Consulting Services
Diversity and Inclusion Climate Assessment
The objective of a diversity and inclusion assessment is to quantify employees’ attitudes, beliefs and experiences related to diversity. Recommendations in key areas will allow the company to:
- Leverage strengths
- Highlight issues that may be inhibiting organizational success
- Identify points for improving employee engagement that will be incorporated in business planning and strategy
Deliverable Options
- Facilitation of focus groups to gauge perceptions
- Development of assessment questions and validity/reliability analysis
- Pilot implementation and analysis of results
- Data analysis and report-out
- Outline of program recommendations
A diversity and inclusion climate assessment serves as formal internal benchmark, highlighting opportunities most important and impactful to employees. The assessment results will help to build a roadmap for future diversity and inclusion programming over the ensuing 1-3 years.
Cultural Business Audit
A cultural audit assesses company programs and practices which contribute to ̶ or potentially hinder ̶ inclusion, diversity and cultural awareness. Conducting an audit and implementing recommended actions can enable organizations to:
- Leverage strengths
- Highlight issues that may be inhibiting organizational success
- Incorporate employee engagement opportunities into business planning and strategy
Organizational cultural characteristics can be reviewed to understand deeply rooted norms, values in action, drivers of behavior and existing characteristics. The following areas may be included:
- Business practices (e.g. mission and vision statements, recruitment, onboarding, incentives, purchasing and marketing)
- Employee turnover
- Leader and employee input, via interviews or focus groups.
The findings, as well as the recommendations, are shared from the following perspectives, connecting them to overall organizational objectives:
- Human capital
- Customer (interactions and how to expand)
- Procurement (supplier diversity)
- Marketing/brand (community outreach – sponsorship partnership creation)
Diversity and Inclusion Change Management Consulting
Leadership alignment is critical in the advancement of diversity and inclusion. Leaders are critical to sustaining a diversity and inclusion vision. It is important that the leadership team is not only onboard and supportive, but actively demonstrates their commitment, communicating the same message to employees. Alignment among leaders is imperative for setting appropriate expectations with employees.
Key Deliverables
- Articulation and cascading of the business case and CEO commitment to galvanize the organization
- Develop language for diversity and inclusion in the company’s mission and vision statements
- Definition of inclusion and diversity governance structure
- Communication plan and leadership awareness materials development
- Clarification of priorities based on the drivers of the business-growth strategy
- External benchmark data
- Crafting a targeted portfolio of inclusion and diversity initiatives to transform the organization
- Tailoring the strategy to maximize local impact
Employee Resource Group Development
Corporate College understands the importance of change management to drive organizational culture transformation. Building awareness, buy-in and alignment are critical to diversity and inclusion programming. Our team will partner with an organization’s internal resources.
Consultative service assistance may include:
- Establish rules of engagement
- Charter development
- Executive sponsorship information
- Communication planning