In this episode, Dr. James Rodgers, author, speaker, and expert consultant, tells the story of the two words that triggered his career path within Diversity Management.

2:00 Why Your Company Should Avoid Being on “The List”

2:20 What “Lists” that Large Organizations Should Avoid Being on

3:45 The Two Words that caused Dr. Rodgers to Rethink his work

4:15 How those Two Words affected Dr. Rodgers

5:15 The Rhetoric Trap of Diversity

6:15 Why Rhetoric over Results is common in Diversity Management & other initiatives

8:15 Rhetoric examples about Diversity

9:30 Aspirational statements of Diversity Management

10:30 The Reluctance of Executives with Diversity Management

12:30 The Four R’s – How Many Diversity Practitioners are Approaching Diversity

13:00 Recruitment of Diverse Candidates

13:55 Retention of Diverse Candidates

15:10 Representation of Diverse Candidates

16:25 Reputation of Diversity friendly

18:30 Why Diversity Officers work to get on lists

19:30 What Dr. Rodgers promotes in Diversity Management

20:45 How Dr. Rodgers’ unique background translates well for Diversity Management initiatives

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