Diversity: Employee Resource Groups

Through grassroots-driven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we recognize and support diversity in the workplace. These groups enable employees to connect and discuss a shared set of interests, experiences and perspectives and have been been vital in fostering a mentoring culture throughout The McGraw-Hill Companies.

There are currently seven ERGs serving our diverse employees.

APEX: Asian Professionals for Excellence
APEX was founded to enable Asian and Asian-Americans at The McGraw-Hill Companies to share knowledge and make a strong, valued contribution to the Corporation's global growth agenda. Successful global growth requires diverse talent, strong leadership and an innovative mindset. APEX is focused on helping Asian-American employees be successful by offering opportunities to advance their capabilities and develop their leadership skills.

BEAM: Black Employees at McGraw-Hill
BEAM is a group organized to embrace cultural diversity in the workplace. Its purpose is to nurture an environment of integrity, excellence, respect, teamwork and leadership consistent with McGraw-Hill's business and diversity initiatives and to seek to promote the spirit of inclusion, awareness and understanding within McGraw-Hill.

EASE: Enable Achieve Succeed Empower
This is a brand new employee resource group at the McGraw-Hill Companies. The mission of EASE is to create an environment that empowers people impacted by disabilities to reach their full potential and to positively affect our markets and communities. EASE is open to McGraw-Hill employees of all abilities.

GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
GLBT is dedicated to maintaining a supportive work environment in which GLBT employees are able to reach their full potential. The company's success is built upon attracting, supporting, and growing our most valuable asset -- our employees.

HHN: Hispanic Heritage Network
HHN is committed to enhancing the professional and social experience of employees of The McGraw-Hill Company's Hispanic community; broadening and deepening the company's understanding of business opportunities in the US-Hispanic market; promoting the recruitment of talent from the larger Hispanic community; and supporting McGraw-Hill's core values of diversity and its corporate image.

LEAD: Learning, Empowering, and Accelerating Digital
LEAD is designed to enhance employees' digital development and provide a venue where employees can network and build communities around all things digital. LEAD is committed to creating a digital culture that inspires employees to innovate and contribute to the digital growth of the organization and, in the process, accelerate their own digital development, career opportunities and networks.

WINS: Women's Initiative for Networking and Success
WINS is committed to creating a culture that inspires women to develop their leadership abilities, seize growth opportunities, and increase their knowledge of The McGraw-Hill Companies for organizational and personal success, driven by our global commitment to serving and celebrating the community of women.

At The McGraw-Hill Companies, we believe that mentoring is a key component of employee development - helping to strengthen relationships, foster collaboration and cultivate diverse leadership. Launched in 2004, The McGraw-Hill Mentoring Program offers a broader view of the company, professional skill development, and increased networking opportunities. To date, over 3,000 employees across the globe have participated in our programs.

Two of our most popular programs include:

The McGraw-Hill Mentoring Program, offered in-person and virtually, is a one-on-one program and pairs mentees with mentors across business units and locations based on the mentee's goals and developmental needs.

The McGraw-Hill Reverse Mentoring Program is an innovative program where senior leaders are mentored by more junior colleagues on topics like technology, cultural and generational differences. Reverse Mentoring incorporates an inventive, new process of sharing ideas, knowledge and experience, by increasing the understanding of the language, nuance and benefits of the digital world, innovative and collaborative thinking and to develop change agents across the company.

The McGraw-Hill Companies offers an award-winning portfolio of WorkLife resources and time off and leave options designed to support every employee at every stage of their lives. Here, we are editors and sales reps, programmers and administrative assistants, marketing professionals and analysts…But we are also parents, grandparents, and caregivers. We are community volunteers, composers, marathon runners, and Little League coaches.

The McGraw-Hill Companies knows that you don’t leave half of yourself at the door when you come to work each day. And that to be truly effective at work, you have to feel truly effective at home. This is the core philosophy of our WorkLife initiative. It’s Your Work, Your Life, Your Way.

Our WorkLife programs include:

• Adoption -- The McGraw-Hill Companies is ranked one of the "100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces" by The Dave Thomas Foundation
• Backup Care Advantage Program (Dependent Care)
• Day Care Centers and Schools
• Eldercare Case Management
• Emergency Dependent Care Policy
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Discounts
• Fitness Centers
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Jenny Craig/Weight Watchers Online
• Lactation Program
• Legal Services
• Parental (and other) Time Off Policies
• Special Needs Case Management