CONTEN TS
DECEMBER 2010
Eugene Kelly
Tracey Burton
James Taylor Ron Glover
Raymond Arroyo
LaMae Allen deJongh
COVER STORY
16 Lessons Learned From the
DiversityInc Top 50:
Employee
Engagement
In a series of roundtables with chief diversity
officers at DiversityInc, we explore the intersection
of effective diversity management and employee
engagement. We examine best practices, including
maximizing employee-resource groups, leadership
commitment, and internal and external branding.
34 Diversity-Management Success:
The Next Generation
An in-depth look at eight companies poised to make
The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity®
list or that have just earned their first spots. What
are they doing that gets them on the road to using
diversity as a business driver? How deep is their
CEO commitment? What are their next steps?
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3 Case Studies:
Why Companies Decline
on the DiversityInc Top 50
Why do certain companies, well known as
diversity leaders, fall in their rankings on the
DiversityInc Top 50? To show you what NOT
to do, we offer three case studies of companies,
from very different industries, that we’ve studied
for more than a decade.
Linda Jimenez
Chely Wright
8 SPECIAL AWARDS;
CEOs DISCUSS COMPANY COMMITMENT
48 DiversityInc Event Report
At DiversityInc’s Nov. 8, 2010, black-tie event, we honored eight
companies for their remarkable and unique achievements in specific
areas of diversity management. CEOs and top executives were on hand
to receive the awards. Here’s what they said, plus pictures of diversity
leaders from more than 140 companies at the event.
60 Country Star Chely Wright Opens
Up About Coming Out
Chely Wright made headlines this year when she became the first
country singer to come out as gay or lesbian. At our November event,
she talked about her personal struggle and the day she hit rock bottom
and nearly took her own life.
