Diversity Best Practices News
May 10, 2012
Connie L. Lindsey, executive vice president and head of corporate social responsibility at Northern Trust, Chicago, will present the opening keynote at the 2012 Network & Affinity Leadership Congress (NALC), June 28th in New York City.
Lindsey is the first African-American woman to achieve the title of executive vice president at Northern Trust. She is responsible for the...
January 12, 2012
Diversity Best Practices is now accepting registrations for its Benchmarking Tool. Join the host of companies that have leveraged this invaluable instrument to evaluate their diversity and inclusion efforts.
All participating companies receive a free Diversity Best Practices scorecard summarizing their results. Diversity Best Practices members also receive a free Level 1 benchmarking report...
December 13, 2011
This holiday season transform and inspire your employees with publications from the Working Mother Research Institute and Diversity Best Practices. This outstanding portfolio of publications will show your employees that they are valued and supported by providing strategies and tactics to help them excel at their jobs.
Global Diversity Primer: Diversity Best Practices' new Global Diversity...
October 31, 2011
November marks National American Indian Heritage Month, an observance established to acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of the original inhabitants of the United States.
The month-long commemoration has its genesis in American Indian Week, which was first proclaimed by President Reagan in 1986. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush issued a proclamation designating November 1990 as...
October 11, 2011
From the heterosexual car salesman who is called “gay” for not being aggressive enough to the no-nonsense female CEO who’s deemed the b-word to the diligent transgender worker who is taunted for undergoing a sex change, employees in companies across the globe are enduring harassment in the workplace. And while the victims may come from different backgrounds, the motivation for harassment is the...
October 3, 2011
As a challenging economic climate forces companies to closely scrutinize their business activities, diversity practitioners are being challenged to show how their work is impacting their companies’ top and bottom lines. This issue was explored at Diversity Best Practices’ September 27 Best Practice Session at Freddie Mac headquarters in McLean, Va.
The day’s sessions focused on financial and...
September 30, 2011
Working Mother Media announced Tuesday a campaign to ensure that paid parental leave is available to all U.S. workers. Offered by 178 nations around the world, including some of the poorest, paid parental leave is not mandated by just three countries: the United States, Swaziland and Papua New Guinea.
Numerous studies show that early bonding with parents sets children up for long-term...
September 26, 2011
October 1 marks the beginning of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an annual observance created to raise awareness about disability employment issues and to celebrate the contributions of workers with disabilities.
NDEAM’s origin dates back to 1945, when the first week of October was declared by Congress as “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” In 1962, the term...
