Steve Pemberton

Chief human resources officer at Globoforce, author


Pemberton, who describes his traumatic start to life in his 2012 memoir A Chance in the World, was previously vice president and chief diversity officer at Monster Worldwide and vice president of diversity and inclusion at Walgreens.

It’s a complete miss to think that I’m somehow exceptional or extraordinary or possessed of some capacity that others don’t have. I think we all have it. Somewhere in everyone is the ‘enough’ instinct: I’ve had enough of this.

Steve Pemberton
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
TOPICS: Equality, defying odds, opportunity

More info: stevepemberton.io/

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