What the CEOs Say
Resource-Group Best Practices
DiversityInc Top 50 companies increasingly follow these proven
initiatives to maximize benefits of resource groups
CEOs Meet Regularly With Resource Groups
44%
88%
2005
2011
Senior Execs Sponsor Resource Groups
78%
MICHAEL WARD
CEO, Chairman
and President
CSX
No. 17 in the
DiversityInc
Top 50
Fund Resource Groups
82%
Resource Groups Meet During Workday
74%
“We have a military affinity group and they
get very involved with things like Veterans
Appreciation Day. They engage with our
recruiting very heavily; they affiliate with the
Wounded Warrior Project and they’re great
advocates for us out there.”
Employees in Resource Groups
More employees understand
the advantages of participating
in resource groups
BARRY SALZBERG
Global CEO
Deloitte
No. 8 in the
DiversityInc
Top 50
The DiversityInc Top 50
39.6%
14.3%
8.6%
20% and lower
resource-group participation
30% and higher
resource-group participation
INTO MANAGEMENT
Promotions Into Management
Higher employee participation in resource groups yields more first
promotions into management from underrepresented groups
8.4% 52.9%
“We had a business resource group for African-American employees, but a number of our
employees came from the Caribbean … our
African-American resource group became
the more inclusive Black Employees Network,
which celebrates the commonalities of being
a Black professional at Deloitte but still
recognizes differences based on their descent.”
39.6%
52.9% 14.3%
8.6%
20% and lower
resource-group participation
30% and higher
resource-group participation
FIRST PROMOTIONS
INTO MANAGEMENT
8.4%
5.9% Latinos 3.9% 5.4% Asians
TOM VOSS
President, CEO
and Chairman
Ameren
No. 5 in the
DiversityInc
Top 5 Regional
Utilities
5.9%
3.9%
5.4%
Blacks
Women
Blacks
Latinos
Asians
Women
15
“When we opened our employee-resource
groups, all of our senior leaders took responsibility of being a sponsor for one of those groups,
seeing that this is going to help us be better.”
Watch the video of Ward’s speech at www.DiversityInc.com/ward.
Watch the video of Salzberg’s speech at www.DiversityInc.com/
salzberg. Read the interview with Tom Voss on page 54.
CEOs Meet Regularly With Resource Groups
44%
