Insights & Advice
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
Dina Gerdeman
To support black employees, business leaders must challenge biases and help employees be themselves, according to a new book co-edited by Anthony J. Mayo, Laura Morgan Roberts, and David A. Thomas [...]
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation
Becca Carnahan
HBS Career & Professional Development offers recommendations designed to help organizations review and innovate their recruiting processes in order to achieve their recruiting goals and create more diverse, welcoming, and successful organizations. [...]
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
Dina Gerdeman
Minority job applicants are “whitening” their resumes by deleting references to their race with the hope of boosting their shot at jobs, and research shows the strategy is paying off. African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues. [...]
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
James Heskett
Diversity and inclusion in organizations enhances various kinds of performance, from creativity to profitability. James Heskett, UPS Foundation Professor of Business Logistics, Emeritus, addresses how past, unsuccessful outreach attempts to recruit Black students can be improved. [...]
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
Brian Sykes
The protests against the unjust murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others since have mobilized the nation to take a stand in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and against the many policies that have allowed structural and institutional racism to become so entrenched in American life. Co-founder of the HBS Black Investment Club, Brian Sykes (HBS 2020), reflects on his own journey and the reasons why he was so determined to get this initiative off the ground before leaving HBS. [...]
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