Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion

A diverse and dynamic world.
Diversity executives have to build their staffs while maintaining a sense of cohesion and inclusion in their companies. As they work to break down outdated norms and help their companies prepare for the future, these executives seek innovations to help them respond to new and difficult challenges. The Conference Board Diversity and Inclusion Program helps corporations through performance-strengthening practices and comparative analysis.

Events/Forums

Conferences

Diversity & Inclusion Leadership and Management Seminars

Women’s Leadership Conference

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Councils

Council Alumni Program
The Council Alumni Program is designed to maintain a relationship between The Conference Board and core customers after they have left their councils due to retirement.

Diversity & Inclusion Strategy Council
This council provides a peer network of diversity executives for the confidential and candid exchange of information on current issues and trends.

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Research Working Group

Engaging Employees Across Generations in an Economic Downturn
This group will empirically explore whether the differences between "Baby Boomers," "Gen-Xers," and "Millennials" actually exist.

Leveraging High-Potential Employees
This research working group will explore the implications of developing high-potential employees.

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Publications

Executive Action Reports
Huddled Masses? Why Helping Immigrants Helps Companies Immigration is a hot-button issue. When it comes to corporate philanthropy, the target should be immigrant integration. The payoff to both business and society can be handsome.		On The Record With Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal, CEO of FEMSA, S.A. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico, shares his views on the importance of having multicultural and multilingual talent as well as protecting a company's intellectual property.
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Research Reports
Meeting the Challenges of a Dispersed Workforce: Managing Across Language, Culture, Time and Location This Working Group Report discusses issues like payoff from effective distance management, and selecting and developing employees for distance work.		Leadership, Governance, and Accountability: A Pathway to a Diverse and Inclusive Organization This report has profiled organizations that have strategically aligned diversity and inclusion practices with general business goals.
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