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Yardstick Management, founded by Ebbie Parsons in 2012, has been consulting with Netflix for months on how it can add more minorities to its executive ranks. He also introduced the video-streaming giant to Black business leaders.

— Atlanta Journal Constitution

Yardstick is helping us audit our business practices so we can evolve and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies that support our goals.

— Jenny Greenwald, Chief People Officer of Playboy told HRD Magazine

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Fast Company

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Fast Company

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Entrepreneur

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Fast Company

Why vulnerability should be a top resolution for today’s leaders

Techrides

Talking DEI with Ebbie Parsons, Managing Director, Yardstick Management

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Jack Dorsey's departure leaves Twitter's culture at a crossroads. What new CEO Parag Agrawal does next has big implications for diversity in tech, experts say

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FORBES

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VOYAGE ATL

Inspiring Conversations with Ebbie Parsons of Yardstick Management

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ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE

How Atlanta's Yardstick Management is increasing diverse leadership at top tech companies

AM – Dr Ebbie Parsons of Yardstick Management: How Diversity Can Increase a Company’s Bottom Line

Authority Magazine

Dr Ebbie Parsons of Yardstick Management: How Diversity Can Increase a Company’s Bottom Line

UMN – Q&E with the University of Minnesota and Ebbie Parsons: Entrepreneurship a Way of ‘Spearheading the Charge Globally’

University of Minnesota

Q&E with the University of Minnesota and Ebbie Parsons: Entrepreneurship a Way of 'Spearheading the Charge Globally'

NJBIA – Parsons on Minorities, Talent & Opportunities

New Jersey Business & Industry Association

Parsons on Minorities, Talent & Opportunities

CS – Three New Board Members Join Chicago Sinfonietta | March 2021

Chicago Sinfonietta

Three New Board Members Join Chicago Sinfonietta | March 2021

Medium – When Black People Lead, Magic Happens! Making Waves Embedding Diversity into the Culture of Global Organizations

Medium

When Black People Lead, Magic Happens! Making Waves Embedding Diversity into the Culture of Global Organizations

PM – Playboy’s Chief People Officer on equality, workplace and the brand legacy

People Matters

Playboy's Chief People Officer on equality, workplace and the brand legacy

CIO – How (and why) to address systemic racism through community engagements

CIO

How (and why) to address systemic racism through community engagements

HRD – Playboy’s CPO: ‘We have a strict ‘no a******s’ policy’

HRD Magazine

Playboy's CPO: 'We have a strict 'no a******s' policy'

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