Despite ongoing conversations about the business benefits of diversity and inclusion in the workplace—and the data to illustrate that diverse and inclusive companies are more successful—only 53% of employees believe their employer is meeting its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals. Diverse employees still feel excluded from opportunities and underpaid, and the pandemic has only exacerbated this problem and amplified preexisting inequities.
Simply establishing DEI initiatives doesn’t make for a more diverse, equal, and inclusive team. DEI is not about meeting hiring metrics or staffing teams with people who check the right boxes. Sure, metrics are important and can shed valuable light on where change must occur.
