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Workplace Diversity:

A Personal Connection in Leadership

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• INROADS Then and Now History

•A Lifetime of Support Career Continuum

• INROADS Alumni Stories The Success Factory

•Develop and Promote A Path Ahead

• Inclusive Communities Leadership Gap

•A Personal Connection Make a Difference

The INROADS ADVANTAGE

INROADS 2012 | 1/6/2012

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INROADS History - Then and Now

INROADS 2012 | 1/6/2012

35 Offices (Nationally)

230 Corporate Sponsors

1700 Interns

1 Office (Chicago)

17 Corporate Sponsors

25 Interns

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College Links students graduate to INROADS College Component

• Corporate Partner

hires

• On-boarding

• Careers ladders

– Jr Assoc

– Mid Level Mgr

– Sr Level Mgr

• INROADS

Ambassador

• Fund Contributor

• Career Ladder

• INROADS Mentor

• INROADS Internal

Corporate Partner

• INROADS Visiting

faculty

• Advance Studies

• Donor

• CEO/Partner

• Consultant

• INROADS & Mentor

• Donor

■ College Links – High School

■ College Core

■ Career Placement

■ Mid Alum Career

■ Alum Job Posting

Pre- College

Alumni/Ambassador

Career Placement

CORE

College

CORE

CORE

• Training & Dev

• On-boarding

• Candidate Prep

Sessions

• Successful

Graduate

• Learning Summits

EXTENDED

• College Seniors

and STEM

C-Suite; Boardroom; Entrepreneur

The Career Continuum to the C- Suite

Recruitment of high

potential STEM and

business students;

Career pathing;

successful graduation

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Job Acceptance Rate

INROADS 2012 | 1/6/2012

INROADS graduates had

a conversion rate of

65% from internship to

full-time employment

with an INROADS

Corporate Partner [2]

The national average graduate conversion

rate is 7% lower than the

INROADS conversion

rate [5]

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The Path Ahead

INROADS 2012 | 1/6/2012

Recruiting and retaining high-potential middle

managers is the biggest concern for CEOs

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“If the CEOs of the Fortune 500 reflected the composition

of the workforce, 55 would be Black, 70 would be Hispanic,

24 would be Asian and 233 would be women.” (Workforce Magazine, June 2009)

The Leadership Gap

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A Personal Connection in Leadership

INROADS 2012 | 1/6/2012

Why INROADS? o Personal Resilience

o Ability to Dream o Importance of Mission

o State of Corporate America

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A Personal Connection in Leadership

INROADS 2012 | 1/6/2012

Forest T. Harper, Jr. President & CEO

INROADS.ORG

FHARPER@INROADS.ORG