It should be pretty obvious to anyone reading the news that many women and minorities don’t feel fully comfortable at work. From Hollywood to Silicon Valley and from factory floors to government halls, too many women and minorities feel they are not treated fairly and lack sufficient opportunity for advancement.
It’s easy to attribute both the positives and negatives of a work culture to the domains of HR leaders and the select C-level executives who choose to embrace the cause. And, while they play an important role in setting the tone and articulating the priorities, the reality is that an inclusive workplace culture is too big a task for HR to take on alone, and it’s even too big a task to take on in partnership with the CEO alone (though getting C-level buy-in makes it much more achievable).
