Establish goals for diversity, establish metrics to measure your current state and progress towards those goals, and then regularly review and take action to make progress. Establishing goals requires knowing what data to collect and how to benchmark it, which in turn creates a foundation for successfully meeting those goals. You will at a minimum need to monitor and make available metrics related to hiring, compensation and career advancement.
*Small Business Pro Tip: Discuss with HR what metrics you already are tracking, and identify additional metrics. Set goals with leadership and input from employees.
Resources
- CAPE Inclusion can help you establish achievable goals that are unique to your company. By doing this you can better allocate resources to get ROI on your DEI program. It also more accurately holds your company accountable with metrics to show outcomes.
- More resources will be made available once accountability metrics for the Inclusive Economy are agreed upon.