To get the best employee, businesses should put aside preconceptions about African-American job applicants and focus instead on competency and commitment to success.

Each day we make hundreds of decisions influenced by our biases that may be disenfranchising employees who could take our organization to the next level.

The tech industry today is overwhelmingly white and male. Understanding why is where changing that fact begins.

Why creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization isn’t just the right thing to do but the smart thing to do for any channel pro serious about business success.

Like my mom did in the 70s, it’s time for all of us leaders in the IT “”neighborhood”” to step up for people underrepresented in our industry and welcome them.

A company-wide commitment to DEI will propel you to recruit outside of your normal resources, deepening your talent pool and opening your business to new ideas.

Minorities and women can succeed in the IT industry and be valuable contributors by supporting each other and using our differences to stand out from a sea of sameness.

The October issue of ChannelPro magazine will be devoted to one critical topic: bringing greater diversity, equity, and inclusion to IT, guided by 11 guest editors from the channel who bring an array of perspectives to the table.

Look inside and outside your network and partner with training programs to build your team, then invest in developing your people.

With Gary Bixler, Yvette Steele, Rachel McGuiness, Susanne Tedrick, Karl Palachuk, and Jill Chapman