KEY INITIATIVE:
DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Organizational Priority #2

Optimize performance of management and support functions to assure efficiency and administrative integrity of operations.

Leader(s)

Maureen Gormley, Nicole Butler

Collaborators

CC Office of Human Resources Management, Patient Recruitment Office, CC EEO Office, CC and NIH Quality of Worklife Councils, CC and NIH Diversity Advisory Councils

Description

Managing racial and ethnic diversity has become a key leadership challenge for U.S. organizations. Aware of the dramatic increase in racial and ethnic diversity issues in the U.S., the CC acknowledges the growing need to diversify its workforce and patient population. This initiative will ultimately provide employees, at all levels, the opportunity to fully realize their career potential. Patients will benefit by a health care team of diverse professionals with whom they can easily identify.

Accomplishments-to-Date

• Benchmarking of other hospital and NIH institute diversity programs
• Development of scope of new program

FY2000 Goals

• Appoint a Diversity Program Manager and establish this service within the appropriate organizational locus
• Create a plan for diversity management
• Develop and publicize new statements and policies on the Diversity Workforce Initiative in the CC
• Develop a targeted recruitment/outreach plan with CC Senior Staff and Department Heads and establish specific plans of retention
• Develop and maintain comprehensive tracking systems for demographic clarity
• Develop internal diversity and conflict resolution training program
• Maintain contact with DHHS to play an active role in extinguishing the racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare
• Partner with NIH on campus-wide diversity initiatives