how inclusive is your organization?
Take this quiz to see how your DEI strategies measure up, and how you can make them even more impactful.
Does your leadership team come from diverse backgrounds and represent different identities?
1/10
Companies in the top 25th percentile for gender diversity on their executive teams were 21% more likely to experience above-average profits.
Does your organization openly support those who are gender nonconforming in ways such as removing gendered language from documents or having gender inclusive bathrooms?
2/10
This includes things such as creating a culture where employees feel welcome to openly display their pronouns in places like email signatures or using gender neutral language in company-wide announcements.
Anti-discrimination policies state that your organization does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations.
Are you investing in your employees with extensive diversity-based trainings that go beyond the old standard of unconscious bias or cultural competency workshops?
4/10
Investing in these types of trainings can help your employees identify their own internal biases, as well as provide strategies to eliminate micro-aggressions in the workplace.
Do you offer inclusive policies such as remote work and/or mental health support to all employees?
5/10
A flexible work schedule was the #3 benefit parents wanted most in our Future of Family Friendly Benefits survey.
Do you support and hire those with different abilities across all areas of the organization?
6/10
This starts with workplace culture - make sure your communication with all stakeholders is accessible, provide usable and accessible technology, and create a welcoming environment for all.
Does your organization have measurements of success that you review quarterly to determine if your DEI initiatives are making a difference?
7/10
Ways to do this at your organization include making sure that all divisions and teams have set DEI goals, interviewing diverse candidates, and creating company-wide projects that make your organization more inclusive.
Does your organization offer family leave benefits that include all parents, including those of adopted children or same-sex couples?
8/10
Our Family Fund program helps families navigate and pay for their family-building options and/or caregiving needs, resulting in equitable coverage of diverse family well-being needs.
Does your organization have a diversity task force or other ways that give employees a voice in the DEI efforts at your organization?
9/10
By representing an array of people, diversity task forces provide diverse perspectives on how processes and structures within an organization can be more inclusive.
If you do have these groups, it’s important to also make sure they’re funded and supported by leadership at your organization. Without proper advocacy from those in charge, these groups could fizzle and die out.
