Kaiser’s Diversity & Inclusion work is centered on helping organizations improve performance in hiring, developing, and retaining women, ethnic and other minority populations at the systemic level, across all career stages, from entry-level to the most senior positions.
We recognize that organizations embark on diversity and inclusion initiatives with varying objectives and intended audiences. For example, some organizations focus their D&I efforts primarily on women, whereas others target individuals with unique backgrounds. Kaiser’s Diversity & Inclusion offering enhances an employer’s ability to leverage the distinct backgrounds and experiences of these targeted employee populations.
We help organizations establish a competitive edge by addressing necessary systemic improvements. By taking an enterprise wide view of your processes, culture and business environment, we can design adjustments that are practical for the organization and truly move the needle.
For more detailed insight on this topic, as well as case study examples of how we approach Diversity & Inclusion efforts from a systemic point of view, please register to receive our complimentary report: Diversity & Inclusion: A Competitive Imperative.
The Need for Diversity & Inclusion Efforts
Due to dramatically changing workforce demographics, women and other minority populations will constitute an increasingly larger portion of the talent pool, as well as of customer and other stakeholder communities, over the next five years:
- U.S. census projections estimate that women will comprise 47% of the U.S. workforce by 2016 (U.S. Census Projections)
- Meanwhile, the buying power of “people of color” (specifically, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos/Latinas, and Native Americans) is already growing at a faster rate than that of Caucasians (Catalyst Research)
These shifting demographics and purchasing power trends directly influence organizations’ ability to reach their customers and key stakeholders. Organizations whose talent reflects a broad array of backgrounds and perspectives will be best equipped to cultivate relationships with their increasingly diverse audiences.
Given the evolving workforce demographics and increasing competition for talent, Corporate Diversity initiatives are quickly becoming business imperatives. Many organizations have realized that in order to achieve success in the marketplace, they first need to attract, support, and retain a diverse talent pool. In fact, an SVP of Human Resources at a $6 billion company recently told Kaiser Associates:
“It’s no longer a competitive advantage for us to improve our firm’s diversity. It has now become a competitive disadvantage not to do so”
Organizations seeking to protect or develop a competitive advantage are well-advised to develop robust Diversity & Inclusion strategies.
Kaiser’s Perspective on Diversity & Inclusion
Kaiser believes that Diversity & Inclusion strategies are most effective when they are highly customized for an organization and address the underlying and systemic elements that comprise the enterprise. We know that grounding a Diversity & Inclusion effort in the unique culture of an organization is critical for realizing a significant, lasting impact on the company’s leadership and diversity success stories.
To gain additional perspective on our work, please register to receive our complimentary report: Diversity & Inclusion: A Competitive Imperative.
Kaiser’s Diversity & Inclusion Service Offering
Our Diversity & Inclusion work is distinctive in that we employ a rigorous, analytical, and pragmatic renewal approach that can drive measureable improvement toward the goal of an inclusive and meritocratic workplace. We take a multi-faceted, strategic approach that includes the following steps:
- Robust diagnostic analysis of the current experience of employees
- Development of a renewed vision and operational blueprint for an enhanced system
- Design of recommend programs, processes, and tools based on proven practices
- Piloting of the proposed program changes
- Facilitated implementation
- Communication and change management planning
- Initiative measurement and refinement to ensure relevance and future success
Kaiser provides end-to-end support across all of the aforementioned stages of a Diversity & Inclusion renewal effort, or targeted support in specific areas. Contact us for additional insight on Kaiser’s Diversity & Inclusion perspective and the impact of our work.