Consulting
DEI Strategy & Implementation
Knowing where you want to go in your organizational DEI journey and how you will get there is critical. I help organizations uncover their critical challenges and priorities so we can build a tailored plan to address them. Just as importantly, I also support organizations in implementing these strategies so that they do not simply gather dust on a shelf afterwards.
DEI Assessments
Take stock of where your organization is currently. Identify your pressing issues, and gather the data you need to understand what is happening beneath the surface.
Sample Activities:
Workforce Data Analysis
Employee Survey
Stakeholder Interviews
Equity Strategy
Develop an equity strategy that is concrete, contextualized, and actionable. Establish organizational DEI goals and initiatives with a path to implementation.
Sample Activities:
Visioning Sessions
Benchmarking Research
Strategy Drafts and Refinement
Strategy Activation
Operationalize your equity strategy with direct implementation support. Begin and grow initiatives with program management, change socialization, and more.
Sample Activities:
DEI Performance Management
Change Socialization Support
Ongoing Advisory
DEI Learning & Development
Every person within your organization has a role in pushing DEI forward, whether shaping and implementing strategy, leading culture change, or approaching the day-to-day work with DEI in mind. I collaborate with organizations to create pathways for their employees to engage in this work effectively.
Find examples of DEI L&D content on my Facilitating or Speaking pages.
DEI L&D Planning
Create a L&D plan for your teams to infuse DEI into their work. Outline competencies and knowledge areas for doing so, and construct a journey that guides your people through this learning process.
Sample Activities:
Employee L&D Journey Mapping
DEI Competency Design
L&D Roadmap Development
Curriculum Build
Design a program aligned to your organizational goals, whether your team is developing their capacity to lead equitable teams or create inclusive products. Build and launch a sustained program.
Sample Activities:
Curriculum and Session Building
Material Development
Program Launch Planning
Coaching Design
Design a series of coaching sessions to focus on specific goals, whether for individuals or small groups. Differentiate coaching to meet the needs of different groups by level, function, or purpose.
Sample Activities:
1:1 Executive Coaching
Group Coaching for Managers
Organizational Development
Organizational development efforts shape how your organization operates. Consequently, organizational development has a major impact on the success of your DEI efforts. A consultant who blends these two functions together, I work with leaders on planning their top-level organizational strategy, while embedding DEI into the process and end result.
Strategic Planning
Conduct an assessment to understand the current state of your organization, including strengths and areas for growth. Develop a strategic plan that guides your organization towards your envisioned future state.
Sample Activities:
Current State Assessment
Future State Visioning
Strategic Plan Development
Implementation Planning
Create a plan to transition your organization from strategic planning to implementation. Build out your initiative details through implementation roadmaps, implementation plans, and more.
Sample Activities:
Recommendations Drafting
Roadmap Design
Implementation Details Planning
Performance Management
Design a system of measuring, tracking, and monitoring the progress of your organizational strategy. Build metrics and targets, and outline a process for gathering, analyzing, and reporting on data.
Sample Activities:
Functional Assessment
Metrics Recommendations
Data Process Mapping
How I Do This Work
Getting Started
The start of an engagement is an opportunity to build a project foundation. I begin each engagement by exploring project goals with partners to develop a shared vision for desired outcomes and our path to get there. This exploration allows us to dig into important context that informs how to approach the work and engage relevant stakeholders in a meaningful way.
Building Progress
As the engagement progresses, I continue to co-design the project with my partners, who hold a plethora of insights from their direct experience within their organizations. I share regular updates with partners to keep us grounded in what is happening and upcoming so we can spend our time digging into critical decisions, risks, issues, and questions that arise along the way.
Making Adjustments
No project contains all the answers upfront. If it did, we would not need the project! As my partners and I come across new information throughout the process, I remain nimble and adaptive, ready to incorporate changes as needed. When we are faced with this possibility, I discuss these changes with my partners so we are all prepared to adjust course together.
Sustaining Momentum
The end of an engagement does not signify the end of a partnership. Up until and long after the very last deliverable, I root for the success of my partners in their DEI efforts done well. In my work, this support translates to providing my partners with clear, actionable pathways to continue their DEI journey. It also means that I love staying in touch and hearing about the progress!