VP and Head of Strategy & Business Development Anddria Clack-Rogers Varnado secured one of the largest tech M&As that the retail-based company has ever seen.

“You run the risk, when you’re growing this fast, that you bias toward speed versus quality,” Nilka Thomas, Lyft’s new VP of talent and inclusion, said. “Looking at the results for this year...

To millennials, it’s less about gaining equal opportunity and more about holding to the conviction that working and collaborating with people from varied backgrounds will make a company smarter, richer...

Diversity also improves the bottom line. Companies with the most ethnically diverse executive teams are 33% more likely to outperform peers on profitability.

“The work-life balance question for me is really about letting go of unrealistic expectations of what it means to have it all,” explains Tiffany Dufu.

Are you dreaming of finding work abroad yet you have no clue where to start? Ever wanted to join the black travel movement by finding work in an exotic land half way around the world?

A recent Clutch survey found that close to 60% of new hires got their jobs within two months of searching. About 43% of recent hires were offered a position less than two weeks after starting to apply for jobs.

The White House reporting staffs of the largest and most prominent outlets, particularly newspapers and newswires, tend to be the least racially diverse of all.

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Last year, Ne-Yo finally made the leap into venture capital investing: his first deal, an investment in Holberton School, a two-year coding academy that trains full-stack engineers.

There’s a large body of work showing that perseverance may have a harmful downside. Not giving up can mean people persist even when they have nothing to gain.

Wealth management firms that prioritize diversity have higher pay, better growth in their client base and a more satisfied workforce...

We overlook one very key piece of the learning puzzle: proactively surrounding ourselves with people who will push us to succeed in unexpected ways...

UC President Janet Napolitano said ... that the university has already made great strides in hiring faculty from underrepresented groups...

According to the Public Relations Society of America, studies indicate that the industry struggles to attract black, Asian, and...

These people aren’t looking for someone to lecture them, they’re looking for someone who can help them build knowledge and skills as they work toward a valuable goal.

Companies are coming under increased scrutiny from media, customers, investors, and other stakeholders for organizational practices that used to be hidden from the public.

While it may not be an official part of your job description, helping a colleague is the kind thing to do and can be beneficial to your own productivity.

Despite so many companies discussing the need to improve the diversity of their workforce, their actual efforts have only led to...

If you want to create a diverse solution or product, you need a diverse team and leadership. So, how can companies reach those targets, create more diverse products...

Some two-thirds of companies monitor employees for e-mail infractions, and half have fired workers for those infractions, according to the SHRM.

The company has made an effort to right its wrongs from 2017, but it still has a long way to go.

Most of our networks are not as broad as we think they are. A diverse network should encompass more than just race and gender.

African Americans make up just 15 percent of the workforce employed by the City and County of San Francisco yet comprise 36 percent of its terminations, and a quarter of all employees...

Diversity fatigue is a real thing, but that’s not news to Twilio Global Head of Culture & Inclusion LaFawn Davis. What that does...

Wired Icon, Alexis Ohanian, Cofounder of Reddit and Initialized Capital nominates Jewel Burks, Cofounder of Partpic, now at Amazon.

VP and Head of Strategy & Business Development Anddria Clack-Rogers Varnado secured one of the largest tech M&As that the retail-based company has ever seen.

Entrepreneur Adeyemi Ajao just raised a lot of money to take on Silicon Valley and its proclivity for investing in technology-first innovations.

People think salary is the top factor that causes employee unhappiness, but it's more likely the workplace culture...

The company has made an effort to right its wrongs from 2017, but it still has a long way to go.

Bringing more black men into medicine will pay a multitude of dividends for patients and practitioners.

If you really want to increase employees’ health and well-being, focus on job control and social support.

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The company has made an effort to right its wrongs from 2017, but it still has a long way to go.

The lack of effective onboarding is a major reason why companies lose 17% of their new hires within the first three months and why 20% of all staff turnover occurs within 45 days...

Low unemployment combined with the newly reported wage growth indicates that the tide is turning to your benefit. The stage is set for you to experience a big win in a market where job openings outnumber...

Why employers should look for candidates who share a company's values and branding.

Rashaun Williams started his career as an investment banker and decided to jump head first into venture capital.

Racial disparities in health and health care providers persist in the U.S., and may go hand in hand.

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Top leaders at the firm will be measured on the progress of diversity goals on their scorecard, as they are with other business priorities.

Silicon Valley stalwart Andreessen Horowitz is launching a novel effort to boost diversity in technology: an exclusive new fund targeted at black celebrities, athletes and media figures.

Among African American business owners who responded, over half (57%) said their businesses were profitable yet challenges as...

Diversity and inclusion roles require expertise in three important areas: employee recruitment, retention and engagement.

The prognosis isn’t much different in Washington, where Rep. Barbara Lee is the only black member of Congress “between here and Los Angeles,” as the Oakland Democrat put it..

There are 4 types of pre-talk rituals to consider trying before you go onstage. While selecting yours, think about how you want to come across to your audience.

Facebook is inching toward increasing the diversity of its workforce but it still has a big problem: It's hiring very few black and Hispanic women.

It’s not news to anyone that there is a diversity problem in the U.S. workforce. Just 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and only six companies in the 500 have three female...

Ballots were still being counted for more than a week after election day, but her opponent, former state Sen. Mark Leno, conceded the contest.

African American workers are disappearing at major U.S. banks, all while men who run the biggest firms preach the value of diversity.

Less than 3.5% of all the 80,000 Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) in the United States are black or Latino...

The lack of workforce diversity and unconscious bias is a systemic problem in Silicon Valley. Tech companies are grappling with culture wars at shareholder meetings and lawsuits over this issue.

Intel released its 2017 annual report on diversity this week, showing that the company is ahead of its overall workforce goals, but still struggling to hire, retain, and promote black talent.

If you’re feeling like you need a break from the day-to-day but can’t find the time for an extended vacation, here are four ways to add micro-vacations to your life.

As CEO of the consumer bank at JPMorgan Chase, Duckett is leading the company’s major retail expansion, which is to include 400 new branches in major markets across the country.

To develop the list, theBoardlist analyzed data to determine the top public and private tech companies who meet the minimum criteria of having...

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“You are really good at your job, but the problem is that the partners feel they don’t really know you,” his manager told him.

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Intel released its 2017 annual report on diversity this week, showing that the company is ahead of its overall workforce goals, but still struggling to hire, retain, and promote black talent.

EY's Americas Vice Chair and Southeast Region Managing Partner, talks about the importance of sponsors, his passion for early childhood education and why it's critical for Black...

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Lyft has brought on Nilka Thomas to join the company as its new VP of talent and inclusion. At Lyft, Thomas will be tasked with overseeing recruiting, inclusion, diversity and employee...

The ride-hailing company commits to a third-party audit of employees to ensure it doesn't have pay discrepancies based on race or gender. Uber has also promised pay equity.

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C-suite executives are vulnerable to career failure when they are in the midst of one of three common transition scenarios.

The tech industry says it's making a move to improve diversity, this time at the behest of Washington.

In plain terms, broadening the definition of diversity has allowed boards to claim inroads regarding experience-based diversity at the expense of demographic diversity.

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