Use Tools to Help You Make DEI Practical
Do you ever feel like you could use a guide or tangible resource to help you better understand complex concepts?
We curated a list of tools that our clients love and we’re sharing them with you for FREE. Check back often to see what gets added. If you sign up for our newsletter below, you’ll be the first to know!
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Bias-Conscious Self-Assessment
Taken directly from Charmaine Utz’s book, Bias-Conscious Leadership, this initial assessment is available as a resource to do a pulse check on yourself as a leader, your teams, and your organization.
This is for professionals who hold the responsibility of leading people in any capacity and are interested in identifying areas they may be causing unintended harm.
Common Leader Responses to DEI Needs Assessments
This infographic has helped our partners spark necessary conversations about feelings related to DEI needs assessments so we are sharing it with you! It can help gauge your agency’s readiness or address common stuck points that hinder deeper work.
It highlights the importance of promoting feedback, creating a culturally safe environment, acknowledging white supremacy culture, and actively engaging in learning and dismantling harmful standards.
This is for leaders who want to move beyond performative actions and commit to meaningful change towards achieving DEI goals.
Equity-Minded Group Agreements
Our network of consultants use these agreements to guide our work with partners and interactions with each other. We recognize these may not work as a cookie cutter fix for everyone, but we believe they can serve as a strong point of reference as teams seek to create their own agreements.
This is for professionals in any role across industries who are facilitating and/or are responsible for co-creating shared spaces in workplaces and want clear language to guide deeper conversations.
How to Create Shared Language in Your Organization
This document captures a method we created to help our partners establish a shared language within their organization by outlining what to do with practical tips for HOW to do it.
Core to our approach is using a process of co-creation. When done thoughtfully with space and time, you will likely notice that the task you've taken on isn't about the words that go on paper or your screen... it's always about HOW relationships took center stage throughout the journey.
This is for leaders, individuals, and/or groups who desire to move DEI work forward and need to build a foundation of learning to co-create while establishing shared language.
5 Barriers & 5 Solutions to Creating Shared Language
Knowing what lies ahead can give organizations a better idea of the work they are taking on. We put together this document to illustrate our experiences of the five most common roadblocks that stop agencies from starting the process of co-creation or halting efforts already in play. For each area, we then came up tangible tips to help you address issues that might be in your way.
This is for leaders, individuals, and/or groups who desire to move DEI work forward and need to build a foundation of learning to co-create while establishing shared language.