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1/30/2014

25 Ways To Measure How Well You Manage Diversity w/ Simma Lieberman

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Today’s show examines where the rubber meets the road with veteran diversity and LGBT professional Simma Lieberman. She’s developed 25 fool-proof ways to determine the effectiveness of your diversity strategy in your company, organization or community. Take out your pen and scorecard and determine if diversity is real or imaginary in your establishment.

I’ll also debut my 4th book entitled: My Personal Journal: Chronicle Your Life One Day At A Time. It provides the perfect way to jumpstart a surefire way to create a steady stream of journal entries every single day. And you’ll learn how Carole has amassed nearly 40 volumes of journal entries over the past 17 years.

And finally you’ll find out why you should attend the upcoming February 11th Black History Breakfast if you live anywhere near Boston.

About Simma Lieberman
Diversity and Inclusion/Culture Change Consultant

Simma Lieberman is internationally known as "The Inclusionist," because she creates inclusive cultures where people love to do their best work, and customers love to do business. She is a diversity and inclusion/culture change consultant, speaker, and coach.

She has the unique ability to bring people together from diverse, disparate backgrounds to engage in constructive dialogue that results in dramatic improvements in the way they interact , and work with each other.

Simma was raised in the Bronx, New York where she developed a passion for diversity and inclusion. She moved to Eugene, Oregon which was her first culture shock, and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Simma is a member of the Diversity Community Exchange (DiCE), a multi-cultural organization of people in the US and Europe, who are well-known for their ability to facilitate dialogues amongst people from different racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds, political beliefs, genders, ages and sexual orientation.

Simma has worked with organizations that include; Diageo, Motorola, ABM Janitorial, Pillsbury Bakeries and Foodservice, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, Chevron, Briefings Media, Kaiser Permanente, City of San Francisco, Lockheed Martin, American Empresarial.

Her articles and advice have been featured in publications like; Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes.com, Fast Company, Newsday, CNN.com, Fox.com, Black MBA, Restaurant Hospitality, Managing Diversity Journal, Workforce Diversity Network, and Your Cheating Spouse.com

Simma is co-author of two books. "Putting Diversity to Work, how to successfully lead a diverse workforce," (Crisp, 2003) and, "The Diversity Calling; building diverse communities, one story at a time." Simma is a co-host of SWIRL radio, an LGBT produced talk show that can be heard on AM radio in several cities across the US and on-line. She is a former co-chair of the San Francisco Regional Council of Out and Equal.

Simma lives in Berkeley, CA with her 17 year old son and their four year old dog.

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1/23/2014

Black Entrepreneurs Past And Present

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Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention.

Black people have always been inventive, creative and industrious. Go on any African street corner today and you’ll find talented entrepreneurs selling, making and distributing their wares. That talent was expanded as Blacks were exported, sold and enslaved to distant shores. This industriousness continued in America where discrimination, slavery and Jim Crow never stomped out the willpower of Black people to create businesses.

Today we’ll examine that Black economic trail and why Elizabeth Keckley, Elijah McCoy and Madame CJ Walker were the forerunners to Wilson Copeland, Beth Williams Pat Bonner DuVal, John Aki DuVal, Ron Walker, Leonard Egerton and Clarrissa Cropper. We salute these entrepreneurs past and present and learn more about the February 11th Black History Breakfast that pays tribute to Black Entrepreneurs everywhere.

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Elizabeth (Beth) Williams
President & CEO, Roxbury Technology Corporation

Beth Williams is the President and CEO of Roxbury Technology LLC (RTC), a
Boston based remanufacturer of sustainable and environmentally friendly, imaging supplies, products, services and solutions.

After graduating from Brown University, Beth began her career working as a Production Control Manager in one of her father’s earlier companies, Freedom Electronics. After 3 years of training and guidance from her father, she decided to expand her practical knowledge and experience inside a major corporation. Beth joined Raytheon Company’s Missile Systems division as a sub‐contract administrator and small minority business liaison officer. After 5 years at Raytheon and a desire to move into a more impactful role serving as a conduit for women and minority entrepreneurs and large corporations, she left Raytheon to join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts procurement team and soon thereafter became the Director of Business Diversity for BCBSMA. Then, upon her father’s sudden death in 2002, Beth left Blue Cross Blue Shield to succeed her father as President and CEO of his 8 year old distribution business, Roxbury Technology Corporation.

Roxbury Technology is a remanufacturer of sustainable printing solutions that are good for the environment, the economy and

the customer’s bottom line. More importantly however, is Beth’s commitment to being a socially responsible entrepreneur. She is driven by her social mission and that is to provide good, wage earning jobs to people who are far too often left out of the system. She is strongly committed to providing second chances to not only her products, but to people as well. She has been a long time supporter of CORI reform and more than 15 percent of her work force are ex-offenders, ex-gang members, etc.. Her belief is that “desperate people do desperate things and we all deserve a second chance and unless given an opportunity to change, we only perpetuate a cycle of dysfunction and ultimately a cost to us all. We either pay them or pay for them”.

Being driven by that philosophy, in her role as President & CEO, Beth served as the catalyst to RTC’s successful

transformation from being solely a distributor of toner cartridges to becoming a manufacturer of toner and ink cartridges, resulting in strong revenue growth and profit portfolios. Today, RTC is a strategic diversity partner of Staples, Inc. and is

their preferred supplier of their DPS brand remanufactured toner and ink imaging supplies.

RTC has a strong base of direct customers as well; most recently being awarded the m/wbe subcontractor and supplier of imaging supplies to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

RTC is a Green company, committed to job creation and environmental sustainability. As Beth describes it, “We are a social, environmental and economically responsible business. We contribute to the economic sustainability of the city of Boston and to the Commonwealth of MA. We provide over 50 good wage earning jobs, with a set percentage of our hiring targeted towards individuals with a CORI. We are a committed to creating remanufactured and recycled products, equal to, if not better than their OEM counterparts, while providing a cost effective solutions to our customers that make a difference while helping their bottom lines.”

Among Beth’s many achievements and awards, some highlights include being awarded one of American Express and WPO 50 fastest growing women business‘s in 2010. In 2011, WBENC’s shining star award; one of the largest and most recognized women business award nationally. The Presidents award from GNEMSDC ; a significant regional minority business award. The Presidents and community leadership award from The Eastern Ma Urban League, and finally the Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year for New England.; a prestigious Global business award recognizing her social responsibility.

She serves on several business and community boards, including AIM (associated industry of MA), RCC (Roxbury Community College) and NFTE (National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship). She has previously served on the boards of Zoo N.E., The Commonwealth Institute, and CWE (The center for women and enterprise)

Yet her greatest pride and accomplishment is her 19 year old son who’s academic and athletic accomplishments far surpass any job, award or recognition she could ever receive.

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1/16/2014

King’s Legacy On Today’s Society and 10 Useful Websites To Help You Grow in 2014

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King’s Legacy On Today’s Society and 10 Useful Websites To Help You Grow In 2014

As we celebrate what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 85th birthday, here are my thoughts:

Dr. King would marvel at the election and reelection of our first Black president...but would cringe at the racial backlash President Obama has received since being in office.

Dr. King would celebrate the 49th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act...but would cringe at the new voter suppression laws around the country and the countless Americans/African Americans who are too lazy to vote.

Dr. King would applaud the numerous business giants in the Black community, but would cringe at the wealth gap between Whites and people of color.

Dr. King would want to shake the hand of every educational achiever, but would cringe at the achievement gap among urban youth in the US and beyond.

We’ll explore these four areas of opportunity and concern from a “King” perspective
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We’ll share 10 Useful Websites to help you go AND grow in personal and professional success.

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10 Useful Websites

www.bbc.com

www.census.gov

www.religioustolerance.org

www.storycorps.org

www.whitehouse.gov

www.lynda.com

www.un.org

www.wikipedia.org

www.coursera.org

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1/9/2014

January 2014 Financial Tune Up With Lurie Davis

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If you check the oil in your car every 3000 miles, why don’t you check your financial well being with the same degree of regularity? In 2014 we’re going to regularly “check in” with financial expert Lurie Davis who is part of the Kitchen Cabinet Leadership Team of this radio broadcast. No matter who you are or where you’re headed, January is a perfect time to reset your financial compass to point you in the right direction. From leftover Christmas bills, to overextended credit cards to budget tips, Lurie will walk us through a plan of action with YOU in mind. Wealth creation starts with a full assessment of your financial picture...and we’ll start 2014 off the right way with Lurie’s advice and guidance!

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1/3/2014

What's Ahead For 2014: Carole’s Top Ten Trends For The New Year

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The full wrath of Mother Nature can be seen from my window, with over a foot of snow covering my home and so many others here in the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine. Our first snowstorm of the New Year provides a picturesque postcard as we discuss my Top Ten Trends for 2014. These relate to diversity, multiculturalism, inclusion, technology, social issues and workplace directives...and I am sure that at least one of these trends relates to you, your families and colleagues.

Sit back and listen to my perspective on where we are and where we’re headed. And I hope that your New Year will kick off to a brilliant and healthy start.

2014 is HERE. Are you ready for the Change, Choices and Challenges the next 12 months will bring?

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To see the entire slide deck presented at the Northeast Human Resources Association Diversity and Inclusion Community Forum click here:

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25 Ways To Measure How Well You Manage Diversity w/ Simma Lieberman

Black Entrepreneurs Past And Present

King’s Legacy On Today’s Society and 10 Useful Websites To Help You Grow in 2014

January 2014 Financial Tune Up With Lurie Davis

What's Ahead For 2014: Carole’s Top Ten Trends For The New Year

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