| Cover Story: Why Do Most Mentoring
Programs Fail to Deliver? |
| A thought-provoking study into the mentorship
process from the noted authority on the advancement of ethnic
minorities in corporate America, Harvard University's
Dr. David A. Thomas. |
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| Special Feature: Diversity In Education:
An Evolving Curriculum |
| Universities Tackle the Global
Business Prerequisite |
| With Dr. Myrtha Casanova, President, The
European Institute for Managing Diversity/Spain and featuring
stories from: |
- University of Barcelona/Universitat de Barcelona/Spain
- University of Jyväskylä/ Finland
- Center for Diversity in Global Management, Instituto
de Empresa/Spain
- Cornell University/USA
- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee/USA
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| Special Feature: Leaders on Black
Leaders of the 20th Century |
| A Special Salute to Black History Month
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| The Lives We Celebrate |
| Twenty organizational leaders from around
the globe on how they celebrate, who they emulate and why it's
important to commemorate this history, not just in February,
but throughout the year. Featuring the contributions of: |
- Anthony W. Simmons, Simmons Associates, Inc.
- Barbara Koontz, Xerox Corporation
- Daniel Hager, Contributor to the Mackinac Center for
Public Policy
- David Ratcliffe, Georgia Power
- Don H. Liu, IKON Office Solutions
- Donna James, Nationwide
- Geri Thomas, Bank of America
- Gloria Johnson, Cingular Wireless
- James Dallas, Georgia-Pacific Corporation
- Melanie M. Platt, AGL Resources
- Michael C. Hyter, Novations/J. Howard & Associates,
Inc.
- Milton C. Anderson, Cendant Corporation
- Pete Nanos, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Robert Marchman, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- Roxanne Decyk, Shell Oil Company
- Sonja Cherry-Mendenhall, Abbott Laboratories
- Stephen Young, JPMorgan Chase
- Thomas W. LaSorda, DaimlerChrysler
- The Employees of BMO Financial Group
- Warren "Pete" Miller, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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| One "Ordinary Joe" |
| In this address to U.S. troops overseas,
Lawrence N. Self, Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity
and Diversity Management at NIH, discusses the extraordinary
efforts of the African-American men and women that shaped our
military history. |
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| Raising The Bar: Corporate and Non-Profit
Perspectives |
| Owning the Initiative |
| Communicating goals is key to the Deloitte
& Touche Diversity & Inclusion Initiative. |
| Ethnic Empowerment |
| Rabobank Heerhugowaard's Martin Hofstede
discusses the challenges of ethnic entrepreneurs in the Dutch
culture. |
| One Voice: How a Commitment to
Values Speaks to the Community |
| To develop a diverse workforce, Georgia-Pacific
reaches to the communities in which they work in creative ways. |
| Cultural Glue: Diversity and Ethics |
| An ethics program and a diversity program
working closely together can act as the glue that holds a company's
efforts together to achieve financial success; from Waste Management,
Inc. |
| Towards a More Balanced Perspective |
| The administration of the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel on their efforts to truly reflect the community they
cover. |
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| The Changing Landscape: Ideas from
Diversity's Thought Leaders |
| Verifying Your Diversity Management:
The Scorecard Approach |
| A discussion of the Four Approaches Model
to diversity management from Roosevelt Thomas Consulting and
Training. |
| The Link between Diversity and
Customer Loyalty: A Six Sigma Initiative |
| Taking steps to maximize customer loyalty
leads to profitability in diversity as well, says Keki Bhote,
author of "The Ultimate Six Sigma." |
| 10 Elements for Creating a World-Class
Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Program |
| Keys to fully utilizing corporate diversity,
from Novations/J. Howard & Associates, Inc. |
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| Legal Briefings |
| Supplier Diversity: A Market-Driven
Imperative |
| Holland and Knight LLP on the elements
of a successful supplier diversity program and the competitive
advantages such programs represent when managed well. |
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| Currents |
| StarGazing: People in the News |
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