Diversity News Program

DM&EEO produces a video program on diversity and EEO news, studies, surveys, special emphasis issues, events, and activities. The program, Diversity News, airs on VA Communications Channel 2. Listed below are the topics of some of our most recent shows. [Click on date to view.]

The July 2008 edition focuses on the competencies required of diversity and inclusion practitioners. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The June 2008 edition focuses on best practices in diversity management. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The May 2008 edition focuses on getting past "stuck." [video] [transcript] [slides]

The April 2008 edition focuses on the Veterans Employment Coordination Service. [video] [transcript]

The March 2008 edition focuses on emotional intelligence in the workplace. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The February 2008 edition focuses on the different generations in today's workforce. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The January 2008 edition focuses on measures of diversity in upper-level positions at VA. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The December 2007 edition features the winners of the Secretary's 17th Annual EEO Awards. [video] [transcript] [photos]

The November 2007 edition focuses on workplace stress and aggression. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The October 2007 edition takes a look at a “nuts and bolts” guide to diversity management.  [video] [transcript] [slides]

The September 2007 edition focuses on how diversity management fits into the larger picture of management best practices. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The August 2007 edition focuses on VA’s Workplace Alternative Dispute Resolution Program. [video] [ transcript] [slides]

The July 2007 edition focuses on the tasks, competencies, and strategies for effective diversity leadership. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The June 2007 edition focuses on using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to measure organizational performance. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The May 2007 edition focuses on resolving conflicts at work in ways that promote personal and organizational productivity. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The April 2007 edition focuses on employee engagement. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The March 2007 edition focuses on the 2006 Federal Human Capital Survey. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The February 2007 edition focuses on evaluating the effect of diversity management on organizational performance [video] [transcript] [slides]

In the January 2007 edition Willie Hensley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management, talks about VA's HR transformation. [video] [transcript] [slides]

The December 2006 edition includes an interview with Rafael Torres, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resolution Management, who describes the new strategic plan for the Office of Resolution Management. [video] [transcript]

The November 2006 edition focuses on reasons why diversity initiatives fail. [video] [transcript]

The October 2006 edition focuses on people with disabilities. [video] [transcript]

The September 2006 edition focuses on workplace flexibilities. [video] [transcript]

The August 2006 edition identifies the characteristics of inclusive organizations. [video] [transcript]

The July 2006 edition looks at the ways in which organizations can create for their employees "a psychologically healthy work environment." [video] [transcript]

The June 2006 edition looks at how diversity management, affirmative action, and EEO differ, and why their differences matter. [video] [transcript]

The May 2006 edition focuses on the business case for diversity. [video] [transcript]

The April 2006 edition focuses on what it takes to be (or become) an employer of choice. [video] [transcript]

The March 2006 edition of Diversity News focuses on methods of team building and describes several teambuilding courses available online through the VA Learning University. [video] [transcript]

The February 2006 edition focuses on gender differences in the workplace. [video] [transcript]