Category: CEO in Action

Henry (Hank) G. Jackson President and CEO, Society for Human Resource Management Headquarters: Alexandria, Virginia Website: www.shrm.org Primary Business: Not-for-profit professional association Revenues: $110 million Members: 260,000 Generational Mix, Veterans and Retirees Keep SHRM Busy Diversity exists in every workplace. It isn’t always about race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Diversity exists when you have… Read the full article

Jeff Immelt Chariman and CEO, General Electric Headquarters: Fairfield, Connecticut Website: www.ge.com Primary Business: Diversified industrial and finance Revenues: $147.3 billion Employees: 287,000 Diversity and Leadership at GE Thomas Edison believed in a simple credo. He said: “There’s a way to do it better, find it.” Today, for the company he helped found, that means… Read the full article

J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. Co-CEO, Hogan Lovells Headquarters: Washington, D.C.; London Website: www.hoganlovells.com Primary Business: Legal practice Revenues: $1.67 billion Employees: 5,000 Diversity is Essential to Success As a top ten global legal practice with 2,300 lawyers operating out of more than 40 offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and… Read the full article

John W. Daniels, Jr Chairman, Quarles & Brady LLP Headquarters: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Website: www.quarles.com Primary Business: Law firm Revenues: $212.7 million Employees: 904 Building a New Business Model Since I assumed the chairmanship of Quarles & Brady in 2007, the legal industry has undergone enormous changes. Law firms in general have been comfortable if not… Read the full article

Patrick C. Dunican, Jr. Chairman & Managing Director, Gibbons P.C. Headquarters: Newark, New Jersey Website: www.gibbonslaw.com Primary Business: Law firm Revenues: $106.5 million Employees: 388 Client Demand for Diversity According to American Lawyer, the percentage of minority lawyers at Am Law 200 firms actually decreased half a percentage point from 2008 to 2009 and has… Read the full article

Chuck Dawson President and CEO, Harland Clarke Holdings Group Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas Primary Business: Checks and related products, technology, and data management Revenues: $1.671 billion Employees: 6,500 Kaleidoscope of Diversity at Harland Clarke I’ve always been fond of using the phrase “let’s look at this issue through multiple lenses” as a way to challenge… Read the full article

Michael L. Coats Center Director, NANA- Johnson Space Center Location: Houston, Texas Website: www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/ Primary Business: Aerospace Employees: 3,200 Imaginative Solutions to Our Challenges In my experience, when we include people with different perspectives, backgrounds, and opinions, we generate more imaginative solutions to our challenges. As a member of the astronaut class of 1978 (which… Read the full article

George Chavel President and CEO, Sodexo, Inc. Corporate Headquarters: Gaithersburg, Maryland Website: www.sodexousa.com Primary Business: Foodservice, facility management, service vouchers Revenues: $8 billion Employees: 125,000 Quantifiable Milestones at Sodexo The year 2012 presents an important milestone for all of us at Sodexo—it marks the ten-year anniversary of the launch of our commitment to diversity and… Read the full article

Glenn Britt Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Cable Headquarters: New York City Website: www.timewarnercable.com Primary Business: Cable TV, Internet, telecommunications Revenues: $18.9 billion Employees: 48,000 Improvement Itself is the Objective When it comes to diversity and inclusion, improvement is critical. It’s probably more accurate to say that improvement itself is the objective, an ever-moving objective.… Read the full article

Dan Amos CEO, Aflac Incoroporated Corporate Headquarters: Columbus, Georgia Website: www.aflac.com Primary Business: Supplemental Insurance Revenues: $18 billion Employees: 8,000 including U.S. and Japan 2011 CEO in Action As I write this essay, a colleague sent me an interesting article detailing a study from the California State Education Department. It notes that Latinos now make… Read the full article