On The Job

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Could someone named Jamal have more difficulty getting help from a mentor or attention from a higher-up than someone named Brad? A company may have a diversity program in place, but it won’t be effective in eliminating bias if all the gateways and gatekeepers aren’t educated about prejudices.

2004 100

2004 Mentoring Resume Twitter 100

Success

APRIL 3, 2023

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. All my adult life I had been at Harvard and really thought that the purpose of my life was to climb this hierarchy created by my culture, which in my case was education. Then a Cadillac Escalade sideswiped me on my way home one evening.

2004 279

2004 Phones 2013 Clothes 279

Success

JANUARY 22, 2023

Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. And among the constituencies IBM tracked , the gay community ranked highest in education level, computer literacy and disposable income. Diversity doesn’t happen by accident.”

2001 264

2001 2020 2019 2015 264

Success

MARCH 31, 2023

I just do it because—darn it—there are a lot of women [in the world] who don’t have the opportunity to get up in the morning and even get an education, so I can get my butt on a plane and deal with it. Without those two things, it would be much more difficult for me to push through the things that scare me,” she says.

Fax 279

Fax Clothes 2012 Sprint 279

Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Coach, mentor, creator. But this year, there’s more. Amy Astaraee.

Mentoring 312

Mentoring International 2021 Social Media 312