DEI leaders have a responsibility to develop inclusionary practices for those with disabilities. What are you doing to truly include people with disabilities when you have a hybrid workforce? What systems are in place to receive, evaluate, and respond to accommodation requests? DEI Board members…
New vaccine mandates have created obstacles for leaders of diversity, equity, and inclusion to effectively recruit diverse candidates and create inclusive hiring practices. How are you bringing diverse talent into your organization while ensuring safe work environments for existing employees? DEI Board members are having…
Establishing pay equity throughout your organization can be a huge win for your initiatives. But achieving it can be challenging. How far has your organization come in addressing pay inequity? What’s your response when you discover pay disparities that are not in line with your…
When implementing DEI initiatives in your organization, are you facing challenges of pushing unwilling professionals from diverse communities into the spotlight? Are your initiatives being perceived as extreme reactions to current issues? How are you addressing pushback from colleagues against your strategies while empowering others…
Educating people throughout your organization on the ROI of diverse suppliers can be important to driving your DEI initiatives. How can you ensure that your supplier diversity program addresses discrimination and creates lasting change? How are you establishing efficient outreach to work with diverse suppliers…
When it comes to workplace harassment, you can’t afford missteps. What could you be doing to better protect your organization’s employees from harassment? How are you auditing and improving internal systems for reporting harassment? Are you educating around anti-harassment to promote values of inclusion and…
Major hospitals, big tech, and large corporations have begun mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for employees. Every DEI leader now faces (yet again) a new challenge: How do we ensure that important workplace decisions take into account their impact on inclusion and belonging within the organization? DEI…
Reporting on your DEI strategy is a golden opportunity to tell a compelling story with your data. How do you decide what data to share with leadership, company-wide, and the public? How do you identify methods for delivering the information? How do you manage input…
Within the past year, DEI leaders across organizations have set or reset their long-term representation hiring goals. How are you candidly self-assessing progress towards your commitments? Goal setting: What did you factor into the decision? How many years do your goals go out? Did you…
As a DEI leader, what guidance and considerations are you adding to your company’s return-to-workplace plans to further your organization-wide goals to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace? How are you addressing long-term implications on diverse talent with new workplace policies? How are you…