The Color of Success
Arnold W. Donald knows well the challenges of making it to the C-suite. He achieved that goal at a time when companies that embraced diversity...
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What it Takes to Be an Effective Leader
Redia Anderson and Lenora Billings-Harris, both of whom have a long and nationally recognized history in diversity work, have collaborated to write Trailblazers: How Top...
Diversity Continues to Challenge the Military
In 2008, Congress formed the Military Leadership Diversity Commission to analyze promotion rates for minorities in the military and develop strategies to make the armed...
Recruiting From the Military
Michelle Terry enjoys a challenge. It’s what led her to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. After graduating in 2003, Terry served...
A Way In
Named after the New York community activist herself, the Emma Bowen Foundation was founded in 1989 and sponsors four- to five-year, nationwide internships for minority...
Learning How to LEAD
Marcus Allen’s original plan was to join the military after college, but he changed his mind when he applied to the Verizon Future Leaders Program,...
Unemployment Still ‘Uneven’
It’s no surprise that, compared with other groups, African Americans have been hardest hit by the recession. Although the national average for unemployment has been...
Future of Diversity: Cultural Inclusion Is a Business Imperative
As a Millennial—those born approximately between 1981 and 2000—I belong to a generation of 75 million widely described as an optimistic, self-inventive, multitasking set that...
The Next Generation
in 2008, eldridge Betts realized he didn’t have enough money to continue studying for his associate degree in culinary arts at the Culinary Institute of...
Adding Diversity Into the Equation
Less than a year after Teri Quinn Gray began working as a research manager for DuPont she faced job uncertainty due to corporate restructuring. As...