Retention

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

Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture

Guide for building a Race Equity Culture – one that is focused on proactive counteraction of race inequities inside and outside of an organization. Building a Race Equity Culture is the foundational work when organizations seek to advance race equity; it creates the conditions that help us to adopt anti-racist mindsets and actions as individuals, and to center race equity in our life and in our work.
February 19, 2021

You’re Not Serious about Equity If You Don’t Post Salaries

“When you’re not willing to post salaries, you’re telling potential applicants that you’re not committed to equity and that you don’t respect their time. Why would you want to start the relationship this way? And more importantly, why should anyone want to work for you?”
February 19, 2021

Closing the Racial Leadership Gap Part 2

Outlining key strategies nonprofit leadership can use to make the hiring and promotion process more equitable.
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
February 19, 2021

Compaas Index

Tools for pay transparency and understanding compensation distribution in your company or organization
February 19, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion Councils

Presentation on how best to form and establish Diversity and Inclusion Councils at your company or organization. Provides case studies of how other companies have approached it and things you should consider for a successful council.
February 19, 2021

SMARTIE Goals Worksheet

Adding equity and inclusion (“IE”) to the typical “SMART” goals framework to help bake in these lenses into goal-setting and work planning