Employers and their employees have shouldered heavy burdens since COVID-19 struck more than a year and a half ago. Normal priorities went by the wayside under the pandemic strain as companies and workers abruptly moved to remote work while dealing with rampant illness and its accompanying anxiety and grief.
But now as employers are contemplating what the new normal will be, many are thinking about how to get priorities back on track. And making sure diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging don’t fall through the cracks is top of mind for Sonja Gittens Ottley, head of diversity and inclusion at the San Francisco-based work management platform Asana.