Category: PDJ
Companies are increasingly adopting diversity initiatives and openly proclaiming their desire for more diversity in the workplace. This is excellent news to those of us responsible for diversity programs.
In nearly 20 years of work as a labor and employment lawyer in a multi-national law firm and as the Chairman of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), nothing has proven more challenging than convincing white, male middle-management why diversity matters.
How do you encourage white, male middle-managers to become more involved in diversity-related programs and help them understand that diversity is also about them?
At a recent luncheon, we discussed different approaches to creating a work environment that would accommodate various levels of diversity in the employee population.
Over a decade ago, a leading law firm looked to merge with another established firm. At the celebration event for the merger, a senior partner of one firm sexually harassed nine female partners from the other firm.
A women of Indian origin works for one of my clients, a large insurance company in the Midwest. She has lived in the United States more than five years and was recently promoted, but she had expected to be promoted at a much faster pace, as indeed she had been back home in India.
A post-racial America refers to a society that has moved beyond racial preference, discrimination and prejudice.
According to an August 2010 report by the Pew Hispanic Center, eight percent of newborns in the United States have parents who are undocumented immigrants.
Long recognized as a critical source of new talent to an organization, campus recruiting programs are an essential component of a firm’s overall staffing strategy and, by extension, a means to advance diversity recruiting.
Mentoring is a method of knowledge transfer that incites development in both the mentor and the mentee. Workplaces all over the world have embraced mentoring.
