Developing Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion Strategies – Part 2: Gaining Leadership Commitment and Engagement

by Mary-Frances Winters on May 22, 2013

As I mentioned last week, your diversity and inclusion strategy will not be sustainable without commitment and engagement from top leadership.  There is a difference between commitment and engagement, and you need both.  By definition a commitment is an agreement to do something in the future.  Engagement is the ongoing enthusiastic involvement that harnesses discretionary [...]

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A Point of View: Maybe I Am Just Too Sensitive

by Mary-Frances Winters on May 22, 2013

It is really hard sometimes to live in a world where I feel that I always have to second guess myself.  Was this really unfair treatment? Was it an example of privilege? Was it a micro-inequity?  Or am I just hyper-sensitive because I do this work? I travel a lot and many of the situations [...]

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The Buzz: What’s Going On At Abercrombie?

May 22, 2013

Only the thin and good looking work and shop at Abercrombie? I have a great deal of respect for the progress that Todd Corley, Abercrombie’s Chief Diversity Officer, has made over the past 8 years during his tenure. When he joined the company in 2004, Abercrombie had just settled a $50 million class action discrimination [...]

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Remembering Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas: “Founder” of the Modern Day Diversity Movement

May 21, 2013

The D&I world mourns the loss of our beloved “founder” of the modern day diversity movement, Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas.  I had the privilege of working with Dr. Thomas for many years. He was my friend, mentor and colleague.   Dr. Thomas was not only an amazing thought leader, he was a wonderful, kind and compassionate [...]

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Developing Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion Strategies – Part 1

May 16, 2013

The Winters Group works with clients who are just starting their diversity initiatives to support them in developing their strategies.   What we have learned over the past 29 years is that there really is an order to implementing a plan that will be sustainable.  Too often organizations start to do “something” just so they can [...]

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A Point of View: Isn’t Favoritism a Form of Discrimination?

May 16, 2013

In a recent piece in the New York Times by Nancy DiTomaso, Vice Dean for Faculty and Research and Professor of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business school, called How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment, she highlights some of her research that points to favoritism as a major reason for higher unemployment rates among [...]

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The Buzz: Number 12 and Counting!!!

May 16, 2013

Minnesota is the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, the third state this month. It is suffice to say that “we are on a roll” on an issue that is long overdue. The 180 degree turnaround in attitudes towards gay marriage in just a few short years is nothing short of miraculous.  Just 9 years [...]

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Trend 2.6 – Corporate Social Responsibility: From Morality to Sustainability

May 9, 2013

Forward thinking companies are recognizing that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has far reaching impacts on the bottom line.  There is a growing shift in thinking about CSR from it being merely a moral obligation to understanding its link to the overall sustainability of the business. The emphasis on CSR will continue to escalate in the [...]

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A Point of View: Why Is Diversity Harder Than Rocket Science?

May 9, 2013

Noted Harvard University Law Professor and Director of Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Charles Ogletree, keynoted at Linkage’s Institute for Leading Diversity and Inclusion Conference this week. He opened his comments with the following statement: “Diversity is not rocket science. It is harder than rocket science.” While I know that many practitioners [...]

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The Buzz: The Military’s Ugly Cover-Up

May 9, 2013

Note:  I don’t want this piece to be viewed as targeting or bashing the military. I know that there are sincere efforts underway to address this issue.  I highlight this only as an example of how far we have yet to go on our journey to fairness, equity, respect and inclusion. According to a 2012 [...]

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