Edith Chen This is Me

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1. 1. Altria - Media - Press Release - 03/24/2006 - 01

   www.altria.com/media/press_rel - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/24/2006   Last Visited: 10/30/2007

   "Altria and its companies are committed to supplier diversity and commend WBENC for encouraging mutual cooperation between women's businesses and corporations to create and improve opportunities for these businesses as vendors and suppliers," said Edith Chen, Senior Director, Leadership Development and Diversity, Altria Corporate Services.
   
   For nearly 35 years, the Altria family of companies, including Kraft Foods and Philip Morris USA, has been committed to accessing goods and services from the best and widest possible selection of women-owned businesses.

2. 2. globallead.com

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   Last Visited: 6/18/2008

   Edith Chen, senior director of leadership development and diversity at Altria (No. 1 on The 2005 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list and the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention, and parent company to Philip Morris), believes the organization's dedication to nurturing leaders from within is a big reason many employees continue with the company, through good times and bad.
   
   "So much of it is about communication," she says."Philip Morris has a very transparent process where everyone knows and understands how each person is performance rated, how someone gets promoted and how someone gets more assignments.A lot of it is about respect and how you treat your employees when times are bad.And Phillip Morris has obviously had its share of issues where stocks have dropped tremendously or where the business is growing, but you're constantly under attack with litigation.But it doesn't matter when you're treating employees with respect."
   
   Chen believes the blanket practices Phillip Morris adopted, which include a strong commitment from leadership to embed diversity in all business practices, allows every employee to take full advantage of the many leadership opportunities the company has to offer."We don't single out these leadership and development courses for any one segment of the population.It's a priority that everyone goes through them," she says.

3. 3. Global Lead Management Consulting

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   Last Visited: 6/18/2008

   Edith Chen, senior director of leadership development and diversity at Altria (No. 1 on The 2005 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list and the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention, and parent company to Philip Morris), believes the organization's dedication to nurturing leaders from within is a big reason many employees continue with the company, through good times and bad.
   
   "So much of it is about communication," she says."Philip Morris has a very transparent process where everyone knows and understands how each person is performance rated, how someone gets promoted and how someone gets more assignments.A lot of it is about respect and how you treat your employees when times are bad.And Phillip Morris has obviously had its share of issues where stocks have dropped tremendously or where the business is growing, but you're constantly under attack with litigation.But it doesn't matter when you're treating employees with respect."
   
   Chen believes the blanket practices Phillip Morris adopted, which include a strong commitment from leadership to embed diversity in all business practices, allows every employee to take full advantage of the many leadership opportunities the company has to offer."We don't single out these leadership and development courses for any one segment of the population.It's a priority that everyone goes through them," she says.