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Diversifying your board means building a talent pipeline

Any diversity push should focus on growing a base of volunteers from various backgrounds and with different life experiencesMaglioneThe path to greater board diversity starts long before your association picks its board members. Groups need to take a hard look at how they are promoting diversity within their profession or industry, their association membership and in the pipeline of volunteer leaders, according to association executives and consultants.Last year's Black Lives Matter protests triggered a wave of associations pledging to do more to advance diversity, equity and inclusion. It is a trend mirrored in the business world, with GM recently making headlines for… Read More