Diversity and Inclusion

Publications

Executive Action Reports

September 2008	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. File size: 104KB
August 2008	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. File size: 234KB
July 2008	On The Record with Ivan Seidenberg The CEO of Verizon Communications, Inc., New York, New York, explains the importance of developing global managerial talent and implementing cost control methods. File size: 235KB
July 2008	Women's Leadership: Revitalizing Women’s Initiatives Key indicators of gender in the workplace suggest that women's advancement in corporate America has plateaued or even slipped over the past few years. Still, many companies remain committed to initiatives designed to support women in the workplace. File size: 88KB
July 2008	On the Record with J. Doug Pruitt The CEO of Sundt Construction, Tempe, Arizona, explains the importance of managing change, fostering innovation and the need for diversity and multi-generational knowledge sharing in today's competitive business environment. File size: 229KB
April 2008	Capturing Butterflies and Making Them Talk This report looks at how to overcome the four critical challenges to transferring knowledge across generations. File size: 228KB
September 2007	Where Are the Women Directors? Women are everywhere in corporate America — except on boards. Here's how to change that. File size: 92KB
September 2007	When an Employee's Freedom of Religion Crosses Paths with a Company's Interests As religion increasingly collides with corporate policies and practices, companies are asking what is and isn't permissible behavior — for workers and for themselves. File size: 112KB
June 2007	Women and Leadership: Creating Opportunities for Advancement With smaller numbers of U.S. workers expected during the next decade and increasing numbers of women entering the workforce, more business leaders are realizing that competing globally will require making good use of all their human resources. File size: 224KB
April 2007	Middle Managers: Engaging and Enrolling the Biggest Roadblock to Diversity and Inclusion Middle management is essential to the success of any diversity initiative — playing a key role in hiring, development and promotion decisions. But they're often at direct odds with diversity practitioners, who by definition challenge the status quo. File size: 231KB
March 2007	A View From the Top: The Challenge of Building A Global Workforce Last November, a group of CEO panelists discussed the redistribution of jobs outside the United States with both optimism and concern. File size: 244KB
March 2007	Becoming Skilled at Painting with Two Brushes What are Asian and Western-based companies doing to develop the kinds of leaders that are badly needed in Asia and elsewhere today? File size: 295KB
January 2007	Europe's Progress in Promoting Work-Life and Diversity in the Workplace Comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation now covers all 27 member states of the European Union. This report looks at a series of best practices now being implemented at major companies throughout Europe. File size: 110 KB
November 2006	Faith at Work: What Does It Mean to Be a “Faith-Friendly” Company? Though in its early stages, the "faith-at-work movement" is demanding serious attention from employers. How companies frame their response will determine if the issue becomes a legal minefield or a source of competitive advantage. File size: 153KB
October 2006	Leadership Challenges for Indian Companies Tomorrow's Indian business leaders must be master strategists, able to manage change as well as relationships and networks, and perhaps most importantly demonstrate the ability to develop new leaders. File size: 193KB
July 2006	Building a World-Class Workforce: Two Case Studies This report details how Rockwell Collins and PricewaterhouseCoopers are innovating recruitment and retention strategies to ensure a skilled, motivated, and diverse workforce. File size: 107.02KB
June 2006	Women of Color: Strategies for Leadership Success This Executive Action report offers some strategies for personal success for women of color. File size: 360.6KB
May 2006	Age and Opportunity: Plan Strategically to Get the Most Out of a Maturing Workforce If baby boomers retire as expected, there won't be enough people to do the work. Is it time for your company to panic? File size: 224.03KB
March 2006	Hispanics in the Workplace: Building Meaningful Diversity This report explores current conditions and anticipated changes in both the overall Hispanic community and the Mexican, Central and South American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Hispanic populations. File size: 108.10KB
February 2006	The Business Case for Diversity: Good Practices in the Workplace What do case studies tell us about the impact of diversity in the workplace? File size: 141.4 KB
January 2006	Diversity and Profitability: Making the Connections Demographic changes in Europe, combined with government regulations, are putting pressure on companies to increase the diversity of their workforces. File size: 122.3 KB
December 2005	Globalization: Will Your Company Be Left Standing? New market realities may compel mid-market companies to adopt a business model that powers growth through product innovation, as well as improved operational effectiveness. File size: 151.8 KB
August 2005	Women in Leadership: The Diversity Imperative—Supporting Actions for Change There are considerable gender gaps in employment status, pay levels, and career outlook in Europe despite roughly equal numbers of well-educated males and females. Are senior executives willing to take steps to correct the imbalance? File size: 110.6KB
June 2005	Go Ahead: Sweat the Small Stuff Microinequities among your fellow workers are more damaging than one might think - both to the left out employee and to the company itself. File size: 100.6KB
November 2004	Work-Life and Diversity: Local Needs and Business Relevance Drive Success Spurred on by the new European Union-wide anti-discrimination legislation, inclusion policies and practices are being adopted by Europe-based organisations. Which approaches will succeed? File size: 88.0KB
August 2004	Women in Leadership: Putting Diversity Policies into Practice Most large companies have diversity policies in place that include targets for recruiting and advancing more women into leadership roles, but they still face the challenges of implementing the policies successfully while growing their business. File size: 97.3KB
November 2003	The European Perspective: Using Diversity and Work-Life Solutions to Retain a Competitive Edge This report finds organizations that master the ability to effectively address the needs, challenges, and opportunities that diversity represents will be the ones that thrive globally. File size: 97.4KB
July 2003	Women Advance Slowly But Surely in Top Management Ranks Although few senior male managers openly deride women's corporate ambitions, many—either consciously or unconsciously—undermine them. File size: 94.3KB
April 2003	Putting Women on Equal Footing For women, the road to gender parity in the corporate world is potholed with "microinequities," such as being interrupted or ignored, having ideas credited to male colleagues, being excluded from activities, and having to deal with jokes that target women File size: 91.9KB

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