Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
May was Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. We wondered what unique challenges and experiences diversity leaders of Asian-Pacific Islander descent may have experienced in their careers, and asked for their thoughts and opinions about leadership, diversity, and mentoring. Many are first-generation immigrants, and not surprisingly, their unique cultural experiences gives them a personal insight into the importance of having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Meet Ed Haldeman - CEO, Freddie Mac
Growing up in Philadelphia, Ed Haldeman was driven to succeed from an early age. Today, he’s driving Freddie Mac’s success.
Leveraging Diversity
Profiles in Diversity Journal focused on a few managers who have successfully leveraged the diversity of their teams in order to best achieve their business goals and objectives. These managers are often the “back-bone” of an organization: they have skills and experience that can’t be easily replaced, and they often have the most knowledge about how things work and how the work gets done in the most efficient manner.
Supplier Diversity Best Practices
As more and more consumers realize the impact businesses have on their individual communities, they begin to insist that these organizations do business with people in their community. In turn, the benefits organizations reap for partnering with Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) include:
• Having a larger pool of qualified suppliers;
• Having better products and services which result from more competition; and,
• Having better community relations and greater product loyalty from consumers.
We asked Supplier Diversity leaders to share what’s working for them, in the hope that their best practices will inspire some of your supplier diversity strategies.
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.
