It didn’t take long for Nellie Borrero to encounter racism in 1986 when she joined a major consulting firm that was the predecessor to Accenture. At her first Christmas party, the partner who hired her gave her gift that turned out to be roach spray, saying everyone knew Puerto Ricans had roaches in their homes.
Nellie Borrero, Senior Strategic Advisor for Global Inclusion & Diversity at Accenture, is shown in an undated photo. Borrero is author of a new book detailing her 30-year effort to build DEI practices at the company. .Nellie Borrero, Senior Strategic Advisor for Global Inclusion & Diversity at Accenture, is shown in an undated photo. Borrero is author of a new book detailing her 30-year effort to build DEI practices at the company. .
Borrero, now Accenture’s senior strategic adviser for global inclusion and diversity, shared these stories in “Unwavering: Rejecting Bias, Igniting Change, Celebrating Inclusion,” a new book detailing her nearly 40-year effort to build DEI practices at the company. In 2020, Accenture set goals surrounding racial and gender representation in its U.S. workforce, including increasing the number of Hispanic U.S. employees from 9.5% to 13% by 2025 and the number of Hispanic U.S.
Q: You have other anecdotes where you share your own mistakes dealing with communities you are not as familiar with. Can you tell me about creating room for allowing mistakes? Q: Accenture has goals on representation, which is one of the things groups have challenged as maybe constituting illegal hiring.
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