Which strategy is most effective in supporting diversity initiatives in an organization and in actually making a “difference” in changing the landscape for diversity individuals: diversity training, performance management changes, affinity groups, or mentoring?
You might be surprise by the answer. A recent article in the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette on research came to the following conclusion:
“However, mentoring programs that paired minority managers up with seasoned managers were far and away the most successful strategy to improve the numbers of Hispanics, Asians and African-American corporate managers. Each of our experts and their research data supported the employment of a mentoring strategy.”