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Carol Fulp: Success Through Diversity

Ryan Honeyman

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Carol Fulp is President and CEO of The Partnership, Inc., New England’s premier organization dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness of the region by attracting, developing, retaining and convening multicultural professionals. During its 31 year history, The Partnership has collaborated with 300 corporations who have sponsored more than 4,000 multicultural executives and professionals in the organization’s innovative leadership development programming. She is also the author of Success Through Diversity: Why The Most Inclusive Companies Will Win praised by Publishers Weekly and Booklist.

Prior to The Partnership, Carol was Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Brand Management for John Hancock Financial. Previously, Carol was the Director of Community Programming and Human Resources for WCVB, the ABC-TV Boston affiliate. She also served as the Corporate Employee Relations Manager for the Gillette Company.

Given her leadership in business and public service, former President Obama appointed Carol as a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Some highlights from Ryan Honeyman’s Conversation with Carol Fulp include:

  • Carol’s experience marching on Washington, D.C. during the civil right movement

  • How President Obama chose Carol to be the United States’s representative to the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations

  • Her experiences and learnings as President and CEO of The Partnership, Inc., in Boston

  • Carol’s newly released book: “Success Through Diversity: Why the Most Inclusive Companies Will Win”

  • Why companies should not silo diversity into a narrow category, but should touch every aspect of a company’s operations

  • Why middle managers are incredibly important to engage in any diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

  • And much more.

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LIFT Economy is an impact consulting firm whose mission is to create, model, and share a locally self-reliant economy that works for the benefit of all life.

Ryan Honeyman is a Partner at LIFT Economy and author of The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good (Berrett-Koehler Publishers). You can follow Ryan on Twitter @honeymanconsult or email him ryan@lifteconomy.com.