Forty years ago, business leaders couldn't imagine entire career paths in diversity management, let alone schools offering diversity and inclusion specialties. Know the psychology"I certainly didn't grow up thinking 'I'm gonna be the head of diversity at a company somewhere,'" says Candice Morgan, head of inclusion and diversity at Pinterest. Know the peopleTwo years ago, Tufts University launched its diversity and inclusion leadership program, an interdisciplinary program aimed at preparing students for diversity roles across industries. From there, she says, good diversity and inclusion leaders have to make sure that message permeates all levels of the organization, beyond just the recruitment team or the executive team. "Companies are like 'we care so much about diversity and inclusion, but if you were to go and ask a lower-level manager, 'Why do you care about diversity and inclusion?'

Source: CNN August 22, 2018 15:56 UTC