Posts Tagged ‘diversity’
Q&A with Shirley Engelmeier: 4 steps for implementing inclusion in the workplace
Shirley Engelmeier is the CEO of InclusionINC. She helps Fortune 500 companies implement inclusion and meet their key business metrics. SmartBrief interviewed Engelmeier about why inclusion is becoming so important in the workplace and how companies can come up with a successful inclusion strategy. An edited version of her answers follows. What signaled the shift [...]
Diversity and the advertising profession
By Linsey Isaacs, editorial intern at SmartBrief and a student at Howard University. Breaking into the advertising business can be tough, particularly for young professionals of color, but the marketing industry benefits from diversity and it’s important for people from all backgrounds to contribute to the profession. That was the message at a 4A’s forum [...]
This week’s most clicked
Breaking down the barriers that hold back career development; why young talent requires a different management style; and how a barbecue cookout could help retain your staff. It’s all on this past week’s top 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce: 4 ways to keep your top talent happy 3 ways to get workers to [...]
Live from #SHRM10: Eric Peterson, on why mere diversity isn’t enough
I’m reporting live from the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference out in San Diego this week, and I met with Eric Peterson, SHRM’s manager for diversity and inclusion. We talked about the difference between diversity and inclusion, what drives his passion for diversity issues, and how SHRM is working to make workplaces more [...]
From Milken: Is your company ready for Diversity 2.0?
The rapid pace of globalization has all but settled questions about whether there’s a business case for diversity, concluded participants in the “Diversity 2.0” panel at the Milken Global Conference last week in Los Angeles. Fran Durekas, founder and chief development officer of Children’s Creative Learning Centers, led the panel. Joining her were Deepika Bajaj, [...]
More women in the workplace, but still not enough opportunities
Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Sasha Galbraith, who is a current partner of Galbraith Management Consultants, an international consulting firm specializing in solving strategy and organizational design challenges across corporate, business unit and international levels. Dr. Galbraith’s expertise focuses on executive women and their progression in a corporate hierarchy. She provides consulting services to [...]
Making the jobs fit mothers’ realities
Does it take a Nobel-prize-winning scientist to figure out how to help women balance careers with the demands of family life? Apparently, it takes two. Women in science need more workplace flexibility after having children to advance in their careers, Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, two female winners of this year’s Nobel Prize [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: Do onboarding well or risk the rapid loss of your recruits
Turnover costs companies plenty and most are looking for ways to keep rates in check. One HR expert suggests that strong onboarding programs for new employees are the key to stopping the loss of employees early on in their tenure. I’m with her on that. At one job I couldn’t wait to leave there was [...]
