Leadership Development

February 19, 2021

Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

A 2019 update report on the 2016 Race to Lead report that shows that conditions have worsened for the advancement of POCs in the nonprofit sector. White people are still found to be more likely to have various kinds of career support than people of color, particularly when looking at role models.
February 19, 2021

Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

A report on the results of a national survey of over 4,000 respondents revealing disparities in leadership representation in the nonprofit sector. Findings include more similarities than differences in the background and preparation between white and POC respondents, but POCs face unspoken and unconscious biases that prevent those with the hiring power from fairly assessing, recognizing, and valuing their potential.
February 19, 2021

Advancing Frontline Employees of Color

Research makes the case for why creating a pipeline of diverse frontline staff supports your company’s bottom line and helps avoid turnover, while also advancing equitable outcomes
February 19, 2021

Tech companies are asking their black employee groups to fix Silicon Valley’s race problem – often for free

Clarifying the appropriate role of employee resource groups (ERGs) and understanding the value and the limitations of these groups in enacting systemic change, particularly in the Silicon Valley tech realm.
February 19, 2021

Looking to do right by your Black employees? Start by renegotiating the terms of your ERGs for Black talent

How to address the ways that affinity groups/employee resource groups (ERGs) can create a burden of uncompensated labor on Black talent at your company/organization and make them a more successful and supportive resource.
February 19, 2021

Investing in Black Liberation: An Update from Community Vision

Community Vision shares how they have applied a racial equity lens to their grantmaking and internal practices and developed a scorecard to measure how well they are doing in their initiatives.
February 19, 2021

Who Will Lead Community Development Corporations?

The community development world has a racial representation problem, especially in its top leadership.
February 19, 2021

It’s Performance Management Season: Time for Some Inclusion Nudges

Explaining how unconscious bias can affect the way that performance is measured across companies and emphasizing the need to address biases ahead of time
February 19, 2021

Commentary: Chief diversity officers should be more than figureheads

Understanding why Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) must be in roles that are integrated fully into companies and have buy-in and collaboration with executive level staff
February 19, 2021

What is a Chief Diversity Officer and Why Does Your Company Need One?

Making the argument for why hiring a Chief Diversity Officer can be beneficial to your organization in helping to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion goals