Our DEIB Consulting Approach

Studies show effective Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) initiatives lead to increased employee engagement, improved productivity, better decision-making, enhanced innovation, and a stronger employer brand.

Your organization can achieve these results with the right approach. If you’re struggling to define or implement your “right approach,” our DEIB consulting services can get you where you want to be. We’ll meet with you to understand where your organization is on your DEIB journey, identify your short and long-term goals, and create a specific plan for how to accomplish your goals.

Maybe you’re at the beginning and need help developing a strategy that makes sense for your organization. Or perhaps you’ve started down the path to improving DEIB and need more targeted support with specific components of your program. Either way, our HR Business Advisors will apply years of experience to help transform your company culture.

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Building DEIB Initiatives

Step 1: Define your purpose

For organizations at the beginning of your journey, the first step is to identify and define the overall purpose of your DEIB program. We will help you to determine the reasons behind your initiatives and develop a vision to serve as the foundation from which you will build your program goals and objectives.

Step 2: Assess your current diversity landscape

Next, you will need to understand the current diversity landscape of your workforce. We can conduct a statistical analysis of your employee data as well as confidential employee surveys to gather honest feedback on your organization’s DEIB status.

Step 3: Identify strategic objectives

Utilizing the data gathered in Step 2, we help you establish SMART (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Timebound) goals to drive your strategic objectives.

Step 4: Create a DEIB Cultural Roadmap

If you don’t know where you’re going, it’s difficult to find the right path to get there. The same holds true for diversity initiatives. We help you to develop a Cultural Roadmap to define the objectives needed to meet your goals. This roadmap is built upon four pillars that represent the key aspects of a comprehensive DEIB plan: Attract, Belong, Promote, and Influence.

Want to learn more? Read our article about Building a DEI&B Cultural Roadmap.

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Sample DEIB Consulting Projects

When it comes to cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture, each organization’s needs will be as unique and distinct as its people. Having worked with companies representing a wide array of industries, we tailor our approach to meet the unique needs of your people, company, and your industry.

Below you’ll find a sampling of projects we’ve completed for clients in 3 key areas: Strategy and Surveys, Training, and Communication and Outreach. There is much more we can do – Contact Us to learn more.

DEIB Consulting – Strategy and Surveys

We can help you to assess your organization’s diversity makeup, understand employee perceptions of your diversity and inclusion efforts, identify gaps and opportunities, and build a strategy to achieve short and long-term goals with the following:

Employee Surveys – We create customized surveys or pulse points to assess your employees’ perceptions of your current Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging status. The surveys can identify implicit bias, pain points, gaps in your initiatives, and illustrate what employees would like to see/experience at your company. We analyze the results to provide data-driven recommendations.
DEIB Cultural Roadmap – To ensure you build your program on a solid foundation, we create a cultural roadmap built upon four key pillars: Attract, Belong, Promote, and Influence. Learn more about how to build a DEI&B Roadmap.
Compensation Analysis – We assess your current compensation practices to provide data-driven insight into your internal pay equity and competitive comparison to other organizations.
Succession Planning – We help you to build succession planning processes or modify your current processes to align and support your DEIB strategic initiatives.

Employee Diversity Survey debrief session.

Diversity-Focused Training

Staff Training – Develops an understanding of DEIB terminology, why it matters, and the role that staff members play in it. This engaging presentation maximizes understanding and information retention through employee-based discussions and activities.
Management Training – Focuses on understanding DEIB and strategies for managing a diverse workforce. Includes understanding how FMLA, ADA, and accommodations may come into play; how to have difficult conversations in the workplace in a safe and healthy manner; and more.
Executive Coaching – Provides executives with DEIB education and support, including coaching on how to handle challenges that arise.
Recruiting-Focused Training – Develops an understanding of the role of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the talent acquisition process, including best practices.

DEIB Consulting – Communication and Outreach

Employee Handbook Revision – Involves handbook review through a DEIB lens for opportunities to modify the language (i.e., changing “he/him” to “they/them”) and incorporate more inclusive policies (i.e., expanding a maternity policy to a parental leave policy).
Mission, Vision, Values, and Cultural Statements – We review and recommend revisions to these statements to ensure that your Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging commitment is reflected throughout your organization.
Communication Tools – We leverage internal and external communication channels by communicating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives and programming via your company newsletters, website, events calendar, social media, and more.
Community Involvement – Help to organize volunteer opportunities.

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Image of HR Advisor leading DEI&B consulting meeting.

Overcoming Barriers to Implementation

If you’re concerned that your organization may not have the time or financial resources to successfully implement meaningful DEIB initiatives, let us take that worry away.

As the saying goes, “When there’s a will, there’s a way.” Our Diversity and Inclusion experts tailor their approach and recommendations to design creative solutions to meet the unique needs and budgets of each client.

We can help you to identify and reach your DEIB goals.

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