Jennifer Garcia-Alonso
Global Diversity & Inclusion Director
New York
Jennifer Garcia-Alonso is the Global Diversity & Inclusion Director and leads Women@BCG globally as a member of Boston Consulting Group's Global People Team. During her tenure in this role, Jenn has been responsible for the evolution of BCG's gender diversity strategy and for overseeing its execution, including initiatives to strengthen the recruiting, retention, advancement, and satisfaction of BCG's women.
Jenn also oversees BCG’s external partnerships in the diversity space, and leads BCG's thought leadership and proprietary research on diversity and inclusion. She likewise advises client teams on diversity and culture.
Prior to joining the firm, Jenn worked for Merrill Lynch as an analyst in the Telecommunications Investment Banking Group.
The current crisis may seem like an existential threat that supersedes all other objectives. But building a more inclusive workforce isn’t a distraction—it’s a critical part of the solution.
The pandemic has made the work-life balance dramatically harder for many families. Companies can—and should—take steps to help.
Senior executives set the strategic agenda, but it’s up to line managers to implement change on the ground. No inclusion effort can succeed without their buy-in.
Giving employees the freedom to determine where, when, and how much they work is rapidly becoming a business imperative.
The task of orchestrating and managing the household and family still falls disproportionately on women. Companies and individuals—both women and men—can help shift the balance.
Company leaders must acknowledge their blind spots, respond to the needs of diverse groups, and focus on the measures that really work.
As career paths become less linear and people change jobs more frequently, companies need to actively recruit former employees and people returning to the workforce.
Companies trying to create a more equitable workplace have a valuable resource on their own staff: young men, whose attitudes toward gender diversity are closely aligned with those of women.
Rather than walling off gender diversity as a women-only issue, companies need to get men at all levels actively involved. Several strategies can help.
