Data-Driven DEI

STEP 1DEI Inventory for People—Seek Understanding

If you can't measure it, it will be harder to manage it.

If you don't assess it, it will be more difficult to address it.

Data‐Driven DEI—Step 1: DEI Inventory for People

A DEI inventory for people—a personal DEI assessment—collects data from you, typically in the form of a questionnaire, survey, or form and, in doing so, delivers two valuable outputs:

1. A profile—a report containing data and a descriptive representation of you based on the assessment's area(s) of focus. The profile summarizes insights, findings, and/or recommendations specific to you and your personal DEI journey.
2. A baseline—a starting data point and/or reference data point to gauge progress along your personal DEI journey. The baseline provides the means to evaluate your learning, development, and growth.

A personal DEI assessment helps you understand where you are personally and determine where you want to go. Step 1: DEI Inventory is the most important step of the Data‐Driven DEI five‐step cycle because your DEI strategic plan will only be as good as your DEI assessment. As you will see in our final Step 5: DEI Impact, it is often by re‐administering the same personal DEI assessment you identify here in Step 1: DEI Inventory that you evaluate results.

Personal DEI Assessment Framework

This step outlines how you can perform your own personal DEI assessment ...