Diversity & Inclusion

A recent B.E. Smith report explores the current directions in leadership diversity and offers a roadmap for success based on the firm’s research and experience in the industry.  Broad-based diversity is right for today’s healthcare industry. Achieving it requires navigating a complex set of populations, attitudes, and strategies. Diverse leadership attuned to diversity management and willing to adapt to changing needs is a winning formula.

Spencer Stuart’s Mary Bass shares her perspective on the need for a diverse leadership and its influence on how companies think about talent. In the interview, she explains why diversity of thought is needed in the energy industry to combat the challenges the industry is facing.

What will it take to level the playing field for women leaders? TRANSEARCH believes it will require courage for those in leadership positions to acknowledge the historic inequalities that have prevented women from earning what their male colleagues were paid and perpetuating the boys’ club in boardrooms restricting women from reaching the top.

Janice Ellig’s, Co-CEO of Chadick Ellig, article “How Women Dispel Groupthink” was featured on the Huffington Post. The article discusses how executives understand the need for diversity but the problem of groupthink can be more difficult to explain.

Janice Ellig’s article “The Case for “Breaking into Boardrooms:” A Call for Gender Parity on S&P 500 Boards by 2025” was featured on the Huffington Post. Janice Ellig is an advocate of diverse, gender-balanced corporate boards, the chair of Corporate Board Initiative, Women’s Forum of New York. Janice Ellig is also Co-CEO of Chadick Ellig, a proud member of the AESC. As a member of the AESC, Chadick Ellig helps clients capture the enhanced business results that diversity affords.

在一份近期报告中，AESC概述了对多样性的立场，并且解释了为什么多样性是企业所必备的。AESC及其会员企业恪守卓越标准，这包括其对多样性和包容性的承诺。

In the last decade, corporate boards and executive teams have faced increased scrutiny from regulators, shareholders and corporate social responsibility advocates. Research by Russell Reynolds Associates examined minority and female representation on Fortune 250 boards and executive teams.