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Reinvent Opportunity, Restore Satisfaction

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Guest post by LaMae Allen deJongh, managing director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture (learn more about LaMae at the end of this post). LaMae Allen deJongh, Managing Director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture. Experience tells us that when employees are unhappy they look for new jobs.

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Retaining and Developing Talent that Represents the Future

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She has deep community roots in the major metropolitan area in which she works and she has shown great promise in promoting the organization in the market. Jill feels as if she works tirelessly to stay connected in the organization and to expand her network. What can an organization do now to retain and develop top talent like Jill?

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Women Corporate Directors Call to Action

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Global Nominating Commission’s Call to Action (part of the organization’s “Best Practices for Director Selection and Development” report released this month) offers a 10-point action plan to increase the number of women on corporate boards. Expand the pool.

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The Growing Power of Women in Business

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If we have too many leaders in an organization who are men, we don’t have a balance and we don’t have the ability to grow relationships with a holistic approach. So the bottom line is that diversity has always been an unbelievably powerful force in any company—not just racial diversity, but male-female diversity too.

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The Status of Women in Media Is Not Good

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Women’s Media Center put together a variety of statistics from research conducted by various organizations over the past couple of years and published the data in a report called “ The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2012.” ” The report authors, Robin H. Pugh Yi, Ph.D. and Craig T. Dearfield, M.A., note that the U.S.

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Is Woman Owned Business Certification Worth It?

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Almost all major and mid-sized corporations have a diversity department and when they seek out companies with capacity to fulfill their needs they often look for MBE and WBE companies that fit what they need. “For example, I am a coach and more important is that you are a certified coach with an established organization like the ICF.

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The Leper in the Room: Workplace Violence

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When evaluating your organization you should look for: Verbal threats. Provide professional development that deals with team building and diversity training. Don’t just focus on typical race/gender diversity; really make an effort to help your employees understand each other and your customers. What you should look for.