2015 FORUM ON WORKPLACE INCLUSION
Cultural Intersection of Organizations’ Supplier
Development and
Diversity & Inclusion Strategies:
“Achieving Success through the Integration
of Parallel Business Drivers”
Eric Watson, Carolinas-Virginia MSDC
Neddy Perez, Ingersoll Rand
Lois Cooper, LMH Strategies, Inc.
Objectives
• Help D&I Practitioners better
understand the intersection
points with Supplier Diversity
• Identify opportunities to
increase cross collaboration
between both groups
• Provide resources that can
help increase awareness and
understanding of supplier
diversity
What are the Major Focus Areas of D&I Today?
• Cultural Competence
• Community/Employer Brand Building
• Talent Pipeline Support
• Employee Engagement
• Marketplace Connectivity
• Social/Emotional Intelligence
• Unconscious Bias
• Diversity Consciousness
What are the Major Focus Areas of Supplier Diversity Today?
• Capacity Development
• Revenue Growth
• Wealth Creation
• Reporting
Intersections for Alignment
Awareness Building &
Generating Buy-in
Leadership Development
Driving Business
Change
Increasing Market
Connectivity
Building Positive
Corporate Brand
Return on Investment
Sustainability
Pipeline
Supplier Diversity
Diversity & Inclusion
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Vendors
Talent
Adecco’s Story
• When did program start
• Major accomplishments
• Opportunities where collaboration took place
Ingersoll Rand’s Story
• Supplier Diversity sits in Procurement/Supply Chain Organization
with dotted line to Diversity & Inclusion Dept.
• Established program in 2012
• No reporting
• Passive involvement 2.3% spend
• Today
• 5.7 % spend = to $300 million
• Tracking and reporting mechanism
• Intersection Points
• Built efforts into Diversity Strategy, Diversity Council,
part of Diversity Team Meetings
• Reporting is part of Business Unit Diversity Action Plans
• Ambassador Program for Employee Resource Groups
• Supported $50K Foundation Grant for Mentoring Businesses
• Collaborate on Communications articles internal/external
Learning Activity
Guidelines for Learning Activity
• Identify a facilitator at your table
• Identify a reporter at your table
• Take 10 minutes to discuss the following questions:
• What are some of the challenges that you foresee
facing in building a relationship
• Are there events or activities that you could jointly
engage in
• Are there opportunities to collaborate on
communications or training
• Report out 1-2 major learnings
Wrap-Up
Leverage the intersections for organizational understanding
Reading & Information Resources
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MBE Magazine
Capacity to Succeed, Melvin J. Gravely
Musing on Minority Business Development, Dr. Fred W. McKinney
Winning with Customers, D. Keith Pigues and Jerry D. Alderman
We: The Ideal Customer Relationship, Steve Yastrow
Cultural Intelligence, David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson
Winning, Jack Welch
The Why of Work, Dave Ulrich
Reinventing Diversity, Howard J. Ross
The Game Changer, A.G. Lafley and Ram Charan
Learning Opportunities:
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National Minority Supplier Diversity Certificate
Questions
What’s on your mind?