U.S. Navy Brings Comfort to Haiti
On January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m. the tiny nation of Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. On January 13, one day after the quake, the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), one the U.S. Navy’s two Mercy-class hospital ships, received orders to travel to Haiti and begin a much-needed humanitarian relief effort. The Comfort arrived in Haiti on January 20 and began treating the injured. In an interview with U.S. Navy Surgeon General and five of his officers and sailors, we learn how the diverse make-up of the Navy’s personnel enables it to best respond to the most difficult tasks around the globe.

Generations upon Generations
For the first time in history, four generations are actively together in the workforce. Having these four generations working together can become a major challenge for leaders: how to harness the talents of each generation and create unified teams in order to optimize bottom-line effectiveness. We asked top leaders about the challenges in recruiting, developing, motivating, and melding them.

Multicultural Marketing
As the demographics of America become more diverse and target markets stretch globally, the job of marketing has become more demanding and more important than ever before. We’ve asked experts to share their best practices with us.

thoughtLeaders
Profiles in Diversity Journal continues to bring you the ideas, opinions and profiles of leaders in the field of Diversity & Inclusion in our ongoing series, thoughtLeaders. We once again invited prominent diversity thought leaders to share the latest regarding the workforce diversity and inclusion topics with which they are most active.