Posts Tagged Diversity
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Attracting Hispanics Requires Cultural Awareness
To attract, retain and engage Hispanics and Latinos, employers need to understand the common—and unique—characteristics of the various cultures that fall under the label of “Hispanic,” according to Di Ann Sanchez, SPHR, president and founder of DAS HR Consulting LLC in Hurst, Texas. &ldquo…
May 14, 2012
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Women Underrepresented in Corporate Leadership
Although there are many reasons to celebrate the contributions of women, a series of reports released shortly before International Women’s Day, March 8, 2012, reveals a disparity between the number of women participating in the global workforce and the number holding corporate leadership positions around the world. In most Western…
March 21, 2012
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Developing Strong Relationships Through Intercultural Empathy
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion.” Daniel Goleman knows a thing or two about developing empathy, as the author of Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Showing a genuine interest in others and actively listening to them are clearly key…
March 14, 2012 | in Workforce
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Where do you marinate from 9 to 5?
When I was a teenager my parents told me to be careful about the character of my circle of friends. Positive friends make good friends and will likely improve your quality of life and decision-making. Negative friends, on the other hand, will have the opposite effect. Before you…
February 9, 2012 | in Workplace
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Diversity and Inclusion: Getting It
What will you do? If your team or organization is going to get serious about pursuing additional value or advantage associated with diversity and inclusion this year, it will likely be because you decide to make it so. I spoke to a lot of HR professionals in 2011 and…
February 8, 2012 | in Workforce
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Are Your Employees Comfortable Disclosing Disability?
Americans with disabilities are most likely to disclose their disability when they need an accommodation or have a supportive supervisor and are least likely to do so if they fear they will lose a job, or fail to gain one, by doing so. But lack of disclosure could impact the…
February 7, 2012
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Global Leadership: Why Such a Struggle?
There are 9,497 books with ‘global leadership’ in the title on Amazon.com, as of January 12, 2012. Yet multinational organizations continue to struggle with how to develop their global leaders. We see that daily in our work with these organizations at the Najafi Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird…
January 26, 2012 | in Trends
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Creating Our Own HR Standards
As 2011 draws to a close and a new year begins, SHRM is pleased to report that the global HR standards initiative has not only successfully launched but also continues to gather steam across the world. As of the end of December, there are 13 participating countries and 19 observing countries from…
January 19, 2012 | in Workplace
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Future Focus: Think Globally
Globalization has often been associated with large multinational corporations. But leaders of small and medium-sized organizations in the United States are adopting a more global mind-set—and so are HR professionals. In the most recent SHRM Workplace Forecast survey report released in February, a majority of HR professionals…
December 29, 2011
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Ignite HR: “The Sweetness”
With 20 slides and 5 minutes, Joe Gerstandt brings a new clarity to what diversity is, why it matters and how it shows up in our work and our relationships with others.
December 16, 2011 | in Workforce
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Global Training Sought for Leaders of Multicultural Teams
A recent study highlights the importance of considering global characteristics of leaders and members of multicultural teams and of using a selection and training process that focuses on a global rather than a cross-cultural perspective. The findings are from a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation-funded report,
December 16, 2011
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Report: European Workplaces Ill-Prepared for New Business Realities
European workplaces that are homogeneous—staffed with similar-looking and similar-minded employees—lack the broad range of insight and experience needed to meet the challenges of a highly competitive global business environment, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global firm, and the European Association…
December 15, 2011
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Harmony is Overrated
As a loud and proud advocate for diversity and inclusion, I am supposed to be all about harmony right? Well, I am not. Harmony scares me. At the core of the definition of harmony is: a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity It is hard…
November 21, 2011 | in Workplace
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Four Generations of Workers in the 21st Century (Part 1)
Note: This series is based on the paper My Generation. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. - George Orwell For perhaps the first time in recorded history,…
November 17, 2011 | in Workforce
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McDonald’s Makes Diversity Part of the Business
After almost 36 years, she’s still loving it. Patricia Sowell Harris, chief global diversity officer for McDonald’s Corp., started working at the global foodservice retailer’s headquarters as an administrative assistant in the legal department. After stints as an assistant to the president of the company,…
November 1, 2011
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Executive Book Club: October 2011
Diversity in business and other organizations has been a goal for more than a quarter of a century, yet companies struggle to create an inclusive workplace. In Reinventing Diversity, Howard J. Ross, one of America’s leading diversity experts, explains why most diversity programs fail and how we…
October 31, 2011 | in Workplace
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Business Needs Inform Diversity Strategies
More than two-thirds (68 percent) of HR professionals polled by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in August 2010, said they align their organization’s diversity efforts with business goals and objectives. And when asked about the importance of various outcomes of diversity practices, respondents placed business results, such as…
October 27, 2011
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Business Needs Inform Diversity Strategies
More than two-thirds (68 percent) of HR professionals polled by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in August 2010, said they align their organization’s diversity efforts with business goals and objectives. And when asked about the importance of various outcomes of diversity practices, respondents placed business results, such as…
October 27, 2011
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Law Firms Slow to Embrace Diversity
The majority of law associates and attorneys “of counsel” who make partner at U.S.-based law firms are white men, despite the growing presence of women and minorities within the law firm population, according to Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) Law Firm diversity data released…
October 26, 2011
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SHRM’s Shirley Davis: A Woman to Watch
SHRM is proud to congratulate our very own Dr. Shirley Davis for being named one of Profiles in Diversity Journal’s “100 Women Worth Watching” for 2012. As SHRM’s head of Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, Shirley has been instrumental in advancing the D&…
October 17, 2011 | in Trends
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Parker: Diverse Workforce Is ‘Key to the Future’
Organizations today are seeing three major trends—a rapidly diversified workforce, an aging workforce and an influx of military veterans—Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Chief Global Membership Officer Janet Parker, SPHR, said during opening remarks at “The Workforce Mosaic.” SHRM underwrote the National Journal…
October 17, 2011
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SHRM Poll: Workplace Diversity Practices: How Has Diversity and Inclusion Changed Over Time?
This poll looks at how organizational diversity and inclusion practices have changed over the last five years. In 2005, SHRM released the Workplace Diversity Practices research report, which addressed diversity practices in organizations from the perspective of HR professionals. The 2010 study included several of the survey questions from the 2005 report to…
October 13, 2011
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Study Cites Diversity Progress, Barriers
Executives from large companies around the world said they’ve made significant progress in diversity and inclusion efforts focused on gender, ethnicity, national origin, race and color, according to a Forbes Insight study, but they face certain barriers as they develop and implement diversity strategies. The report, Fostering…
October 12, 2011
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Diversity Must Be Woven Into—Not Tacked Onto—Company Culture
Diversity and inclusiveness are like integrity—they can’t be captured on a scorecard, but their presence or absence is noticeable, said Tiane Mitchell Gordon, senior vice president of diversity and inclusion at AOL. Gordon explored the relationship of culture and diversity and inclusion’s success with…
October 11, 2011
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Fortune 500 Companies Lead with Diversity, Happiness
Fortune 500 companies, such as Boeing Co., Coca-Cola Co., IBM, Lockheed Martin Corp., Procter & Gamble Co. and Verizon, Inc., continue to pave the way for engaging women and minority employees. Chicago-based aerospace company Boeing was recognized by a series of diversity awards in 2011, including the Diversity Council Honors Award, the…
October 10, 2011
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Abercrombie & Fitch’s Diversity Journey
NEW YORK—It wasn’t difficult spotting Todd Corley, chief diversity officer for clothier Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), at Working Mother Media’s 2011 Multicultural Women’s National Conference held here July 20, 2011. In a sea of “suits” at a Times Square hotel, Corley…
October 6, 2011
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What CEOs Think About Diversity
NEW YORK—Getting diversity and inclusion (D&I) “right” requires strong CEO commitment. But an all-white panel of CEOs who recently won diversity leadership awards said the seeds for their passion were planted long before they entered the corporate ranks. George Borst, president and CEO of…
October 3, 2011
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Serving Those Who Served
With tens of thousands of military veterans expected to return home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during the next two years, the recruitment and retention of veterans for private-sector jobs is a growing concern. These men and women will return seeking work in urban, suburban and rural areas,…
September 14, 2011
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Workforce Mosaic Policy Summit Addresses Major Demographic Shifts
Huge demographic shifts in the workforce — from Baby Boomers staying in the labor market to Millennials unable to enter it — were at the forefront of today’s “Workforce Mosaic Policy Summit” at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Other demographic trends including rapid growth in…
July 13, 2011 | in Workforce
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Global Diversity and Inclusion: Perceptions, Practices and Attitudes
More than ever, businesses, governments, non-profits and other organizations are finding it necessary to adopt a global mindset in order to remain viable and relevant in today’s global marketplace. As organizations recognize the importance of developing greater cross-cultural competence, Diversity and Inclusion practitioners are often at the forefront…
January 18, 2011
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Diversity Leaders Look for ‘Game-Changing Outcomes’
Incremental progress in diversity and inclusion is no longer enough, according to Ted Childs, president & CEO of Ted Childs, LLP, who spoke during the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Diversity and Inclusion Global Thought Leaders’ Summit, held March 4-5, 2010, at the Gaylord National Harbor in…
January 17, 2011
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Diversity Is Not Just a Business Issue
ATLANTA—Speakers at Linkage’s 11th Annual Summit on Leading Diversity held here April 26-28, 2010, made it clear that diversity and inclusion issues affect people around the world, whether they are at work or school or from government or industry. SuChin Pak, a journalist and news correspondent for…
January 17, 2011
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Measure Global Diversity by Thinking Locally
This article was co-authored by Mary Martinéz and Michal Fineman. Question: How can we measure global diversity? Answer: Of all the issues that face companies globalizing their diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts, one that seems to be especially difficult for…
January 11, 2011
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Gore: Take the Long View
SAN DIEGO—On June 28, 2010 former Vice President of the United States Al Gore encouraged Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference attendees to see the opportunities in crises and advocate for long-term rather than short-term solutions. Gore said that in Chinese and Japanese, the word crisis is written…
September 8, 2010
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Spurring Innovation
Human resource executives command many tools to foster innovative workplace cultures. When U.S. athlete Dick Fosbury sailed over the high jump bar at 7 feet, 4¼ inches during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he set a record with the "Fosbury Flop." Twisting his body, he arched his back to sail…
August 18, 2010
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House of Representatives Launches Diversity Initiative
Spring, 2010 Finally, Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have found something they can agree on—working to improve the diversity of congressional office staffs. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced on April 12, 2010, the launch of a diversity initiative that will focus on…
June 18, 2010
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