Bolder Policies for Diversity at the Top, Part 3: Industry Leaders Session

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Channel: Columbia Business School · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism

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What do we know about bold policies for creating diversity at the top of the corporation? What is the effect of these policies? Moderated by Gillian Tett, US managing editor of the Financial Times, industry leaders discuss their experiences on boards and share their opinions on the effectiveness of quotas. 

Speakers include Barbara Colwell '80 of Women Corporate Directors; James DeGraffenreidt '78 of WGL Holdings, Inc.; Sheila Hooda of TIAA-CREF; and Ellen Stafford-Sigg of Deloitte. Concluding remarks by Kathryn Kolbert of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Gita Johar of Columbia Business School.

This panel was part of the conference "Bolder Policies for Diversity at the Top," co-hosted by the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. Learn more at http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/leadership/research/dec2010

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