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

HR Digest

Since 2002, Chevron reports a 68 percent increase in the number of women and minorities in senior leadership and executive positions. This is what drives me, creating a culture where everyone has a chance to be the best version of themselves, and where everyone has an opportunity to compete. Leland (Lee) T.

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Jim Donovan: “Everything is a teaching moment”

Thrive Global

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. An avid runner, he participates in road races to raise money for cancer prevention and treatment.

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Joy Cheriel Brown: “Don’t think that you have to act like a man”

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I had transferred to Howard from Prince George’s Community College in the 2002–2003 school year, and I won the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature-length Screenplay in 2003 for a script that I had written in high school when I was 17. Women are so smart and competent. they were like Howard’s Oscars.

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Jared Tendler: “Practice in sub-optimal conditions”

Thrive Global

If someone doesn’t understand what I’m trying to communicate, I take the responsibility for improving my competency and figuring out how to explain it better. This may not seem like a typical life lesson quote, but it has guided my work and life. The key to stopping bad habits is to recognize and change them in the moment that they occur.

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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. In that sense, Amazon and the hypothetical plumber are competing for the job of fixing your leaky pipes. an unheard-of concept in the mid-90s. They may even hire duct tape from Amazon to fix their leaky pipe.

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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.

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“Bring People Together” with Candice Georgiadis & Tim Hentchel

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Aside from the memories, available flights at convenient times, straightforward transfers to and from the destination and accommodation with competent customer service are all elements that make a vacation experience perfect. This led him to create HotelPlanner.com in 2002. Memories like these are what makes a vacation “perfect.”