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It’s challenging to hit a bull’s-eye if you don’t have a target in sight. Similarly, your diversity council can only be successful if there are defined goals to achieve. These goals can be demographic but also can deal with areas such as procurement, participation in employee-resource groups and mentoring, and diversity training.
In the 2,687-word Effective Diversity Councils: A DiversityInc Roundtable article, Jennifer Christie, chief diversity officer and vice president of executive recruitment at American Express (No. 13 in the DiversityInc Top 50); Raymond Arroyo, chief diversity officer, Aetna (No. 19); and Kathy Hannan, national managing partner, diversity and corporate social responsibility, KPMG (No. 29), discuss the best practices of effective diversity councils.
Among the best practices, readers will learn:
- The different types of diversity-council structures and how metrics and goals are developed
- How involved the CEO should be in diversity-council initiatives and why visibility is a key component for success
- Why 60 percent of DiversityInc Top 50 companies link compensation to diversity goals and what pushback and challenges are common when instituting this practice
- Why employee-resource-group leaders should be included on the council in rotational roles
Additionally, watch the DiversityInc Council Webinar for a comprehensive diversity seminar with diversity-council best practices from IBM (No. 7) and JCPenney (No. 35).
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