Diversity Beyond the Committee (Episode 46)

This week on the podcast Shaunna and Lisa take on questions from a listener that expand on their conversation around DEI Committees. Committees often face resistance from different areas or leaders within their larger organization. This may be due to budgetary concerns, unwillingness to embrace change, unbalanced power dynamics, or unrealistic expectations of what the committee can accomplish. Shaunna and Lisa guide us through all of these challenges and offer their expertise on how DEI committee members can start to address them.

They also remind us that it is important for committees to acknowledge when they should advocate for hiring an external DEI expert, and explain how companies can and should shift from seeing this as an “expense” to an investment in the future of their company. The value of hiring an external DEI expert should not be underestimated, as they are able to come in with an unbiased view of the policies and practices currently in place within an organization. Shaunna and Lisa outline how committees can articulate the importance of this to decision-makers within their organization, and help them realize how it will benefit them in the long run both socially and also financially.

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