Resources

About: The members of the D&I Shapers community by OPIM created a focus group to dive into the topic of ideal company culture from the perspective of diversity, equity and inclusion. The outcomes from the focus group are wrapped up the mini cookbook.

Highlight: Practical tools and local programs on developing and sustaining DEI company culture in the companies based in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: inclusive culture, best practice

About: This article is the first in a (BSG's) series focusing on improving the impact of DEI initiatives.

Highlight: You can't overcome diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges if you try to fit each of your employees into simple, stringent categories.

Keywords: diversity, equity, inclusion, DEI strategies

About: Diversity Wins is the third in a McKinsey series investigating the business case for diversity, following Why Diversity Matters (2015) and Delivering through Diversity (2018). It shows how some companies are winning through diversity—and how others can do the same.

Highlight: This report shows not only that the business case remains robust, but also that the relationship between diversity on executive teams and the likelihood of financial outperformance is now even stronger than before.

Keywords: gap between diversity leaders and laggards, gender diversity, ethnic diversity, belonging

About: This paper takes on the challenge of inclusion, with a specific focus on the traits and abilities necessary to become an inclusive leader.

Highlight: Optimizing diversity by leveraging the power of inclusion. With inclusion, organizations can capture a competitive advantage from changing demographics across the workplace and in the marketplace. An organization with a reputation for inclusiveness becomes a magnet, attracting top diverse talent.

Keywords: inclusive leadership, cultural drivers, diverse workplaces

About: This study hypothesizes that a model of inclusion analyzing the pressure to conform might be beneficial to historically underrepresented groups. Indeed, given that everyone has an authentic self, a culture of greater authenticity might benefit all individuals, including the straight Whitemen who have traditionally been left out of the inclusion paradigm. To test this theory, this research draws on the concept of "covering."

Highlight: As the workforce becomes more diverse, this pressure to conform—real or perceived—will be felt ever more keenly. The Uncovering Talent model addresses that pressure directly.

Keywords: inclusion, covering, pressure to conform