DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

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Doing good isn’t enough.

As nonprofit consultants, we’ve been paying close attention to the evolving national dialogue around police brutality, Black Lives Matter, and systemic racism. But,to be honest, while we’ve seen quite a few personal and professional solidarity statements, we don’t see nearly enough honest introspection. Us included. We keep asking ourselves, what does it means to commit to shared values around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?

Here’s our view: Being serious about erasing systemic inequities is a marathon, not a sprint, and we’re committed to doing our part one engagement, one position, one decision at a time. We work internally and externally, across all our engagements and interactions, to make real, meaningful and tangible change. Ending systemic racism is our shared responsibility and it’s just getting started.

How we show our commitment:

WE VOLUNTEER IN OUR COMMUNITIES

Both at an organization level and at a personal level, we are committed to delivering more than 1,000 hours of volunteer...

WE MENTOR & COACH OUR PLACEMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS & BOARDS

Requiring “plug and play” candidates is not only unrealistic, it’s highly inequitable to require that all candidates present the same leadership...

WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING BLACK AND BROWN LEADERSHIP IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR.

In order to increase Black and Brown leaders in our sector, we need to engage with both established leaders and those-in-progress...

WE CONTINUALLY CHALLENGE THE SOFT-BIGOTRY IN THE SECTOR.

The things “donors” won’t like is the strawman argument for dismissing every single bold move we make as a sector ...

WE ARE BUILDING DEI WITHIN THE SECTOR, AND WITHIN EACH ORGANIZATION WE SERVE.

We help organizations take measurable actions now and in the future through our intentional service offerings that create holistic, inclusive, participatory...

BUILDING DEI INTO YOUR EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Our unparalleled process ensures equity and inclusion through inclusive surveys and stakeholder interviews, focus groups, structured hiring processes, recommendations on un-biased...

INCLUSIVE INTERNAL FOCUS

Include stakeholders from all levels of the organization in the candidate profile process builds a better candidate profile, while strengthening community.

BROADENED RECRUITING EFFORTS

Taking cues from the community being served, reach beyond our database to include non-traditional and hard-to-find talent in our recruiting efforts.

STRUCTURED INTERVIEW PROCESS

Evaluate candidates consistently and fairly, making objective hiring decisions and holding all candidates to the same standards.

MITIGATING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

Minimize the opportunity for unconscious bias by ensuring mental shortcuts and assumptions don’t interfere with the chance of hiring a great candidate. ...

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