From the course: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
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Inclusion and belonging to retain diverse talent
From the course: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Inclusion and belonging to retain diverse talent
- When we talk about engagement of diverse talent or retention of talent, people tend to desegregate the two as two different problems and they're one in the same. And here's how I think about it, imperfectly perfect. You can recruit great, amazing talent into the door with all their diversity. And if they don't see themselves being successful, surviving and thriving in the organization, that sense of accomplishment and future growth will diminish the time that they spend with you. So it's what Professor Greg Walton talks about in uncertainty in his research, that if I walk in and I don't see signals of others like me being successful and thriving, then I'm already one foot out your door. It's just a matter of time. So we spend a lot of money on recruiting other, looking for culture add, whatever those things are, and then if we're not worried about our own culture inside, we have missed half that equation. And so the best way…
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