Developing a DEI Initiative

It’s important to develop a strategy that seeks to improve the hiring, development, advancement, and retention of employees who belong to historically underrepresented and marginalized groups. Our course, Developing a DE&I Initiative, teaches you how to determine the need for change and design, develop, and evaluate a DE&I strategy. We’ll show you how to compile demographic data, survey employees, and identify areas of concern. You’ll also learn how to communicate to employees that disclosing their demographic information is optional and that it will be kept confidential.

We’ll explore how to align DE&I strategy with companywide and divisional business objectives, the process of developing an action plan, and how to assign actions to specific stakeholders.  You’ll also learn how to set effective timeframes and deadlines for completing action items and how to evaluate the success of the strategy once it’s implemented.  We’ll focus on DE&I strategy success metrics, such as hiring and retention rates of employees in historically marginalized groups.  We’ll also cover the importance of communicating success and ensuring accountability using DE&I annual reports and dashboards.   

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the need for DE&I change
• Design a DE&I strategy
• Implement a DE&I strategy
• Evaluate a DE&I strategy