Publications

Publications aligned to the 5 Principles in Leading Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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PRINCIPLE 1 - MAKE IT LOCAL

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• Think Globally, Act Locally: Introducing Change in a Diverse World; I by IMD, March 2022

• DEI Gets Real; Harvard Business Review; January 2022

• Unique but Systemic: Five Principles for Leading Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; The Forum Network; August 2021

• For Women Executives, Projecting Credibility Globally Means Learning How to Shift Leadership Styles; The Huffington Post, 12/22/2015

• Addressing Culture and Origins Across the Globe: Lessons from Australia, Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States (2019)

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• LinkedIn welcomes women food entrepreneurs in pop-up series; Food Management Magazine; June, 2019 

• Three Ways to Bridge the Digital Divide: Improve Your Global Virtual Communication; INC, 11/30/2015

• Why “LGBTQ-Welcoming” will Soon be a Hallmark of the Most Successful Senior Living Communities: A Primer for Operators, Marketers & Leadership (2019)

• Healthcare Administrators: The 2043 Business Imperative - Advocating for Hispanic Leadership in Healthcare and Cultural Competence (2019)

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PRINCIPLE 2 - LEADERS CHANGE TO LEAD CHANGE

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• Addressing Resistance to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Business Express, February 2022

• Initial Steps to Making Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Purpose and Passion; CEO World Magazine; February 2022

• After moving to the U.S. from India, a diversity leader shares challenges and lessons during her career in Corporate America; Marcom Weekly; February 2022

• Male Mentors Shouldn’t Hesitate to Challenge Their Female Mentees; Harvard Business Review; 5/29/2017

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• Evolving the Ecosystem: Making every day International Women’s Day; OECD; 3/27/18 

• Meet the woman who has made Sodexo one of the world’s most women-friendly companies; Your Story; 3/15/18 

• Women's careers experience death by a thousand small cuts: Shachi Irde of Catalyst; YourStory, 2/14/18 

• Go ladies, talk shop with peers to rise up the ladder; The Economic Times; 9/21/2016

• How Executives are Pushed to Foster Diversity; Wall Street Journal

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PRINCIPLE 3 - AND IT'S GOOD BUSINESS, TOO

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• Levelling the Playing Field; School Nutrition, March 2022

• Rohini Anand Shares How to Lead on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Worldwide; TriplePundit, March 2022

• What is The ROI of Diversity? Why Creating A Culture of Inclusivity is More Than Fair—It’s Smart Business; LinkedIn; June 19, 2019 

• Sodexo’s Gender Balance Study 2018: Expanded Outcomes Over 5 Years (2018)

 

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• Profitability through gender equality (“Ich Mag Keine Quoten Aber Die Ergebnisse” published in German); Cash Magazine; Page 64; July, 2019

• Q&A: Diversity in the boardroom and C-suite; Financer Worldwide; May 2018 

• Gender balanced management teams make for safer and happier employees, study finds; Hospitality Catering News, 3/6/18 

• #MeToo and the economics of gender equality in the workplace: In conversation with Dr Rohini Anand, Times, 2/19/18 

• Study on gender diversity throws a fresh perspective in the mix; The America Genius; 3/16/2017

• If your colleagues are mostly men or mostly women, that's not good; USA Today, Gender; 3/10/2017

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PRINCIPLE 4 - DEEP, WIDE & INSIDE-OUT

Systemic DEI Strategies

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• Myths and Barriers Preventing the Progression of Women; October 2022

• The Bamboo Ceiling: Challenges & Solutions For AAPI Staff At Work; Fair Play Talks; May 2022

• Embedding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into the Talent Life Cycle; HR.com; March 2022

• The Power of Stories; Young Upstarts; February 2022

• Strategies for Moving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Beyond Lip Service; Forbes; September 20, 2019

 

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• Is Age a Part of Your Inclusion Strategy? SHRM, July 17, 2019

• The plan to fix the lack of diversity at the top of the foodservice industry; We Are Chefs Magazine; May 2019

• To drive inclusion inside your company, engage with the world outside; LinkedIn; January, 2019 

• Sodexo partners with initiative to end gender leadership gaps; HR Drive, August 2018 

• Services companies get ready to back home offices; The Times of India, 8/2/2012

• Shifting the Diversity Climate: The Sodexo Solution; Harvard Business Review

 

Unconscious Bias

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• Starbucks’ Atonement For “Unconscious Bias” Will Not Work; Townhall; May 2018 

 

 

Aligning CSR & DEI for Greater Impact

 

• Common Purpose: The intersection of Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility in the United States (2019)

       

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• 4 ways to Maximize Common Goals of Diversity and Corporate Responsibility Teams; GreenBiz; July 25    

• 4 things Corporate Responsibility Teams should ask Diversity, and Vice Versa; GreenBiz; July 18

• The connection between diversity, inclusion and corporate responsibility; GreenBiz; 2019 

• How Sodexo and Pearson prioritize their SDGs; GreenBiz; 11/8/2016

 

Global Trends

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• 2017 Global Workplace Trends, Sodexo, 2017

• Guiding Gen Z from Campus to Corporate Life: What College and University Administrators and Talent Recruiters Need to Know (2018)

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PRINCIPLE 5 - KNOW WHAT MATTERS & COUNT IT

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• Paradigm for Parity® Coalition Companies are Setting Gender Parity Goals and Making Progress; Paradigm for Parity; December 2018 

• Sodexo Links 10% of the CEO Bonus to Gender Equality Turkish; ,Dunya,Gender; 2/27/18 

• Companies hire only women if female talent quits; The Times of India, 8/27/2014

 

 

Books and Manuals

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• How They Made It in America (2019); Fiona Citkin, Ph.D. (Page 100-110)

• Modern Guide for Equality (2017); Catalyst (Page 56)

• Inclusion Around the Clock (2016); Isabelle Pujol; Pluribus; 1st Chapter

• The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence (2009); Darla K. Deardorff; SAGE Publications, Inc; Part II “Developing Skills for Interculturally Competent Care”

• A Retrospective View of Corporate Diversity Training From 1964 to the Present in Academy of Management Learning and Education, 2008. Vol 7 #3; 356-372

• Customizing Diversity Training Using Case Vignettes (2001); Rohini Anand, Shilpa Alimchandani Hart

• Multicultural Case Studies: Tools for Training (1999); Rohini Anand, Laura K. Shipler; National Multicultural Institute 

• Cultural Competency in Health Care: A Guide for Trainers (1997); Rohini Anand; National Multicultural Institute 

• Teaching Skills and Cultural Competence: A Guide for Trainers (1997); Rohini Anand; National Multicultural Institute  

 
Articles

 

   2023

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• Beyond the Optics: Getting the most out of External DEI Advisory Boards; Profiles in Diversity Journal; 2023 Third Quarter

• DEI and Human Resources: An Uneasy Partnership; Profiles in Diversity Journal; 2023 Second Quarter

• DEI can Help Companies Survive, Even Thrive During an Economic Downturn; Profiles in Diversity Journal; 2023 First Quarter

• Leading DEI Through a Global Lens; Amplify; March 2023

• A New Leadership Model: Leading with Kindness; Enterprising Women; March 2023

• Candid Thoughts from Inclusive Leaders; Work Wider – The Wider View; February 2023

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   2022

 

• Myths and Barriers Preventing the Progression of Women; Mazars; October 2022

• The Bamboo Ceiling: Challenges & Solutions For AAPI Staff At Work; Fair Play Talks; May 2022

• Levelling the Playing Field; School Nutrition, March 2022

• Rohini Anand Shares How to Lead on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Worldwide; TriplePundit, March 2022

• Think Globally, Act Locally: Introducing Change in a Diverse World; I by IMD, March 2022

• Embedding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into the Talent Life Cycle; HR.com; March 2022

• Addressing Resistance to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Business Express, February 2022

• Initial Steps to Making Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Purpose and Passion; CEO World Magazine; February 2022

• After moving to the U.S. from India, a diversity leader shares challenges and lessons during her career in Corporate America; Marcom Weekly; February 2022

• The Power of Stories; Young Upstarts; February 2022

• DEI Gets Real; Harvard Business Review; January 2022

 

  2019

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• Strategies for Moving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Beyond Lip Service; Forbes; September 20, 2019

• Organizational Behavior (2019) Robert Kreitner and Angelo Kinicki (Page 38) 

• 4 ways to Maximize Common Goals of Diversity and Corporate Responsibility Teams; GreenBiz; July 25 

• 4 things Corporate Responsibility Teams should ask Diversity, and Vice Versa; GreenBiz; July 18

• Is Age a Part of Your Inclusion Strategy? SHRM, July 17, 2019 

• Profitability through gender equality (“Ich Mag Keine Quoten Aber Die Ergebnisse” published in German); Cash Magazine; Page 64; July, 2019 

• What is The ROI of Diversity? Why Creating A Culture of Inclusivity is More Than Fair—It’s Smart Business; LinkedIn; June 19, 2019 

• LinkedIn welcomes women food entrepreneurs in pop-up series; Food Management Magazine; June, 2019 

• The plan to fix the lack of diversity at the top of the foodservice industry; We Are Chefs Magazine; May 2019

• The connection between diversity, inclusion and corporate responsibility; GreenBiz; 2019 

• To drive inclusion inside your company, engage with the world outside; LinkedIn; January, 2019 

• Spotlight: Rohini Anand; Inclusion Magazine: January 2019

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   2018

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• Paradigm for Parity® Coalition Companies are Setting Gender Parity Goals and Making Progress; Paradigm for Parity; December 2018 

• Sodexo partners with initiative to end gender leadership gaps; HR Drive, August 2018 

• Bringing Your Whole Self to Work, unapologetically; Associate of Corporate Counsel; July 2018

• Workforce Strategies - Diversity and Its Challenges; The More Inclusive Workplace; Bloomberg; July 2018; (Behind paywall)

• Starbucks’ Atonement For “Unconscious Bias” Will Not Work; Townhall; May 2018 

• Q&A: Diversity in the boardroom and C-suite; Financer Worldwide; May 2018 

• Estudio rescata importancia de paridad de género en las empresas: aumenta productividad y compromiso; Diario Financiero; April 2018 

• Evolving the Ecosystem: Making every day International Women’s Day; OECD; 3/27/18 

• Meet the woman who has made Sodexo one of the world’s most women-friendly companies; Your Story; 3/15/18 

• Sodexo Links 10% of the CEO Bonus to Gender Equality Turkish; ,Dunya,Gender; 2/27/18 

• Women's careers experience death by a thousand small cuts: Shachi Irde of Catalyst; YourStory, 2/14/18 

• GM, Sodexo, Others Find Diverse Workforces Drive Business; Bloomberg Law; 3/7/18 

• Gender balanced management teams make for safer and happier employees, study finds; Hospitality Catering News, 3/6/18 

• Organizations Need to Be Welcoming Women More After Breaks; BW Business World, 2/21/18 

• Part 3: Q&A with Global Diversity and Inclusion Leader Rohini Anand, PhD; Catalyst; 2/7/18 

• #MeToo and the economics of gender equality in the workplace: In conversation with Dr Rohini Anand, Times, 2/19/18 

• Part 2: Q&A with Global Diversity and Inclusion Leader Dr. Rohini Anand, Catalyst; 2/7/18 

• Q&A with Sodexo’s Rohini Anand, PhD, Catalyst; 1/23/18 

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   2017

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• Catalyst Elects Deloitte's Cathy Engelbert as New Board Chair; Catalyst 

• EBRG Executive Sponsor Spotlight: Tom Morse, Sodexo; MERCER; September 2017 

• Male Mentors Shouldn’t Hesitate to Challenge Their Female Mentees; Harvard Business Review; 5/29/2017

• The State of Gender Diversity 2017; Diversity Women, 3/28/2017

• Study on gender diversity throws a fresh perspective in the mix; The America Genius; 3/16/2017

• If your colleagues are mostly men or mostly women, that's not good; USA Today, Gender; 3/10/2017

• Modern Guide for Equality; The Female Quotient; Catalyst January 2017; p56-58

• 2017 Global Workplace Trends, Sodexo, 2017

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   2016

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• How Sodexo and Pearson prioritize their SDGs; GreenBiz; 11/8/2016

• The Rewards of an Engaged Female Workforce; BCG Perspectives, 10/27/2016

• Go ladies, talk shop with peers to rise up the ladder; The Economic Times; 9/21/2016

• Championing Gender Equality Starts with Empowerment; Sodexo Insights, 3/22/2016

• The Time is Now and the Responsibility is Ours: 3 Imperatives to Achieve Gender Parity, Sodexo Insights, 3/8/2016

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   2015

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• For Women Executives, Projecting Credibility Globally Means Learning How to Shift Leadership Styles; The Huffington Post, 12/22/2015

• Three Ways to Bridge the Digital Divide: Improve Your Global Virtual Communication; INC, 11/30/2015

• Beyond the Bottom Line: Benefits of Employee Gender Diversity, The Journal Special Edition, September 2015

• Promote more women, produce more profit, 3/23/2015

• Smart businesses put women at the top, CNBC, 3/6/2015

• Sodexo Successfully Balances D&I with Human Resources, Diversity Global, 2015

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   2014 and Earlier

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• Companies hire only women if female talent quits; The Times of India, 8/27/2014

• Services companies get ready to back home offices; The Times of India, 8/2/2012

• An Interview with Rohini Anand; Nation's Restaurant News;2/10/2003, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p24

• Addressing Diversity; FoodService Director;4/15/2002, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p22

• Market Matters; FoodService Director;3/15/2003, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p6

• Diversity, Corporate America and Higher Education; Diverse: Issues in Higher Education;10/19/2006, Vol. 23 Issue 18, p60

• Rohini Anand: Leading Sodexho's Commitment to a Globally Diverse Workforce; Nation's Restaurant News | February 10, 2003

• Creating a culture of inclusion at Sodexho : A Sustainable Strategy for Organizational Success

• Shifting the Diversity Climate: The Sodexo Solution; Harvard Business Review

• How Executives are Pushed to Foster Diversity; Wall Street Journal

• A Retrospective View of Corporate Diversity Training from 1964 to the Present; Article in AMLE co-authored by Mary-Frances Winters and RA

• NASPA - Leadership Exchange Magazine

• Asia Society--Diversity Leadership Forum  

 
Select Citations in DiversityInc: URL: www.diversityinc.com/Search word: Rohini Anand

 

• Teams with Gender Parity Achieve Better Results Across the Board: Sodexo Finds

• Google Engineer’s Anti-Diversity Memo Displays Company’s Misogynist Culture 

• 8 CEOs Whose Inclusive Styles Change Corporate Cultures 

• ATWG: Why Do Diversity-Management Departments Need Budget

• Benchmarking 

• CEO Commitment 

• Chief Diversity Officer moderators: Dr. Rohini Anand, Sodexo; Emilio Egea, Prudential Financial; Jim Norman, Kraft Foods Luncheon speaker 

• Diversity Events: HACU's Annual Conference

• How Diversity and Inclusion Drive Employee Engagement

• Diversity Leadership: George Chavel, Sodexo 

• Diversity Leadership: John B. Veihmeyer, KPMG 

• Diversity Management: The Chief Diversity Officer's No. 1 Advantage

• Diversity Web Seminar on Metrics for Diversity Management

• Dr. Rohini Anand explains Sodexo's world-leading diversity management; Working Collaboratively With HR

• Dr. Rohini Anand explains Sodexo's world-leading diversity management; Networking & Sharing on ERGs, Diversity Councils

• Dr. Rohini Anand explains Sodexo's world-leading diversity management. Working Collaboratively With HR: Recruitment & Talent

• Dr. Rohini Anand explains Sodexo's world-leading diversity management - Watch as Sodexo's global diversity leader Dr. Rohini Anand analyzes ...

• Dr. Rohini Anand, A Legend in D & I Circles

• Dr. Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo. Dana Green, Toyota Working Collaboratively With HR 

• Dr. Rohini Anand, senior vice president and global chief diversity officer, cites Sodexo's employee-engagement scores, which have gone up dramatically

• Dr. Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo. Working Collaboratively With HR 

• Dr. Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President, Global Chief Diversity Officer at Sodexo; Donna Johnson, Chief Diversity Officer at MasterCard Worldwide 

• Dr. Rohini Anand, Sodexo - Should the head of diversity report to HR? Find out what one of the world's most successful CDOs—Rohini Anand—has to say

• Dr. Rohini Anand, Sodexo: Diversity Leader 

• Employee Engagement through Mentoring & Accountability 

• Global CEO Michel Landel, U.S. President and CEO George Chavel, and Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Rohini Anand 

• Grounded in facts that help us allocate resources for continuous improvement.” Dr. Rohini Anand, senior vice president and global chief diversity officer

• How Diversity and Inclusion Drives Employee Engagement

• How Leadership Expresses Diversity Commitment 

• How to Build Synergy Between Diversity Departments & HR 

• Interview with CEO Michel Landel,” says Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Rohini Anand

• Kemp also extended special thanks to the prestigious members of the Selection Committee, including: Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President

• Learn/Share Best Practices with the Best: DiversityInc's April Event ...

• Luis Gallegos, Ecuador's Permanent Representative to the U.N., Co-Chair; Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity 

• Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments

• Nine Extraordinary Leaders in the Global Disability Community

• No. 1: Sodexo - DiversityInc

• Panelists Dr. Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo; Jorge Caballero, Tax Partner at Deloitte Tax and more..

• Panelists: Dr. Rohini Anand, Sodexo; Dana Foote, KPMG; and Pedro Suriel, Accenture. 

• Rohini Anand, Sodexo, at Innovation Fest Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments

• Rohini Anand, Sodexo, at Innovation Fest Managing Relationships Between HR & Diversity Departments; Diversity experts at our event analyze challenges

• Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Rohini Anand have put the company on the front lines of new and expanded diversity initiatives

• Should Your Diversity Department Report to HR? Find out what one of the world's most successful CDOs—Rohini—has to say 

• Sodexo: No. 1 in the DiversityInc Top 50 - DiversityInc

• Sodexo's Dr. Rohini Anand, senior vice president and global chief diversity officer, is well known in diversity-management circles

• Sodexo's Dr. Rohini Anand: Breaking Gender Barriers & Creating Change

• Sodexo's Employee Engagement - Gender Equity & Fighting World

• Sodexo's Global CEO Leverages Diversity 

• Sodexo's President and CEO George Chavel and Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Rohini Anand spoke with DiversityInc 

• Succession Planning - DiversityInc Best Practices living text book of 

• Succession Planning: Moving Diversity to the Top - DiversityInc

• Talent Development - DiversityInc Best Practices living text book 

• Talent Development/ Mentoring Articles. Should Diversity Report to HR? 

• The best diversity department in the nation for sales development is run by Dr. Rohini Anand at Sodexo 

• The Unveiling of the 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 - DiversityInc

• The Viscardi Center Awards Committee Announced 

• What Diversity-Management Questions Should Be

• What's the Biggest Global Diversity Challenge? Female Talent Development 

• Why do you have to have employee affinity groups or network groups? Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President, Global Chief Diversity Officer

• Working Collaboratively With HR: Recruitment & Talent  

 
Diversity & Inclusion White Papers

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• Why “LGBTQ-Welcoming” will Soon be a Hallmark of the Most Successful Senior Living Communities: A Primer for Operators, Marketers & Leadership (2019)

• Common Purpose: The intersection of Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility in the United States (2019)

• Healthcare Administrators: The 2043 Business Imperative - Advocating for Hispanic Leadership in Healthcare and Cultural Competence (2019)

• Addressing Culture and Origins Across the Globe: Lessons from Australia, Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States (2019)

• Guiding Gen Z from Campus to Corporate Life: What College and University Administrators and Talent Recruiters Need to Know (2018)

• Sodexo’s Gender Balance Study 2018: Expanded Outcomes Over 5 Years (2018)