The Partnership’s “Ten Initiatives for the Commonwealth’s Future” is a landmark project that will transform Massachusetts into the top workplace destination for multicultural professionals and establish Boston as the hub of cutting-edge research that redefines diversity for today’s business needs. 

RESEARCH
1.    Establish industry-specific research practice that introduces new tools to advance professionals of color in the Commonwealth’s leading economic areas.   Launch date:  Fall 2007 with Health Care Initiative.

2.    Examine the unique dynamics and interactions of professionals at each stage of the career pipeline.  Launch date:  Winter 2008 with Cross-Cultural Interaction Report.

3.    Introduce innovative, yet practical, solutions that will engage professionals of color in their communities.  Launch date: Spring 2007 with Non Profit Board Initiative.

TRAIN
4.    Expand College to Career Program to encourage more students of color to launch their careers in Boston.  Launch date:  Winter 2007 with MyC2C website.

5.    Strengthen the Commonwealth’s talent pipeline with expanded leadership development training at the early, mid and senior career stages.  Launch date:  Spring 2008 with new Next Generation Leaders initiative.

6.    Launch national expansion of training model that brings professionals to Boston for world-class leadership development.  Launch date:  Winter 2008 with National Fellows Program.

CONSULT
7.    Provide customized benchmarking analysis that brings clarity to an organization’s diversity talent needs and opportunities.  Launch date:  Winter 2008 with national survey partner.

8.    Create tailored consulting service that moves businesses from identifying problems to implementing solutions. Launch Spring 2007 with mentoring program for Fortune 500 company.

CONVENE

9.    Sponsor State of Diversity meeting—an annual statewide report that celebrates progress and identifies remaining challenges.  Launch Summer 2008.

10.    Host Annual Leadership Conference—a national gathering of opinion leaders and decision-makers committed to changing the diversity conversation.  Launch Fall 2008.

Greater Boston’s business community has provided $1.2 million in seed funding to launch Ten Initiatives.  This represents the largest single local investment ever made by the business community towards workplace diversity work.