Humana’s CEO Experience: Turning Access Into Opportunity for Diverse Leaders (Spotlight Story)

Humana has championed to provide equitable access to healthcare for its 17.1 million members, and equal access to growth opportunities for its 67,100 employees (particularly those from marginalized communities). One notable example is The CEO Experience: a gender-inclusive program for high-potential Humana employees representative of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) populations, developed to aid participants’ career growth and boost their advancement potential within the organization. The experience is just one component of Humana’s Diverse Talent Strategy: a shared partnership (and accountability) between the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Enterprise People and Effectiveness teams, with the goal of increasing access and accelerating outcomes for diverse talent.

The CEO Experience comprises two cohorts: the CEO Mentorship Experience and the CEO Sponsorship Experience. The two are distinct but have common elements; participants in both groups have access to group mentoring sessions with Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, as well as individual mentor or sponsor relationships with senior leaders, career coaching, formalized leadership development training, and more. In addition, sponsorship group participants (Broussard’s protégés) take part in one-on-one mentoring sessions with the CEO and receive supplemental training in areas like executive communication, enterprise strategy, and digital business transformation.

Humana, BMO, and Baker McKenzie Are Aligning Actions to Values
These are three of the most recent Spotlight Stories of the 70+ Catalyst CEO Champions For Change organizations committed to advancing more women into leadership. Learn how Champion CEOs accelerated change and measurably outpaced their industry peers by reading our latest report on their progress: Aligning Actions to Values: The Catalyst CEO Champions For Change.