As Global Diversity Awareness Month winds down, has your organization been paying tribute to the diverse minds and beliefs held by all the cultures represented in your workforce? If not, this is an ideal opportunity to make inclusivity a priority in your workplace.

According to our 2022 Future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion research report, most of today's organizations lack mature and effective diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) programs. Findings reveal that the organizations that do have successful DEIB programs tend to share a range of characteristics and practices. In short, to do DEIB well, these organizations comprehensively define and work intentional strategies.

• About two-fifths (44%) agree or strongly agree that DEIB plays a role in strategic planning
• Slightly fewer make DEIB initiatives quite visible to the workforce (41%) and formally integrate their DEIB frameworks into their business strategies (32%)

Given that few companies are incorporating DEIB into talent management, onboarding and benefits processes and that DEIB effectiveness overall is so low, it is possible that many organizations are leaving out key DEIB elements in their strategic plans and are not spending adequate time integrating their frameworks into their business objectives. This lack of adequate planning makes it more difficult for DEIB to be truly visible to their workforces.

Professional Education to Boost Your DEIB Efforts

In last week's newsletter, we introduced our new "Learning-As-A-Service'' offering, HR.education for Enterprise. Through HR.education, we offer hundreds of courses on a wide array of topics, including many to help expand the DEIB efforts within your organization. With Learning-As-A-Service, we offer a more comprehensive learning experience that not only encompasses DEI but also the expanded definition to include "belonging".

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Disrupt Implicit Bias in Your World - Reduce implicit bias in the workplace and gain the knowledge, tools, and skills to effectively implement DEI processes that are free of bias.

Move Beyond DEI for Wellness - Understand how to optimize workplace wellness through inclusivity of all employees.

Creating Respectful Workplaces for LGBTQ+ Employees - Learn expert strategies for developing a safe and accepting workplace for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Visit hr.com/education for a full list of all of the courses we offer.