Walgreens Quest for Inclusion: 1/3 of the Workforce, People with Disabilities

Deb Russell, a direct report to Randy Lewis, shares what Walgreens has learned while trying to become a good employer of people with disabilities.

Deb describes the best practices learned by the Walgreen Company, the nation’s largest drugstore chain. Walgreens has recently committed to having one-third of the workforce in all-new distribution centers consist of qualified individuals with disabilities and the efforts to apply lessons learned in the new centers to all distribution centers; the reasons behind Walgreens Distribution Division’s efforts to become an inclusive employer and a video of the impact of an inclusive work environment will then be shown to demonstrate why we continue down this path. The sessions close with discussions of how Walgreens has spread the lessons learned to all parts of the company and other corporations.

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