Time Warner's diversity initiatives and Diversity Inc. ranking

Diversity at Time Warner

Time Warner made the Diversity Inc. Top 50 List for 2015, coming in 41st place. The company has made this list for six years consecutive. There are several factors that play into this rating, including the fact that the company has a Chief Diversity Officer. The company's attitude towards diversity is contained in its equal opportunity statement: "Time Warner Cable reaffirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities for employment and advancement to qualified employees and applicants.

41st on the Diversity Inc. list

Sixth consecutive year

Chief Diversity Officer

Commitment to equal opportunity

One of the major contributing factors to the rating is that Time Warner offers upwards of 30% of its bonus compensation for executives for meeting diversity measures, a move that motivates the top people in the company to institute a variety of initiatives to promote diversity. This includes the promotion of minorities into vice presidential roles.

Up to 30% of bonuses are tied to diversity

High level of motivation for managers to promote diversity

Promotion of minorities into vice presidential roles

Slide 3: the rankings are also based on a number of other criteria as well. A company that scores on this list will have a talent pipeline where underrepresented group are promoted, employee resource groups, commitment of top leadership from the CEO on down, and will have supplier diversity as well. Often that means that the company registers this diversity with groups that track such things, so that its performance can be tracked over time.

Talent pipepline

Employee resource groups

Commitment from CEO on down

Supplier diversity

Tracking

Slide 4: Recruiting forms a critical component of the company's diversity program. The company also has programs in place to encourage the retention of talent from underrepresented groups, so that said talent can grow within the company.

Recruiting

Retention

Growth pathways for minority talent

Slide 5: On the "About us" section of the company's website, there is a section about diversity. The company sees diversity as coming from three major areas: the workplace, the marketplace and the workforce. In the workplace, the company has training programs, inclusion coucils and employee networks.

Workplace, market place, workforce

Training programs

Inclusion councils

Employee networks

Slide 6: In the marketplace, Time Warner touts its philanthropy, supplier diversity and also the content and programming that it offers to its customers. On the workforce side, Time Warner touts its talent acquisition, professional development, industry partners, mentoring and talent planning as key elements that serve to improve diversity at the company.

Marketplace

Philanthropy

Supplier diversity

Programming content

Workforce

Talent acquisition

Professional development

IINdustry partners

Mentoring

Talent planning

Slide 7: Time Warner ranked on one individual list, coming in #3 on the top 10 companies for LGBT individuals. To make this list, a company needs to have an active LGBT employee resource group, donate to LGBT charities, tracking the number of LGBT people in the workplace and their progress, and certify LGBT vendors with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

#3 on the top 10 list for LGBT

Active LGBT resource group

Tracking LGBT employees

Certifying LGBT suppliers