Tanya Odom - INSIGHT Q&A
Tanya Odom is a highly regarded consultant, facilitator, trainer, and coach who works with corporations, schools, universities, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and globally in...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Giant Places Premium on Diversity - By Michael Rainey
Merck & Co., Inc. is renowned for being the world’s second largest pharmaceutical company, but many may not be aware that it is also one of the world’s leaders in diversity. A shining example of...
View ArticleThe Path Rarely Taken - By Michael Rainey
Natalie Randolph’s path to being one of only a handful of women to ever coach a high school varsity football team wasn’t exactly a chosen one. Although she had spent two years as an assistant coach...
View ArticleRegulators Step Up Focus on Veterans and Persons with Disabilities - By Julia...
The combination of United States military personnel returning from the Middle East with disabilities and the recent expansion of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has resulted in a new focus by...
View ArticlePromoting Leadership in Business - By Howard Feintuch
From College Through Professional Career Ascend and ALPFA are two organizations that work to promote leadership skills among their members. Ascend members are Pan-Asians while ALPFA members are Latino....
View ArticleNFL Prepares for CBA Showdown - By Jeffrey W. Larroca
By the time this article is printed, Super Bowl XLV (that’s 45, for those unfamiliar with Roman numerals) between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers will have been played. I hereby...
View ArticleIncrease Your Personal Diversity and Enhance Your Business Value - By Joe...
Often, when people hear about increasing diversity and inclusion, they think of companies’ efforts to address workforce, workplace and marketplace needs in a competitive manner. But individuals can...
View ArticleThe Penn State System Failure - By Susan Borowski
Legal and moral obligations in reporting abuse The allegations of unreported (or inadequately reported) sexual abuse at Penn State University bring to light some burning questions: what exactly is a...
View ArticleRecruiter’s Corner with Vicky Ayers, RPA Inc.
Why is getting a job so much work? I entered a search for a vice presidency with a large public institution. The search was being run by a recruiting firm, and it seemed like they were never...
View ArticleIs the Business Case for Diversity a Myth or Just Misunderstood? - By Gloria...
The Business Role of Today’s Diversity Leaders Perhaps more so than any other leader within an organization, the diversity leader and his or her value are often viewed with doubt and skepticism. In...
View ArticleLegal INSIGHTS with Jeffrey W. Larroca
An In-Depth Look at the Family and Medical Leave Act Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employers with 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius are required to provide up to 12 weeks off...
View ArticleINSIGHT Sports with Andrea Williams
Wendy Lewis: Major League Baseball’s Diversity Champion Professional sports in the United States are increasingly dominated by superstar minority athletes – while the front offices of teams and leagues...
View ArticleImmigration and Community Colleges - By Michael Rainey
Immigrants are vital to the future of the American workforce, so why do they face such a stiff challenge in attaining a postsecondary education in this country? For decades community colleges have...
View ArticleClosing the Gap - By Michael Rainey
In many states there is a large disparity between the number of students of color and the number of K-12 teachers of color. The face of the nation is changing rapidly, as over the next decade or so...
View ArticleUpwardly Global: Helping Immigrants Find a Path to Success - By Michael Rainey
As the United States’ economic downturn reaches its four-year anniversary, there has been only incremental improvement recently and millions of Americans remain displaced from the workforce and, in...
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The Occupy Wall Street Movement: Is the World Diversity Challenged? - By Pam...
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement offers opportunities, on multiple levels, for the world to move forward on valuing, respecting and acknowledging our differences and leveraging these differences...
View ArticleReflective Practitioner: Diversity Work and Doing the Work of Diversity and...
The world of diversity and inclusion is buzzing with research, degrees in diversity, diversity certifications, bootcamps, competency models, experts, consultants, coaches and trainers.We now have...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street: Social Justice Revisited - By Dr. Edna Chun
The Occupy Wall Street/99% movement is reclaiming and rekindling a portion of the American dream and the American psyche—the notion of equality, opportunity, and economic and social justice for all....
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The Framework for Deliberate Diversity™ - By James O. Rodgers
This is the fourth and final article in a series designed to shift the perspective of organizational leaders about diversity management. As an engineer and MBA with a strong operations background, I...
View ArticleThe Heavy Truth About Weight Discrimination - By Susan Borowski
Do I look fat in this?” How many times have we uttered or heard those words, not giving a second thought to the negative connotation that goes with them. These are the kinds of comments that influence...
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