To make workplaces a true meritocracy, leaders need to adopt the same kind of systematic approach that they apply routinely to every other area of the business—a process that MLT has outlined in its Black Equity at Work Certification program.
“Sixty percent of the 450,000 Black and Latinx students who graduate from college each year end up unemployed or in jobs that don’t require a four-year degree. That is not acceptable,” said MLT Founder and CEO John Rice. “
Walmart and America’s largest and top-ranked historically black university, North Carolina A&T State University, are announcing plans to launch the Equity in Education Initiative, a new program aimed at increasing the number of African American college graduates securing careers in fields critical to the nation’s workforce.
MLT Founder and CEO John Rice shares how Corporate America can take a stand on the right side of racial equity in this Forbes’ Grads of Life column.
Only three percent of people who hold executive roles at U.S. companies are black, according to the latest data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. To address this issue, nonprofit Management Leadership for Tomorrow is launching a new initiative called ‘Black Equity at Work Certification.’
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