S03 E05: How can leaders prevent DEI fallouts & improve sense of belonging
In this episode of CultureClub X powered by CultureMonkey, we have with us Shelley Smith, Founder & CEO at Premier Rapport, who discusses with us about how leaders can prevent DEI fallouts and improve the sense of belonging for their organization.
About Shelley
Shelley Smith is a best-selling author, consultant, and Founder & CEO of Premier Rapport consulting firm. Her experience over the past 35+ years has earned her a reputation as the Creator of the Culture Inquiry in businesses globally.
Shelley has worked with mid-size businesses, enterprises, and national and multinational corporations that seek to create an intentional workplace culture that creates a healthy work environment and yields savings to the bottom line.
Her clientele includes well recognised organizations like – Marriott international, Ferguson, Mitsubishi chemical, Virginia premier, PB Mares to name a few.
She is also a notable alumni of Cornell university.
Here’s a gist of what Shelley speaks about in this video:
The importance of aligning vision and mission statements at all levels – from the leadership team to every other employee in the organization. She also discusses how a lot of organizations miss having a culture statement which often leads to confusion when implementing DEI policies.
The need for creating an organizational culture that is unique to any organization. Just copying something that a larger or bigger brand is doing will almost always result in catastrophic failure.
The importance of sticking to the process that organizations formulate for change management and keeping on that track to see visible progress. Building a great culture takes consistent effort.
The need to benchmark and have an understanding of what the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion objectives are. She also stresses on how a lot of companies collect employee sentiment but fail to effectively use them to take visible actions.
How not just HRs but everyone needs to be the custodian of employee engagement in an organization. Anyone who is a people manager needs to be all on the same page and needs to feel like they have that ownership of all of DEI elements.
Catch all this and more with Shelley Smith in S03 E05 of CultureClub X. Do read the transcript of the full episode to gain more insights.
