide at high rates. The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey by…
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