Thought Leadership | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Kellogg Marketing Leadership Summit, 2021, focuses on the theme of Marketing Leadership: "What’s Around the Corner?” As always, we explore topics from both business, research and human leadership perspectives that will help us all anticipate what is coming next for business leaders.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the Chief Marketing Officer’s role in unprecedented ways. But how can CMOs lead authentically in the age of AI? At the Thirteenth Annual Kellogg Marketing Leadership Summit, held in 2024, top CMOs from leading global companies gathered to explore AI’s profound impact on their roles, team leadership, and organizational influence. Keynotes, engaging panel sessions, and cutting-edge research addressed critical questions: How will the latest technological advances reshape marketing? How will successful leadership evolve? What personal consequences will these changes bring for marketing leaders?

At 2022’s Kellogg Marketing Leadership Summit, three renowned marketing leaders gathered for a panel. They explored how embracing their LGBTQ+ identities shaped their careers at a time when the business world was slowly progressing on DE&I issues.

At the board level there have been steady improvements in DE&I, 1 in 3 new hires being women and 27 percent of board seats being held by female directors globally, as found by our Global Board Diversity Tracker 2022-2023. Read about these three lessons to break barriers and advance female leadership in the boardroom.

A supportive work environment can be as critical for a successful recovery as other traditional rehabilitation strategies. Paul Havranek looks back at a pivotal moment of his life and reflects on how companies can provide a safe space for talent to flourish and recover.

Cynthia Soledad, who co-leads the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practice at Egon Zehnder, emphasizes the importance of support and psychological safety for DE&I officers, in response to claims who linked the diversity of Silicon Valley Bank to its collapse.

Vani Manja, of Boehringer Ingelheim, shares how she continues to pave the way for other women in the healthcare industry.

We take a look at the board diversity landscape in Greater China and other countries and how gender diversity has impacted financial performance.

Since the turbulent summer of 2020, significant strides have been made across the world to diversify boards. The next level of the work is to move beyond counting numbers to reaping the business advantages of balanced representation.

Progress has been made on getting more underrepresented minorities onto corporate boards, but this same level of progress hasn’t translated to committee chair and board chair/lead director roles.

Having the right people in key positions can make or break a startup or any fast-growing company. So, how can a founder hire well?

We believe diversifying board leadership is a critical next step for boards to ensure a pipeline of diverse representation at the board level.