Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are all essential for creating a safe and engaged workplace environment. Learning leaders must strive to fully incorporate and champion DEIB in an organization’s training and development strategy in order to maintain a healthy workplace culture.
Belonging: the No. 1 intervention for restoring hope in D&I
To build a team that can celebrate authentic and meaningful diversity and inclusion as a credence rather than an overture, organizations must do what they have never done before. With high intention, they can cultivate a belonging credence as an intervention to systemic bias, prejudice and discrimination.
Women’s leadership organizations are filling the power gap
To ensure women are supported with the networks and tools for successful career growth and close the power gap, leaders must think outside of the limits of their organization.
Foster inclusion and belonging by involving all of your employees in company culture change
While sustainable culture change must start at the top and include organizational accountability, it must also involve all employees, collectively learning and working together to shift processes, behaviors and attitudes.
Creating a culture of caring means supporting non-native English speakers, too
Providing greater support for immigrant and refugee workers and their families is critical for the health and sustainability of our economy and future of work.
Building a culture of DEIB with L&D
L&D and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are becoming more involved in collaborative efforts to accelerate the advancement of inclusive leadership and principles of allyship.
Providing healing, promoting hope: Allyship in action
CLO columnist Rosina Racioppi discusses allyship through hope and healing during Women’s History Month and beyond.
Video: Championing Black female leaders before they enter the workplace
Jamila Trimuel, founder and CEO of Ladies of Virtue, a mentoring program for Black girls, speaks about supporting grassroots mentoring programs and the importance of mentorship and community engagement to fortify strong Black female leaders.
Using flexible leadership development solutions to combat the SHEcession
As you plan leadership development initiatives for 2022 and beyond, consider these four opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the careers of women leaders.
5 ways to integrate DEI into L&D
Here are five actionable takeaways for combining your DEI efforts with learning and development.
Investing in an inclusive workforce is a national readiness imperative
Talent leaders have a profound opportunity to meet today’s hiring needs while building a stronger workforce. At Lockheed Martin, building more inclusive talent pipelines is vital to the success of the company and its mission.
The future of diversity and apprenticeships in construction
Construction requires a highly diverse skill set, and yet, diversity within the construction workforce remains underrepresented, despite the variety of roles available. Apprenticeships can help address this problem.
Integrate DEI into your leadership development
When DEI learning and development is treated as a separate training to other leadership development offerings, they are almost never treated with the same level of importance by leaders.
Can better leadership skills unlock greater wellbeing at work?
As more organizations prioritize mental health at work, effective management skills may be the best medicine to heal an ailing workforce.
Getting to the truth of DEI program effectiveness with ‘organizational justice’
Widespread movements for racial justice and gender equality have created a dramatic shift in public awareness and set a higher bar for corporate accountability. The message to employers is pretty straightforward: Do better, or face the consequences.
