CHAPTER 8

What’s Next?

The future of work is changing. Each successive generation is getting more and more diverse and bringing different expectations around DEIB to the workplace.1 For millennials and generation Z, diversity and inclusion in the workplace are not nice-to-haves. They are need-to-haves. More younger professionals are prioritizing alignment with personal values in where they choose to work.2 And for companies to remain competitive and attract these workers into their workforce, they must respond. Yet as of the first quarter 2020, only 39 percent of the Fortune 500 had a diversity executive with the title of “director” or higher on their roster.3 What are the rest of y’all doing? Reading this book is a good start. Now turn it ...

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