Data-Driven DEI

STEP 4DEI Initiatives—Take Action

The DEI journey is the destination.

If you fail to develop a strategy, your strategy is to fail.

Data‐Driven DEI—Step 4: DEI Initiatives

A DEI Initiative is any strategy, activity, or action you and/or your organization undertake to improve DEI. Step 3: DEI Insights answers the reflective question, “What could you do?,” while Step 4: DEI Initiatives answers the resolute question, “What will you do?” Here, you decide the DEI initiatives you will pursue to fulfill your DEI objectives and achieve your DEI goals. This step is also where the complete picture of your personal and/or organizational DEI strategic plan will finally crystallize.

DEI Strategies and Measures

You will recall from Step 2: DEI Imperatives that our framework for DEI strategic planning is OGSM (previously shown in Figure 2.1). OGSM is an acronym that stands for objectives, goals, strategies, and measures. The OGSM Strategic Planning Framework is a method that guides people and organizations through the strategic planning process:

• Each objective should have one or more goals to evaluate results and determine impact.
• Each goal should be evaluated against one or more metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Each objective should have one or more strategies to fulfill the objective and achieve the corresponding goals.
• Each strategy should be evaluated against one or ...