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GUITAR CENTER ONSTAGE DRIVERS

'It's about culture, it's about transparency and practices that work and don't work.'ДЇour drivers for inclusion at Symantec include: Attracting, retaining and developing talent creating an inclusive culture looking at diversity through the value chain and partnering with forward-thinking brands. 'It's important for our CEOs to be a part of something that's about collective action,' she said. Now, it's a CEO issue that is discussed among employees and stakeholders in conversations about corporate leadership, even if it's an uncomfortable conversation for an executive who stewards a company.

We kept it inside and didn't talk about it externally.' It's important for our CEOs to be a part of something that's about collective action.ДЄnd there are more reasons why diversity is shifting from a human resources concern to one about sustainability, said Symantec's Joseph: 'Diversity used to be seen as an internal function, seen as attracting and advancing talent. Meanwhile, population projections show that there will be no 'minorities'В by 2020, making it imperative to open equal opportunity to all ethnicities and genders in the workplace immediately to have productive, safe and fair economic opportunities across the board. Obstacles to hiring people of color can lodgeВ -В often unconsciously - in the minds of those managing the hiring process, according to environmental and diversity nonprofit Green 2.0. One month later, nearly 100 more CEOs committed themselves and their organizations to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Sharing actions and best practices and also those that haven't worked.ДЄt the official launch of the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion in June, 175 companies had committed. Unconscious and implicit bias training (although there is controversy about whether such training shifts the needle on diversity). The three items that participating CEOs pledged to uphold are: 'Anyone getting started on their diversity and inclusion journey can get involved,' said Nutter. Out of that, said Nutter, CEO Action was born. The conversation spread to other CEOs, some of whom felt a sense of responsibility, and others fear, about leading similar conversations within their organizations. PwC employees were advised to 'listen to each other, learn from each other and where people are coming from to support each other' about issues of racial equity. Management 'took a day and said 'Stop, close your laptops, put your pens down and talk to your peers about what's going on in society,'' said Nutter.

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PwC Chairman Tim Ryan was spurred to action after a series of racially-driven, violent events in the U.S. Management took a day and said, 'Stop, close your laptops, put your pens down and talk to your peers about what's going on in society.' Nutter said that the real story is about how the CEO coalition, now counting over 350 CEOs representing 85 industries, nonprofits and academic institutions, came to be and how it quickly gained momentum with the aim of supporting employees regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status or other aspects of diversity. (Shannon Schuyler, chief purpose officer at PwC Foundation, was unable to attend due to travel delays.) They belong to CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, 'the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workforce,' as described by Aaron Nutter, director and national chief of staff for PricewaterhouseCoopers during a talk Wednesday at GreenBiz 18В in Phoenix.ДЄt first blush, the diversity onstage was lackingВ -В the panel comprised Nutter moderator John Davies, VP and senior analyst at GreenBiz Group Cecily Joseph, VP of corporate responsibility and chief diversity officer of Symantec and Charles Smith, VP of human resources and diversity at Guitar Center. That's according to executives from Symantec, Guitar Center and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Diversity and inclusion are not just about ensuring equity in the workforce, but also in the markets companies serve - and progress begins with creating the time, space and tools to foster robust, if uncomfortable, conversations.

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