For Chief Diversity Officers, the last few years have been a tumultuous time. Some have sought new roles as former employers failed to deliver on promises and others chased new challenges where they felt they…
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CDO Interview: Alveda Williams, Chief Inclusion Officer at Dow
For Chief Diversity Officers, the last few years have been a tumultuous time. Some have sought new roles as former employers failed to deliver on promises and others chased new challenges where they felt they…
Best Practices for Operating Effective Executive Diversity Councils
An executive diversity council (EDC) is a group of leaders tasked with managing and developing the company’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategies. While D&I remains front and center of an EDC’s mission, its purpose has…
Does Your Company Have a Leadership Accountability Gap?
Ineffective leadership is one of the biggest drivers of declining profit margins, morale, productivity, worker retention and customer satisfaction. The divide between what we expect from our leaders and how they perform is called the…
How Sysco’s New Executive Leadership Has Transformed Its DEI Strategy
Ever since Kevin Hourican took over as President and CEO of Sysco in 2020, the company has seen a lot of positive change when it comes to workplace fairness. Shortly after Hourican became CEO, Adrienne…
Academic Excellence, Beloved Community and Common Good: Rutgers’ President Outlines the University’s Future
Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway shared his vision for the future of the 256-year-old institution at his inaugural Stakeholder Address on October 12, 2022. Holloway said even though he’s still in the early days of…
DEI Profile: The National Minority Supplier Development Council
Entrepreneurial inequity is often the most overlooked contributor to the racial wealth gap in the United States. Starting, scaling and owning businesses is often difficult for people of color. Not only do minority business owners…
Book Review: Anti-Racist Leadership: How to Transform Corporate Culture in a Race-Conscious World
As a Black man who worked at the highest levels of corporate America, James White says it’s time to take more direct action in the fight for social justice. Throughout White’s thirty-plus years of experience…
9 Questions with Chris Nassetta, CEO of DiversityInc Hall of Fame Company Hilton
After participating in the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey for many years and ranking at No. 1 on the list in 2021, Hilton has ascended into the Hall of Fame for top companies…
The Role of the Accessibility Leader
In an age where credibility and accountability around diversity, equity and inclusion is paramount to business success and acceptance from consumers, whether your business is meeting modern accessibility standards says something about the business itself….
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…
Ensuring DEI Conversations Aren’t One-Sided in 2022
The last two years have been full of talk about how companies have become “comfortable with being uncomfortable” around discussions on social issues that are often the source of division and animosity across various groups….
From Passive Vanity Metrics to Active Engagement: Pivoting Mindset To Move the DEI Needle in Legal Professions
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is at the forefront of strategy for a significant number of law firms and corporate departments. Yet, those with an inside understanding of the industry know that meaningful progress is…
How To Recognize Racial and Ethnic Diversity on Teams
The U.S. population is rapidly changing, which means the American workplace is as well. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, over 33 million people in the U.S. identify as two or more races. That’s 1…
Talking with Aramark’s John Zillmer on the Impact of Pandemic on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Carolynn Johnson, CEO of DiversityInc, recently sat down with John Zillmer, CEO of Aramark (No. 46 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity List in 2021) to chat about how the pandemic has influenced…