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Being a diversity practitioner has never been more exciting from demographics, social, political and business perspectives. Being a member of management and part of a corporation has also never been more complex. There are a number of trends that diversity practitioners need to be mindful of when developing and executing diversity strategies within their companies.

VP of Editorial Services Damian Johnson sat down with CEO of QED Consulting, Alan Richter, who has more 20 years of experience with global diversity. Richter not only explains global diversity but the business case for diversity and how your company can benefit.

In my role as president for Sodexo Education-Schools, I have the privilege of overseeing our work improving student well-being and achievement at close to 500 schools districts nationwide. One of my goals is to help schools improve the learning environment; to do this everything we do must be focused on students and their well-being.

By Pamela Arnold “Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.” – Ola Joseph Recently, a colleague, Lisa Horuczi Markus of Catalyst 9, and I were engaged in a discussion on how the term “diversity” is defined by different generations. Specifically, how the definition may be characterized by Generation… Read the full article

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”

Harry Schiff was a junior at Princeton when he dreamed up Agent Anything, a company designed to help college students strapped for cash find quick, convenient jobs. “One of the things you are seeing more commonly are the number of students that are in school and working at the same time. The more time students… Read the full article

PDJ talks with Leah Brown, CEO, A-10. A10 Clinical Solutions helps its clients get their life-saving, innovative, investigational new drugs to market faster and safer by the quality management of critical clinical trials.

The “Great Recession” of the late ‘00s may have persuaded many entrepreneurs, including young entrepreneurs, from establishing new businesses. But the forlorn economy has never been a factor in Jason Ross’ decision to start JackThreads, an online men’s fashion retailer.

Since the Women’s Rights Movement in the 1970s, women have come a long way in their pursuit of equal rights. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 1975, 39.6% of the employed population were women; by 2011, that number had risen to 47.2 percent. The rate of women working has also grown since the 70s. In the 1970s, 43.3 percent of American women participated in the workforce and in 2010 that number had increased to 59.7 percent.

By Sunniva Heggertveit-Aoudia There is an IT company called Unicus in Norway that has hired several employees with Asperger’s Syndrome. This is a profitable company with a pool of unique talents working for them (the managing director says that one employee learned Japanese on his own, another can read 2000 words per minute.) These are… Read the full article