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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

Diversity is an overused word, but at Chevron it’s a perfect description of its corporate culture. The company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report highlights how diversity and inclusion (D&I) feature so centrally in the company’s success story. Efforts to bring more diversity to the oil and gas industry are working.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

Gennard and Judge (2002) state, “Employee relations is a study of the rules, regulations, and agreements by which employees are managed both as individuals and as a collective group, the priority given to the individual as opposed to the collective relationship varying from company to company depending upon the values of management.

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?How to Make Diversity and Inclusion Real?

Harvard Business Review

I believe that when a CEO visibly stands for openness, diversity, and inclusion, it sends an essential message to the organization. But in my company's (Campbell's) case, diversity is about more than breaking glass ceilings — whether color, sexual, or generational. Perhaps these steps can be helpful to your company, too. ?1.

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Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program

Harvard Business Review

Google, for example, has been has been trying to reduce bias and improve its diversity for years through programs aimed at increasing the representation of women and minorities in technology jobs and carefully examining the way it hires people. Diversity training may be a good first step in raising awareness of gender and other biases.

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What Europe Can Teach the US About Gender in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

Norway has had a quota since 2002, and women now make up more than 40% of board members. In other words, diversity — especially gender diversity — unlocks growth. Many companies are already putting admirable efforts and resources into strengthening a diverse pipeline of women and minorities.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

We know, for example, that developing leaders is essential. Prior to 2002, when Sam Palmisano became CEO, IBM had a series of feuding fiefdoms — 170 country units — each with its own policies, procedures, and processes. Another example: In the U.S., In China, or Brazil, diversity is defined differently.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

After studying meetings of various sizes, researchers have concluded that the optimal number of participants is seven or eight — small enough for good discussions, but large enough for a diversity of opinions. Similarly, the company overpaid for several problematic purchases — for example, $9.5