Leadership

Forging Equity for Women Through Education On a trip to Ghana from her hometown of Los Angeles when she was nine years old, Zuriel Oduwole noticed many young girls selling wares on the street. As they weaved in between cars to make sales and collect money, Oduwole...

Salary transparency may help close the gender pay gap—and benefit companies along the way By Kimberly Olson Hannah Williams asks strangers to share their salaries and then broadcasts those figures to the 1.3 million followers of her TikTok channel, Salary Transparent Street. To date, more than 5,000 people—cloud...

CVS Health’s Tanya Clark Robinson is shaping culture and driving change By Lydia T. Blanco In a society where, as management consultant Peter Drucker said, “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” Tanya Clark Robinson is invested in fostering equitable environments where people can thrive through intentional connections. Clark...

Stay Open to Unexpected Opportunities Cisco Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Gloria Goins wanted to be a lawyer from the time she was six. She also aspired to become a judge. She’d achieved the first goal and was working toward the second when her father became...

As founder and CEO of luxury athletic-wear company Alala, Denise Lee has built a multi-million-dollar business By Pat Olsen Denise Lee funded her company at age 31 with help from friends and family. Finding success producing athleisure apparel that is at once stylish, comfortable, and high performance was...

Looking for a clear pathway to an inclusive and equitable culture? Cultivate and support the work of allies and advocates within your organization. By Carolyn M. Brown Allyship and advocacy are related but different—the former works on the individual level, the latter on the organizational—but both require...

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