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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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Jim Donovan: “Everything is a teaching moment”

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He served on the board of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund from 2002 to 2006. Donovan has been featured in a number of publications for his achievements and contributions, including Fortune Magazine and Harvard Alumni Magazine. At the university level, we are struggling with a lack of diversity of thought.

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Kyle David: “Anyone can see sales performance with a pipeline report”

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In 2002, he returned to consulting by forming The Kyle David Group, now KDG. John immediately stepped into the role of CEO, methodically corrected our problems, and kept a very large and diverse staff at ease. In that sense, Amazon and the hypothetical plumber are competing for the job of fixing your leaky pipes. He just did it.

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Alyssa G. Martin of Weaver: “Why I’d like to inspire a movement to increase the diversity among those serving on public company boards of directors”

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I would like to inspire a movement to increase the diversity among those serving on public company boards of directors. Diversity can take many forms. Our economic success and our future depend on tapping into the rich diversity that America offers. When I was seven years old, I decided I wanted to compete in figure skating.

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David Evangelista of Special Olympics International: “Stay focused”

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It was May of 2002. One commonality I have seen across these different cultures and national contexts is: most are fully in agreement on the ‘what’ and ‘why’, but it is the ‘how’ that is a challenge given so many competing priorities, an ever-polarized world with strained resources, etc. Please share a story or example for each.

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Steve Cooper of NextUp Solutions: “Exude transparency”

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Steve is a vocal leader in the crusade to invite more diverse and abundant participants to the technology workplace through internships, apprenticeships, and experiential learning. In 2002, I founded my second firm, Excella, and we managed projects in the federal space, becoming a leading Agile transformational services firm.

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Amit Patel On How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work

Thrive Global

In general, if I decide to do something, I’m going to give it my all, so I practiced and practiced, and eventually I became a competent skier. One of the most significant changes is the increased diversity of the workforce. Ted Colbert, Boeing’s CIO has said, “The best workforce is a diverse workforce.” The numbers back this up.