Independence Blue Cross (IBC) values a workplace where diversity is embraced. We promote and support programs that recognize differences and appreciate the wide-ranging contributions our associates make to their teams and our whole company.
Here’s a look at the things we’re doing to promote diversity and to help our associates live up to their full professional potential.
This program enhances management skills in fundamental areas such as marketing, finance, business strategy, and organizational teamwork. Intended outcomes of the Development Council are to retain key associates, strengthen leadership in the middle of the organization, promote a deeper understanding of the IBC Family of Companies (FOC), increase cross-fertilization of ideas, and provide ready access to expertise throughout IBC FOC.
Executive Development for Women offers personalized coaching to high-potential management- and director-level women at IBC. It is designed to enhance their effectiveness as senior leaders and help them take on greater roles at IBC.
This intense, nine-month course challenges highly motivated current and emerging minority leaders from the Philadelphia region to examine their thinking on critical issues and leadership skills. IBC has increased its minority leadership over the past 15 years through participation in this program.
The AAHP MMDP’s 12-month curriculum provides management and leadership development and training for future health plan executives. IBC sponsors participation in the program for minority associates who demonstrate a high level of professionalism, excellent performance, and a strong work ethic, along with notable leadership potential.
This course teaches associates how to create a safe, protective workplace of mutual respect where each person feels encouraged to contribute his or her best. The program looks at unlawful, and often lawful, forms of disrespect and inappropriate behavior and provides associates with an awareness of the law, our policies, and their implications.
Through the Civil Treatment Workshop, members of management increase their awareness of the importance of treating associates fairly and with appropriate consistency. The workshop addresses such topics as age, race, gender, religion, and disability discrimination, while continuously emphasizing good management practices.