My Inclusion Dividend: Joanne Rodgers

July 3rd, 2013 → 1:50 am @

The below transcript is from a 2013 interview with Joanne Rodgers, VP and Chief Diversity Officer of New York Life. Interviewees for the series My Inclusion Dividend were asked for their personal opinions and not those reflective of their current or past employer. The views expressed are not necessarily those of any employer or this […]

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Word Cloud of The Inclusion Dividend

May 31st, 2013 → 9:39 pm @

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My Inclusion Dividend: Chris Mendoza

May 30th, 2013 → 11:24 am @

The below transcript is from a 2013 interview with Chris Mendoza, VP of Multicultural Market Development, MassMutual Financial Group. Interviewees for the series My Inclusion Dividend were asked for their personal opinions and not those reflective of their current or past employer. The views expressed are not necessarily those of any employer or this website. […]

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The Home Disadvantage

March 13th, 2013 → 3:15 pm @

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, set off a storm of chatter about the viability of working from home. Like the next domino falling Best Buy quickly took advantage of the situation and announced a major modification of their ROWE (Results Only Work Environment) policy. It was not too long ago Best Buy was heralded for […]

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Why ERGs Fail? Part 2: Business Connection

March 13th, 2013 → 3:13 pm @

Part 1 of this four part series, we discussed how an Employee Resource Group could inadvertently become exclusionary and, thus, lower the reach and effectiveness of their mission. Today, we would like to center in on the actual mission and understand how it can tip the scales for success or failure as an individual group […]

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Inclusion Incongruence

January 14th, 2013 → 3:25 pm @

After all of the holiday events and parties, we just wanted to sit down for a meal where we did not have to cook for days or clean-up afterwards. Long on our “to-go” list was a diner known for their cheery welcoming environment. The food was average diner quality, so their edge was the customer […]

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Out at Work Works

December 11th, 2012 → 4:58 pm @

by Mason Donovan and Mark Kaplan The announcement this year by President Obama favoring marriage equality is a big step in the civil law conversation, but like many areas of diversity and inclusion, civil law can often lag corporate practice. For over a decade, many corporations have been providing same sex partner benefits and investing […]

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Press Release: Diversity and Inclusion: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

December 11th, 2012 → 4:53 pm @

The Dagoba Group Interviews Fortune 1000 Chief Diversity Officers on Their View of the Evolving Inclusion Industry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – The Dagoba Group has initiated a series of personal interviews with leading Chief Diversity Officers, CDOs, from Fortune 1000 companies to get their viewpoint of the evolving diversity and inclusion industry. […]

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The Rise of Unconscious Bias

September 24th, 2012 → 6:04 pm @

Have you heard about unconscious bias in the workplace? If not, you soon will. As the field of Diversity and Inclusion continually evolves, so does the approach to create a more inclusive workplace. Google can give us a quick look at our online collective curiosity. Prior to 2008 (click on chart), there was no measureable […]

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