Large global corporations have complex challenges when it comes to managing their workforce. Their goal is to be consistently global—yet flexibly local. What works in one region or country may not happen in another.

But cultural differences aside, those that use a global foundation of unified talent management processes based at headquarters set the stage for international success.

In that spirit, we’d like to congratulate The DiversityInc Top 10 Global Diversity Companies winners for 2009:
1: PricewaterhouseCoopers
2: IBM
3: Procter & Gamble
4: Cisco Systems
5: PepsiCo
6: Deloitte
7: Colgate-Palmolive
8: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
9: Bayer
10: Accenture

Attributes of the winners include commitment to inclusiveness, global employee resource groups, mentoring programs for skills and knowledge transfer, strong diversity training, and a commitment to values that emphasize diversity.

The business benefits are backed by research. In the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, work from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, found:

“…members of a social majority are more likely to voice unique perspectives and critically review task-relevant information when there is more social diversity present than when there is not.”

Diversity on a global scale is one of the major goals that can be achieved with a strong commitment to talent management. We know this to be true because seven of these ten winners are Taleo customers.