Don't Let Your DE&I Efforts Slip

My article for the May 2023 issue of PRSA Strategies & Tactics is now available: Don't Let Your DE&I Efforts Slip.

*Special thanks to my friend Wendy Amengual Wark, DE&I and EEO consultant, for meeting with me and sharing her insights while I worked on this piece.*

In early 2020, there was an incredible amount of momentum industrywide with corporations making DE&I efforts a priority in their organizations. As employees were processing ongoing acts of systemic racial injustice, leaders commenced launching and implementing initiatives aimed at improving their workplaces across hiring, employee experiences and policies. We saw the creation of new roles, such as “Chief Diversity Officer,” being championed and celebrated. Businesses embraced transparency, and began sharing areas where they were falling short, and the steps that they were taking with their internal and external stakeholders. As we enter the second quarter of 2023, the country is in a state of economic instability. The pandemic is winding down, but business leaders remain cautious, and we are now witnessing budget cuts, more attacks on human rights, mass layoffs, looming financial crises and more. So, how are things in DE&I changing? Read more here.