Author: Anthony C. Hood, PhD
Dr. Anthony C. Hood serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for First Horizon Bank. In this role, he provides strategic leadership and executive oversight for the corporation’s enterprisewide DEI strategy. He also serves on the corporation’s Operating Committee.
He previously served as the Director of Civic Innovation in the Office of the President at UAB as well as an Tenured Associate Professor of Management in the Collat School of Business at UAB.
An electrical engineer by training, Dr. Hood enjoyed a 10 year career with BellSouth and AT&T supporting startup telecom companies in the firm’s wholesale division. He was honored with the Pinnacle Award, the company’s highest honor for productivity and leadership.
He left AT&T to pursue his PhD full time at the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!). Since completing his PhD in only 3 years, he has completed studies at the Harvard Business School, Stanford and the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Dr. Hood received his undergrad and MBA from UAB (Go Blazers!). In 2019, Dr. Hood was honored by the UAB Alumni Association with the prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award.
Dr. Hood is a board member of a number of organizations including the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, Birmingham Education Foundation, and Urban Impact. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District, the largest affordable housing provider in the state.
Dr. Anthony C. Hood serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for First Horizon Bank. In this role, he leads the development and execution of firm-wide strategy for embedding DEI into the DNA of the organization. He previously served as the Director of Civic Innovation in the Office of the…
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Building More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Cultures
A resource list started and shared by Dr. Anthony C. Hood
This resource was inspired by a post I made on my personal Facebook page on June 2, 2020. My colleague Katie Crawford Alexander was gracious enough to take the post and convert it into a shared doc on Google.
Content created by scholars, teachers, and leaders doing this important work
Articles and Written Statements
The urgency of the moment: A message from Linfield College President Miles K. Davis. Miles K. Davis, President Linfield University
U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism, Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington
How U.S. Companies Can Support Employees of Color Through the Pandemic, Laura Morgan Roberts , Courtney L. McCluney , Erin L. Thomas and Michelle Kim
Black lives matter: Now what? Angelica Leigh
Talking but also Walking: Some Words on Recent Company Statements Addressing Racism, Stephanie Creary
Even at “Inclusive” Companies, Women of Color Don’t Feel Supported, Beth A. Livingston and Tina R. Opie
What to Do When Your Boss Won’t Advocate for You, Nicholas Pearce
3 Requirements for a Diverse and Inclusive Culture, Ella Washington and Camille Patrick
Psychological Safety is the secret to workplace success, Anthony C. Hood
Twilio, Box, Spotify, and Other Tech CEOs Speak Out Against Racism and Police Brutality; Others Stay Silent, Sherrell Dorsey
Let’s talk about race and the danger faced by black delivery drivers, Dr. Terry L. Esper
The Costs Of Code-Switching, Courtney L. McCluney, Kathrina Robotham, Serenity Lee, Richard Smith, and Myles Durkee
Toward a Racially Just Workplace, Laura Morgan Roberts and Anthony J. Mayo
A Framework for Leading Classroom Conversations About Race, Dr. Stephanie Creary
Podcasts, Presentations, and Speeches
Rethinking Diversity & Inclusion as a Health Dilemma | TEDxTallahassee, Dr. Atira Charles
Diversity Matters with Oscar Holmes IV, Oscar Holmes IV
Positive Links Speaker Series: Creating More Inclusive Workplaces in an Era of Discord – The Power of Helping Across Differences, Stephanie Creary
Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America’s Boards – Testimony, Stephanie Creary
How effective is diversity training? Oscar Holmes, Heath Fogg Davis, and Stephanie Creary
Filene Fill-In Podcast with Dr. Quinetta Roberson and Introduction by UWCU’s Sheila Milton, Guest: Quinetta Roberson
Gallup Called to Coach Webcast Series: Diversity and Inclusion: Bottom-Up as Well as Top-Down, Guest: Dr. Ella Washington
Work and Life Podcast: Ep 139. Alexis Smith and Pam Carlton – Black Professional Women at Work, Guests: Alexis Smith and Pam Carlton
Digging Deep for Diversity: On Research by Dr. Lex Smith-Washington
Interviews with 59 Black Female Executives Explore Intersectional Invisibility and Strategies to Overcome It, Authors: Alexis Nicole Smith , Marla Baskerville Watkins , Jamie J. Ladge, and Pamela Carlton
Profiles and Biography Websites
Quinetta Roberson, Ph.D., Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair Of Business Leadership + Professor Of Management
Laquita C. Blockson, Ph.D., The “Business Renaissance Guru”
Dr. Ella Washington, Founder of Ellavate Solutions and Current Management Faculty Member at Georgetown’s McDonough School Of Business
Dr. Courtney L. McCluney, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Darden School of Business and the Center for Interprofessional Education at the University of Virginia
Anthony C. Hood, PhD, Director of Civic Innovation, Office of the President, Associate Professor, Collat School of Business at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Videos
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Above: Dr. Anthony C. Hood and Dr. Mark E. Wilson, Jefferson County Health Officer, discuss the potential impacts of the coronavirus on businesses in Birmingham and the state of Alabama. For more, visit: https://wbhm.org/feature/2020/big-q-coronavirus-alabama-need-know/
Health-Related Updates & Info
Centers for Disease Control
World Health Organization
Birmingham/Alabama Specific
UAB’s Coronavirus page and Daily Updates on UAB’s YouTube Channel
Alabama Department of Public Health
Jefferson County Department of Health
WVTM 13 Positive Test Counts in Alabama by County
Text BHMCOVID to 888-777 to receive updates on COVID-19 from the City of Birmingham
Resources for Businesses
CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers
US Small Business Administration
SBA Disaster Loan Assistance
Facebook Small Business Grants
Birmingham-Specific
Birmingham Business Alliance
City of Birmingham
#BhamStrong Resource Directory
Local Distancing
BHAM Small Biz Resiliency Facebook Group
Alabama Department of Labor
Alabama Department of Commerce
Resources for Birmingham-Area Not-For-Profits
Community Foundation of Greater Bham
Food Sites for Birmingham Area Residents
UAB Blazer Kitchen (for UAB Students and Employees)
Birmingham City School Food Sites
Birmingham City School Food Sites (Spanish)
Birmingham Park & Rec Food Sites
Jefferson County School Food Sites
Resources for Students
Student Loan Payment Assistance
UAB Collat Career Center
Who’s Hiring in Birmingham?
Amazon is looking to hire 600 people
Shipt is looking to hire several thousand shoppers
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Digital Learning Project Planner
Winn-Dixie
Wal-Mart hiring 500 truck drivers and 150,000 temp workers
UAB Collat Career Center
More info on LinkedIn
Business Schools Offering Support
There are a number of business schools around the world that are offering assistance and resources (virtually of course) in response to the human and economic needs of those in their respective communities and beyond. The following list will be updated as more initiatives are launched
- Innovate Birmingham considering adjusting programming to develop tech solutions for local companies. Z
- Wharton is launching a new class on the business impacts of COVID-19
- ESCP Business School
- North Dakota State U
- IUPUI Kelly School of Business
- IU ENT and MGT Faculty
- UNC Chapel-Hill
- Harvard Business School
What I’m Reading
No, you should not visit your friends, HuffPost
How to receive delivery packages Fast Company
Cities and Counties building field hospitals Seattle Times
Regions commits $2.5 million to assist small businesses, BBJ
A: Great question! They are not created equal.
One key differentiating factor is whether the program is readily able and willing to provide prospective students info on its matriculation rate and placement of its graduates.
I am typically skeptical of programs that cannot or will not provide these stats. If I were a prospective student, I’d want to see these data for the past 5-10 years. Absence of this data might suggest the following:
1. The program is disorganized.
2. The program has a less than stellar track record of supporting and placing its students.
3. The coordinator sees no value in tracking and reporting such information.
Any of these would be red flags for me if I were looking to apply.
I’d also give a program the side eye of they only selectively highlighted their “star” students while simultaneously withholding data on others.
If the program coordinator cannot or will not provide a complete listing of the students that have come through their program, save your time, energy and application fees for programs that will. It’s too big of an investment to proceed without this critical piece of information.
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FAQ: #HeyDrHood! I heard you get up at 5:00am and go to the gym several days a week. You also manage to get in a workout on the weekends. How do you find the time or the energy to do this with all you have going on?
A: I posed the same question to a high-performing colleague many years ago. Here’s how it went:
Me: What‘s one thing I can be doing to boost my productivity?
Colleague: Make a list of all the folks in your company that you know of that work to keep themselves in shape—exercising regularly, eating right, etc.
Me: Ok.
Colleague: Now, make a list of the most productive and highest performing folks in your company.
Me: Alright.
Colleague: What do you notice?
Me: It’s the same list.
Colleague. That’s your answer.
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