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Congratulations to all the individuals and organizations that appear in this winter issue. We, as a team, are honored to present 49 winners of PDJ’s leadership and achievement awards for Latino Leaders and Diversity Leaders. What makes this effort rewarding is that these names are not pulled out of a hat. These individuals are selected carefully by their employers or peers who go through a nomination process. Once the awardees are selected, they each provide a personal essay about their careers and their perspectives on issues of personal interest. Many of these essays are of a mentoring nature and therefore offer valuable guidance to other professionals at all career levels. For 2021, our primary focus continues to be working with organizations to highlight and acknowledge worthy candidates for their leadership and achievement. If you visit our website, www.diversityjournal.com, and click on the Awards tab, you will see that we continue to make a strong effort to become increasingly inclusive with our awards. For example, the 2020-21 winter issue includes our longstanding Diversity Leader Award, as well as a new award: Latino Leaders Worth Watching. The 2021 spring issue will include Women Worth Watching in STEM and a new award: Asian Leaders Worth Watching. And the summer issue will feature our 20th Annual Women Worth Watching® in Leadership Award, along with a new award: Indigenous Leaders Worth Watching. The individuals profiled in this issue, and in all of our issues, are genuine and worthy of recognition. Our process for identifying current and future leaders is unique in that each profile offers the reader insight into the origins and workings of leadership. Each profile represents a giving back and paying it forward approach. Each award winner is an asset to his or her respective employer and to our nation. We are grateful to all the organizations that participate in these personalized awards, and we look forward to sharing many more stimulating profiles in future issues.
James R. Rector Publisher & Founder Since 1999
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