Category: Innovations in Diversity Award
Amid the convergence of demographic, social, and technological shifts in America, many nonprofit membership organizations face the challenge of starting or sustaining diversity and inclusion (D+I) practices. Not all nonprofits have a D+I practitioner on staff to guide organizational efforts, or thousands of dollars to spend on consultants and customization of tools intended for the… Read the full article
KPMG’s Executive Leadership Institute for Women (ELIW) was established in 2009 to provide a unique leadership training program for the firm’s future women leaders. Created by KPMG’s Network of Women (KNOW) and launched in its Philadelphia office with the goal to further develop senior women, as well as women from outside KPMG, ELIW provides them… Read the full article
Formally introduced in the spring of 2011, Prudential Financial’s Signature Research Studies is a series of branded thought leadership research reports focused on the financial practices and literacy of multicultural markets. The research explores the financial attitudes and behaviors of the African American, Hispanic, LGBT, and women’s markets. The research has not only proven to… Read the full article
In January 2013, Ryerson University’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) launched Soup and Substance, a monthly series of noon-hour, moderated panel discussions. While enjoying a bowl of soup and refreshments, participants engage panelists in an open conversation on a range of compelling diversity topics (e.g., Your PRIDE is My PRIDE; Intersecting Identities: The… Read the full article
Motivating leaders to take deliberate steps to increase and develop the diversity of BASF’s workforce in North America was the impetus for creating a robust reporting tool called the Talent/Diversity + Inclusion Dashboard. Introduced in 2012, the unit-level dashboard provides greater visibility into how hiring decisions made in each unit move the needle on the… Read the full article
The Global Diversity Office at MasterCard launched its first multiplatform, interactive gamification program, EDGE (Employees Driving the Global Enterprise), in December 2013. Created in partnership with Global Talent Development, the goal of the program was to enable MasterCard employees around the world to articulate clearly and accurately what MasterCard does, and how it benefits individuals… Read the full article
The Auto Industry has long attempted to understand the purchasing power of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) community, but the data needed to quantify market trends had never been available. In October 2012, IHS Automotive launched its groundbreaking solution, LGBT Answers, which gives manufacturers and retailers the information they need to successfully market… Read the full article
Women have historically been underrepresented at the top levels of the accounting industry, something Moss Adams LLP has been working to change through Forum W—the firm’s effort to attract, develop, retain, and advance talented women. In 2013, Forum W introduced a workshop that has gained tremendous momentum, called “Getting Real: Straight Talk on Building Your… Read the full article
Cigna’s Hispanic/Latino Colleague Resource Group (CRG) participants worked with team members from Marketing and the Total Health and Network organization to create an informational white paper for Cigna’s US health care professionals, titled: Bienestar: America’s Hispanic Community… Improving Health Outcomes Through Engagement with Health Care Professionals. “We had just sponsored our second Hispanic Healthcare summit,… Read the full article
To provide an opportunity for their ERG leaders to learn from each other—as well as those from neighboring corporations—Ingersoll Rand launched its first ERG Summit on their campus in Davidson, North Carolina. More than 145 employees, chief diversity officers, business leaders, and customers attended the inaugural North Carolina ERG Summit. The two-day summit brought corporate… Read the full article
