Diageo advances diversity agenda, names first female CEO

Diageo advances diversity agenda, names first female CEO | Why "ambidexterity" is an important leadership skill | Respect and appreciation are a new leader's superpowers Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( March 29, 2023 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE]( ADVERTISEMENT A Leader's Edge [] [Diageo advances diversity agenda, names first female CEO]( Diageo Chief Operating Officer Debra Crew will succeed longtime CEO Ivan Menezes on July 1, the first woman to lead the London-based alcoholic beverages maker. Diageo earlier announced it was on track to meet its goal of significantly increasing female representation and ethnic diversity in its leadership by 2023, under the direction of Chief Marketing Officer Cristina Diezhandino, and has also increased spending with diverse suppliers, reaching $527.5 million in 2022. 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Full Story: [Forbes (tiered subscription model)]( (3/23) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Diversity and Inclusion [] [Notable women moving the whiskey business]( Though less than 8% of US distilleries are owned and operated by women, they have long played a vital role in shaping the whiskey industry today, including Maker's Mark co-founder Margaret Samuels, who designed the bottle, logo and signature red wax drip. Other notables in the industry include Laphroaig Distillery's Bessie Williamson, the first woman to manage a Scotch whisky distillery in the previous century, and Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey's Fawn Weaver, the first Black woman CEO of a major US spirit company. 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Jessica and Trina Quinn incorporate Eastern European and Irish influences into their pop-up eatery, Dacha 46, while Ashleigh Shanti's forthcoming Asheville, N.C., restaurant, Good Hot Fish, is inspired by Appalachian fish camps. 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The one thing leaders can do to increase opportunity for female employees is to act on inclusion "to create a path forward" and clearly define "what leaders are expected to do and the behaviors they are expected to model." Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (3/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Report highlights women's roles at Walmart]( Women fill 53% of Walmart's 2 million global associate positions and 36% of its executive level posts in the US, making it the country's largest private employer of women, according to the company's recent report on diversity, equity and inclusion. "From our stores and clubs, to our DCs and the driver's seat of our trucks, women have opportunities to expand their skills and grow in other areas of the business," said Chief People Officer Donna Morris. 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