{"id":88955,"date":"2024-08-25T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/?p=88955"},"modified":"2024-08-25T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T14:00:48","slug":"all-business-relationships-start-with-you-embracing-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/2024\/08\/25\/all-business-relationships-start-with-you-embracing-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"All Business Relationships Start with You: Embracing Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"88955\" class=\"elementor elementor-88955\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27c2b6f dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27c2b6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c947c81 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"c947c81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-190be1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"190be1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td id=\"m_4473590423940467221text_div9539\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"622\"><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;\">The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) is a C-Suite role that is becoming more common with over 50% of Fortune 500 companies having that role as part of their organization.<\/span><\/p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The role of Chief Diversity Officer has been defined as being &#8220;responsible for creating, managing, and optimizing their work culture to be an equitable and fair environment for all employees&#8221;. We also think it includes building and maintaining effective business relationships which helps drive results and satisfaction levels.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The CDO understands and appreciates differences and works to ensure the following dimensions are not excluded from, but rather incorporated into the work culture:<\/span><br \/><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Class<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ethnicity<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gender and gender identity<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Income<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mental and physical abilities and characteristics<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Race<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Religion<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sexuality<\/span><\/li><\/ul><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x=3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHXMKk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x%3D3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHXMKk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724680319599000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2vRqlh0BZO3GCAuYg6Qe69\">Having an inclusive culture requires six principles<\/a>:<\/span><\/div><div><br \/><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Diversity and inclusion are to be considered business-critical, not compliance-necessary<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There\u2019s a focus both on diversity and inclusion to obtain superior performance<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Leaders must demonstrate behaviors such as courage, curiosity, and cultural intelligence<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Incorporate demographic diversity and diversity of thought into all talent management practices (ex. talent pipeline, talent acquisition, promotions, and leadership development)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Empower individuals to take action and be authentic, manage unconscious bias effectively, and leverage the support of mentors and sponsors as needed<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Create accountability and share measurements about diversity and inclusion-related activities and their impacts<\/span><\/li><\/ol><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ultimate goal is to create a work culture of trust, transparency, and accountability with open lines of communication and a sense of fairness. When this type of work environment exists, morale, satisfaction surveys, accountability, productivity, and innovation will all increase.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You may not have a CDO at your place of work, but is there anything you can do to incorporate the 6 principles and strengthen your work culture?<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mike and Jan<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" name=\"m_-1980383578849057307__Hlk106720458\"><\/a><\/span><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"m_4473590423940467221__Hlk106720458\"><\/a>The\u00a0<b>chief diversity officer<\/b>\u00a0(<b>CDO<\/b>) is an organization&#8217;s executive level\u00a0<a title=\"Multiculturalism\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x=3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHbDIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x%3D3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHbDIU&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724680319599000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3X49ARI30ICz6cQMX101Z1\">diversity<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Inclusion (value and practice)\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x=3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHbDIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x%3D3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHbDIk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724680319599000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3frpOpvIlhVlR29Pk39Ee5\">inclusion<\/a>\u00a0strategist, whose job may include, but is not limited to, addressing discrimination in the workplace, launching initiatives to change the organizational culture, and increasing the range of backgrounds and the representation of various groups in staff, volunteers, and\/or management.<br \/>Roughly 52% of\u00a0<a title=\"Fortune 500\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x=3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHbDI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.emlnk9.com\/lt.php?x%3D3DZy~GDEKnCbE5F_zt1NV.Zx3H6niNggvuszXHTLKnWh6p_7zky.zulz142hiN~wnulAZHbDI0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724680319599000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1C20SnEQQy5HW537tD9f-f\">Fortune 500<\/a>\u00a0companies employ diversity officers.<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"m_4473590423940467221__Hlk106720458\"><\/a>&#8211;Wikipedia<\/h4><\/div><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) is a C-Suite role that is becoming more common with over 50% of Fortune 500 companies having that role as part of their organization. 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