In an effort to hone our approach to global diversity, TI leaders solidified the following elements of our inclusion strategy this year:
Leadership guidance
Equal employment opportunity
Worldwide alignment
Employee engagement
Manager and employee development and connection
Outreach
Accountability
Early in the year, two TI senior executives joined CEO Rich Templeton in serving on Catalyst’s board of directors. A nonprofit, Catalyst is a trusted resource for research, information and advice about women at work. Already, they are bringing proven gender diversity strategies, information and ideas back to TI.
Today, TI has more than five times the number of women and five times the number of people of color in management positions since we began our focus on diversity in 1989. As of year-end 2010:
Our board members included four women; one was a person of color.
Approximately 20 percent of TI officers were women and 15 percent were people of color.
Almost 20 percent of our total U.S. hires were women.
More than 5 percent of our TI Fellows were women and/or people of color.
TI continued to receive various diversity-related accolades:
Fortune Magazine designated TI among the “Global Most Admired Companies.” TI ranked second in the semiconductors category.
Working Mother Magazine named TI among the “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers.” TI was also inducted into the magazine’s Hall of Fame for its inclusion on the list for 15 consecutive years.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation named TI among the “Best Places to Work” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. TI scored 100 percent on the organization’s Corporate Equality Index.
The National African-American Women's Leadership Institute honored TI as “Sponsor of the Year,” citing our spirit of volunteerism and contribution to participants’ leadership development.
The National Association for Female Executives named TI among the “Top 50 Companies for Executive Women” in the U.S.
The North Texas GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) Chamber of Commerce named TI “Corporate Ally of the Year.”
TI was included on US Black Engineer, Hispanic Engineer and Women of Color magazines’ lists of “Most Admired Employers.”
We are proud that a few of our employees were also recognized for their commitment to diversity and inclusion:
DiversityCentral.com named Kim Smith, former TIDN chairwoman, its “Diversity Champion.”
The Society of Women Engineers named Claire Jung its “2010 Emerging Leader.”
The National Engineers Week Foundation and the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA named Faa-Ching Wang their “2010 Asian-American Engineer of the Year.”
U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine named TI Design Manager Russell Byrd a “2010 Modern Day Technology Leader.”
Looking ahead
In 2011, HR Magazine will feature TI in a story on Muslims in the workplace, which includes a number of interviews with TI Christians and Jews. TI also will help build an inclusive work environment in our recently acquired facilities in China and Japan.
