HOUSTON, March 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The DiversityFIRST™ Executive Certification Program, an initiative of the National Diversity Council (NDC), will host its first virtual session of the year April 7 to 8. The deadline to register online is Friday, March 25. The program is an executive education experience for people at the vice president level or higher who wish to excel in inclusion, strategy, communication, and influence.
Excerpts from the 2021 Medtronic Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Report
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Amplifying our impact beyond Medtronic
We know we cannot break down systemic inequities if we are focused only on change within our organization. To create real change, we must address the barriers that impact our industry and communities we serve. That is how we will amplify our impact beyond Medtronic.
Excerpts from the 2021 Medtronic Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Report
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As a team lead at the Medtronic Energy and Component Center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Der Xiong hoped to take the next step in her career and become a manufacturing supervisor. But she didn’t have the college degree required for the role.
Organizations are increasingly stepping up their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), but defining what that looks like in practice can be difficult, not to mention creating a plan of action and bringing different stakeholder groups into alignment.
An interview with Sally Saba, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Medtronic
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In the first episode of season two of MedtronicTalks, Sally Saba, MD, the company’s first chief inclusion & diversity officer, demonstrates how exclusion can impact an individual and slow an organization. Saba, who joined Medtronic two months prior to the killing of George Floyd, talks listeners through the changes Medtronic is making and how they’re opening up more opportunities.
February 25, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Michigan Diversity Council will host its annual Women in Leadership Symposium (WILS) virtually on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET. The 2022 Women in Leadership Symposium theme, “The Paragon of Womanhood: Restoration, Reintegration and Reemergence” will focus on topics such as adaptation and flexibility to changing tides in work structure, pay equity and interpersonal relationships.
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Welcome to the special 200th issue of GreenMoney…yes, 200 and going strong!
For this commemorative issue we are looking back and including many of our Readers’ Favorites, i.e., the most-read articles according to Google Analytics. We have also included a few of our own favorite GreenMoney articles, videos and podcasts. While researching, I looked back at our special 150th issue (from January 2020) and realized once again the articles are still quite interesting – so consider checking those out as well.
HOUSTON, January 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Texas Diversity Council (TXDC) will celebrate Women’s History Month at the 18th Annual Women in Leadership Symposium, “Paragon of Womanhood: Restoration, Reintegration, Reemergence” honoring the 2022 Woman of the Year on Tuesday, March 15, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. virtually via Zoom. The Women in Leadership Symposium, which started in San Antonio, Texas in 2004, will surpass the two million attendees milestone this year.
