NXP is on a journey to advance and sustain a collaborative and engaging environment globally where everyone is equipped to innovate and contribute to making the connected world better, safer and more secure. We are thereby making NXP the technology company where the most talented people choose to work.
Promoting a truly inclusive environment is a journey. When we think about inclusion at NXP, it’s about accepting everyone and welcoming different ideas and perspectives. It’s about having a genuine feeling that it’s not only okay to speak up — it’s expected.
We want every team member around the world to feel like NXP is the place where they want to be and where they feel they belong. Where they can collaborate with colleagues locally and globally, push the boundaries of technology and grow careers. Trust and respect are not only the foundation of our company values; they are essential for an inclusive environment. It’s about the behaviors we demonstrate, the processes we put in place and the environment we cultivate.
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As a leading global technology company, NXP has an established diversity, equality and inclusion (DE&I) policy along with aspirational representation goals at all levels. Embedding inclusion across the company enables our team members to embrace this diversity.
We encourage the voices of our team members in our diversity efforts through our Employee Resource Groups and by developing action plans based on feedback from our company-wide engagement survey, among other methods. Additionally, we engage the top leadership across our businesses to ensure accountability for our progress.
At NXP, we embrace inclusive practices and policies to embed inclusion deeper within our company. For instance, through our practice of Inclusion Insights, we begin formal team meetings with brief conversations about an inclusion topic or with someone sharing a relevant experience. Since implementing the initiative, team members have shared that these discussions have had a positive influence on their lives in and outside of the workplace.
We encourage team members to be more self-aware when it comes to their personal bias and preferences, proactively assert themselves when it comes to opportunities and be open to different people and ways of thinking. True inclusion requires demonstrated, intentionally inclusive practices and embracing everyone as they are, uniquely.
Every team member within NXP has a direct impact on the work environment, but that’s especially true for managers. Therefore, we’re diving deeper into managing from the framework of our core values, which are built on a foundation of trust and respect through our NXP Manager Intensive (NMI) and unconscious bias training programs across the company.
While we focus on the development of all our team members, we pay special attention to the development of women and minorities who are underrepresented in our industry. We partner with professional associations like the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). We also focus on inspiring younger women and minorities by promoting awareness of the unique benefits of a STEM education and career.
In 2023, NXP was recognized as one of three finalists for GSA’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), Designing the Difference Award. This award recognizes companies making a significant and measurable impact on advancing the industry through diversity and inclusion.
Sherry Alexander is Vice President and Head of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion for NXP Semiconductors. In this global role, she is responsible for developing and executing the diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy across the company’s workforce while enabling NXP’s business performance.