Podcast Access Denied: The financial media
Just like the industries that they cover, the lack of Black representation among news outlets acts as a barrier against understanding and eliminating systemic racism.
Diversity and equality
Benefits Think Healing racial trauma in the workplace
During times of social change, there is the potential for people to be exposed to events that register in a person’s brain and body as trauma. The negative affects can accumulate and have an impact on a person's work and well-being.
Jennifer Sumiec
Empathia
Five Ways Women are Delivering on the Leadership Promise
It's been proven time and again that women look at problems differently than male counterparts. It's part of what makes balanced teams critical to the success of any organization.
Pinterest pays $20 million to end discrimination suit by ex-COO
The company is also investing $2.5 million in programs to improve representation in the technology industry, a Pinterest spokeswoman confirmed. It admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement.
‘I’m not wearing any pants.’ What to do about virtual harassment
Labor attorneys advise employers on how to handle harassment during the pandemic.
Merck and GM join group pledging 1 million Black hires in a decade
The OneTen initiative will focus on hiring and training Black workers without four-year college degrees,
Starbucks names Black female executive to lead board
Starbucks named finance executive Mellody Hobson to lead its board as chair, making her one of the highest-profile Black directors in corporate America.
5 trends that will drive talent acquisition in 2021
Beamery CEO Abakar Saidov makes bold predictions about the use of data and tech tools.
Podcast Access Denied: Allocation and exacerbation
The flow of assets and capital in manager selection, municipal bonds and business and mortgage capital reveals forms of systemic racism that often get overlooked.
Adobe says women earn 99% as much as men in new disclosure
Adobe joins Citigroup, Starbucks and Mastercard in disclosing this kind of information, which measures the pay of women and men across all job classifications no matter their role in the company.
Pandemic further entrenches U.S. gender gap in wage bargaining
Women of all races and income groups are less likely to bargain for raises than men.
Nasdaq will require more diversity on listed company boards
Under its proposed rules, most companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S. exchange would have to include at least one director who identifies as female and one who identifies as an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ.
CEO who was once a man brings gender-equality outlook
“My insights from comparing living as a man and living as a woman is that we still have a very long way to go,” said Caroline Farberger, the chief executive of a Swedish insurance company.
Podcast Access Denied: Representation
The hurdles faced by Black professionals who break into the financial services belie the notion that their small numbers at the industry’s top ranks are a pipeline problem.
Biden’s diversity policies may line up with corporate America’s
Biden’s comments during the election campaign suggest he will push for more pay transparency and a tougher line on diversity among federal contractors.
Addressing racial trauma and PTSD among Black employees
Seventy percent of Black Americans do not receive mental health treatment. To combat stressors unique to this workplace population, employers must address discrepancies in their employee benefits.
Parents say employers are illegally firing them during pandemic
Since March, working parents have filed at least 40 lawsuits accusing employers of illegally denying parental leave or subjecting them to other forms of discrimination.
Women less likely to feel fairly comped for WFH expenses
The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.
Benefits Think 3 techniques for making sure implicit bias doesn’t impact your talent life-cycle
Individual success, opportunities and possibilities often hinge on decision-making power that sits with other people and sometimes those decisions are made not through the lens of talent and potential but instead through bias and preference.
Pamela Fuller
FranklinCovey
Podcast Access Denied: Underserved or ignored?
Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.
