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Jill Willcox

Jill Willcox has worked in various human resources positions including as a Recruiter, HR Manager and as a Benefit Determination Review Consultant for Hewitt Associates LLC over the last 16 years. Before that, she worked at Hartford Insurance as a Health Service Representative, working with people who had suffered catastrophic work injuries with the goal to enable them to live the most independent and productive life possible. She is the mother of two children who are talented and contribute to society in a very meaningful way.
Picture of Jill Willcox

Jill Willcox

Jill Willcox has worked in various human resources positions including as a Recruiter, HR Manager and as a Benefit Determination Review Consultant for Hewitt Associates LLC over the last 16 years. Before that, she worked at Hartford Insurance as a Health Service Representative, working with people who had suffered catastrophic work injuries with the goal to enable them to live the most independent and productive life possible. She is the mother of two children who are talented and contribute to society in a very meaningful way.

The Hijacking of the Words Diversity and Inclusion

Have well-intentioned people destroyed the word “Diversity?” I read an interesting article the other day in The Atlantic titled A Person Can’t Be Diverse. The article references the director of the movie, “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, as stating, “We’re hearing a lot about Diversity, I hate that word so much.” Her rationale is that “…it’s a medicinal word that has no emotional resonance, and this is a really emotional issue…It’s emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on their worldview.” Ava DuVernay prefers words like “inclusion or “belonging,” as in belonging to a group.

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Siloed Diversity Holds Us All Back

There is conflict over an issue in the field of diversity and inclusion that needs to be addressed. Here are the two opposing schools of thought: Diversity is a long process, and every disenfranchised group can’t get there at once. As we work on gender and racial diversity, we will open the door for other groups. The siloing of advancement in diversity is holding every group back. The very idea of diversity and inclusion is that every group should be equal and represented fully in business. You can’t have partial diversity and consider that a success. In recent years, businesses have

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