Reflections on the World Diversity Leadership Summit

Early June hundreds of senior corporate, non-profit and higher education leaders, along with government officials and diversity practitioners, gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to share best practices and establish a global diversity collaboration network.  Speakers included CEOs from Adecco, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, MGM Mirage, HSBC among others and Bud Selig, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.

Below are quotes that capture key messages from the conference:

• "Diversity is getting the mix and inclusion is making the mix work." Andrés Tapia, Chief Diversity Officer, Hewitt Associates.
• "A sound global diversity strategy encompasses three constituencies: employees, suppliers and customers." Douglas Freeman, CEO Virtcom Consulting
• "[There are two approaches about diversity] one says this is the way we do things and we have to fit this [diversity]in it; or what is the bottom line and what do we have to do or change to get there." Nikki Cicerani, Managing Director, Upwardly Global.