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Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Named a 2007 Working Mother Best Company
for Multicultural Women
Release by Working Mother Magazine
NEW YORK – May 25, 2007—Working Mother
magazine today announced that Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is a 2007 Best
Company for Multicultural Women. Now in its fifth year, the Working
Mother Best Companies for Multicultural Women initiative celebrates
employers that have established sustainable, effective, and
groundbreaking diversity and inclusion practices which encourage the
attraction and advancement of African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American
and Native American women.
“Deloitte is making a difference in the
way corporate America views diversity and its multicultural employees,”
said Suzanne Riss, Editor in Chief, Working Mother magazine. “They’re
holding managers accountable for helping workplace diversity thrive. We
have the good fortune to live in one of the most culturally rich
countries in the world, and Deloitte recognizes that this richness is a
workplace asset. Harnessing the wealth of talents and perspectives that
people of different backgrounds have to offer is helping Deloitte excel
in our increasingly global and competitive world. Deloitte is truly
leading by example.”
Profiled in the June issue of Working
Mother magazine, Deloitte is recognized for its unique programs for
multicultural women. They include:
- Breakthrough Leadership Program, a
developmental program for top performing minority managers and
senior managers.
- U. S Managing Partner Think Tank, a
group of 12 top performing minority individuals who meet three to
four times a year to share key cultural insights, experiences and
issues impacting the organization.
- The Ellen P. Gabriel Fellows
Program, a fellowship program which enables chosen high-performing
senior managers to further develop their leadership skills.
Programs initiatives include leaderships training facilitated by
Columbia University and participating with the Institute of the
Future in Silicon Valley.
“It’s a great honor to be named to the
Working Mother ‘Best Company for Multicultural Women’ list,” said Redia
Anderson Banks, chief diversity officer, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
“While we believe we still have a long way to go, this important
recognition underscores Deloitte’s commitment to encouraging a culture
of inclusion. We will continue our efforts to identify and address the
professional development needs of one of our most vital sources of
talent.”The complete 2007 Best
Companies for Multicultural Women—including profiles of the winning
companies and more stories on diversity in corporate America—appears in
the June issue of Working Mother, now available on newsstands.
Methodology
Working Mother
selected the 2007 Working Mother Best Companies for Multicultural Women
based on the detailed application completed by each company. Private
and public firms based in the United States are eligible to apply for
the initiative. Companies supplied 2006 data about hiring, pay and
promotion of multicultural employees. Application questions cover
workforce profile (such as number of women of color, women in top
positions, top earners); culture (programs for women of color, manager
behavior); external programs (diversity activities); and work/life
programs (child care, elder care, time off following childbirth). This
year, Working Mother gave the most weight to questions involving
representation, recruitment and retention of women of color.
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