Merck: How to Integrate and Measure Diversity & Inclusion Strategies - Episode 73

Scaling Culture

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Our guest is Celeste Warren, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Merck.
In her 25 year career at Merck, Celeste has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility within HR and is responsible to advance and embed diversity and inclusion throughout the organization working with Merck’s leaders.
She has been honored with many awards, including Black Enterprise’s “Top Executives in Global Diversity and Inclusion” and Diversity Global Magazine’s “Influential Women in Global Diversity”.
Celeste is also a member of CNBC’s Workforce Executive Council and World 50’s Inclusion and Diversity Impact Community.
In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Celeste discuss:

• Why and how the first Diversity & Inclusion department at Merck came to be, more than 70 years ago?
• The components of Merck’s approach to diversity, equity and inclusion
• How to integrate DE&I into business and measure progress
• How to identify and remove biases

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