WM diversity exec strives to mix the salad.(News)(Waste Management Recycle America)

Waste News, April, 2005 by Johnson, Jim

Byline: Jim Johnson When Carlton Yearwood thinks about work-force diversity, he sometimes thinks of his time spent in New York. And what he ate. Sure, Yearwood can and does talk at length about the strategies, theories and benefits of maintaining a staff that's reflective of the customers and communities the company services.

But he also boils it down to this: "In New York, which is where I'm from, we love our seven-layer salads. And in that seven-layer salad, all of the ingredients are equally important in order to truly gain the flavor that it's supposed to produce.'' For the uninitiated, seven-layer salad recipes can differ to some extent, but the dish contains ingredients such as lettuce, mayonnaise, peas, cheese, bacon, onions,...