Building Better Organizations

6 ▪ Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity

Adopt a Bias for Radical Transparency and Belonging

To overcome deeply embedded historical practices and craft equitable workplaces where everyone feels they belong, today’s organizations must provide more than window dressing. They must harness the power of radical transparency to create policies and practices that satisfy new social demands and integrate respect, empathy, and fairness into the organization’s very fabric.

By now, most leaders understand, at least in theory, that to be healthy—to grow and thrive—companies need to be equitable, inclusive, and diverse (EID). Most leaders have seen the numbers to support that notion. For example, inclusive organizations are eight times more likely to achieve ...