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Unlike most organizational initiatives, Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion programs and processes are flexible, open-ended
enterprises that require evolution and nurturing. The key to
achieving success is to take a strategic approach that touches
all aspects of the organization, cultivating a new language for
how the company sees itself and performs its mission.
A holistic approach to DEI starts by establishing
values across the organization including
trust, transparency, and accountability.
Understanding that these values must permeate every aspect
of how an organization operates and communicates is essen-
tial, beginning on the individual level. Every employee, leader
and executive needs to recognize – and regard – the organi-
zation's DEI principles and their roles and responsibilities to
apply and promote them in everything they do.
In addition to programmatic considerations,
organizations need to have systems in
place to facilitate DEI initiatives.
Utilizing technology, governance practices (such as diversity
councils to manage enterprise-wide efforts), and oversite
tools to measure progress, make adjustments and ensure
readiness to adapt to change and new challenges establish
system supports that make a continuous, holistic DEI vision
possible.
STRATEGY 1
Embrace a Holistic
Approach to Create a
New Business Culture
Organization Individual
Systems Programmatic
Inclusive
Culture
Source: Brandon Hall Group
