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AdvancingYourBelonging&DiversityJourney

Commit,Drive,Thrive

Theimportantworkofdiversityandinclusioncanbethoughtofas

ajourney,andeveryorganizationwillbeatadifferentstartingpoint.

Buteveryonecanstartwiththesamesetofconsiderations.

Drive

Thrive

Commit

Next,weexamineactionswecanputinplacetodriveongoingprogressaroundbelonginganddiversity.Forus,that

includesbehaviors,development,andleadershipengagement.

First,weaskourselveshowwecancommittomovetheneedle—whatdatawewill

usetomakeourcommitments,whetherwehavechampionsatthetopofthe

organization,andwhetherwehavethebusinessfunctionsinplacetodriveourcommitments.

Withthecommitmentsandactionsin

place,welooktothrive,achievingthegoalsandobjectivesthatwesetforbelonging

anddiversity.Itiscriticaltobehonestaboutyourorganization’sstageofprogress,whichmayvarywhenyouconsiderworkforce

demographics,underrepresentedgroups,andintersectionsofidentity.

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CompetitiveAdvantage

Commit

SetStrategyandDefineCommitments

WhereAreYouonYourVIBEJourney?

TheVIBEIndex?helpsyoudeterminewhereyouareonyour

belonginganddiversityjourney.Youroutcomeandgroup

scoresidentifyyourphasealongtheVIBE?MaturityModel.

Drive

IdentifyDriversandDevelopBestPractices

Thrive

AchieveandRenewGoals

0VIBEMaturity5

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isabehavior.

Inclusion

TheVIBEPhilosophyintheWorkplace

AtWorkday,wethinkofinclusionasabehavior,belongingasa

feeling,andequityasaninvestment.

Weofferthefollowingquestionsasastartingplacetoassessyourorganization’sown

successineachoftheseareas.Howyoucreateinclusion,belonging,andequitywithin

yourorganizationcandeeplyaffectanemployee’sexperienceintheworkplace.

?Howdoourpracticesfacilitatehiringdiversetalent?

?Howdowecaptureemployeeperspectives?

?Howareweholdingmanagersaccountable?

Belonging

isafeeling.

?Howarewecultivatingasupportiveculture?

?Howisemployeeengagement?

?Doemployeesfeeltheyhavespacetothrive?

?Howequitableisourpaystructure?

?Iscareermobilityequitableacrossdemographicgroups?

?Isourinvestmentindiversityeffortsonparwithotherbusinessimperatives?

isaninvestment.

Equity

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Inclusion

Belonging

Equity

ActionstoAdvanceYourVIBEJourney

Toevaluateyourorganization,youcanusethisframeworkto

establishbaselines,setintentionalgoals,andregularlyreflect

onareastorefocusyoureffortsandcontinuouslyimprove.

Drive

Thrive

Commit

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Commit

CommitPhase

SetStrategyandDefine

Commitments

DuringtheCommitphase,organizationssetstrategy,

ensureleadershipcommitment,establishbaselines,

identifyareasofopportunityandrisk,andthen

makecommitments.Thisphaseisaboutlistening,

understanding,andbuildingclarityaroundwhereyou

aretodayandwhereyouwanttogo.

Inclusion

Processes&Practices

Understandtrendsincurrenthiring

practicesandcreateanactionableplan

Createaplantoholdmanagers

accountableforcultivatinginclusiveleadershipskills

Understandavenuesforcapturing

employeeperspectiveandsetstrategytoincreaseparticipation

Belonging

EmployeeExperiences

Measureemployeeengagementacrossvariousdemographicsandarticulategoals

Assessexistingcultureandsetgoals

Understandworkforceneedstosetpurposefulcommitments

Commit

CommitPhaseOverview

ReviewthischartforexamplesofideasyoumightconsiderduringtheCommitphase.

Equity

ResourceAllotment

Capturedemographiclandscapeofhighperformersandleadershipandsetstrategy

Understandtrendsinmobilityandsetgoalsforequitableadvancementopportunities

Mapresourceinvestmentsarounddiversityandinclusioneffortsanddeterminestrategy

DiverseRepresentation

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Drive

DrivePhase

IdentifyDriversandDevelop

BestPractices

Onceyou’vearticulatedgoalsandsetabaseline,thenext

stepistoidentifyunderlyingdriversandimplementtargeted,

intentionalbestpracticesforimprovingdiversity,inclusion,

belonging,andequityoutcomes.

Inthisphase,anorganizationismovingbeyond

measurementsandcommitmentstobeginputting

tangibleactionaroundthisimportantwork.

Belonging

Inclusion

Processes&Practices

Increasesourcesfordiversecandidatepools

Buildmanagercompetencyregardinginclusiveleadership

Implementstrategytobettercaptureemployeevoice

EmployeeExperiences

Improveemployeeengagement

Addressculturepainpoints

Increasesenseofsupportforallemployees

Drive

DrivePhaseOverview

ReviewthischartforexamplesofideasyoumightconsiderduringtheDrivephase.

Equity

ResourceAllotment

Buildandimplementplansfor

representationinleadership

Addressgapsinmobilityand

advancementopportunities

Begininvestmentstoclosepayequitygapandincreaseresources

fordiversityandinclusionefforts

DiverseRepresentation

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Thrive

ThrivePhase

AchieveandEvolveGoals

Anorganizationthatisthrivingisregularlyachieving

andevolvingitscommitmentstodiversityandinclusion,

fromdrivingnewinsightstoenrichingthetalentlifecycle

toconsistentlydeliveringexperiencesthatpromote

inclusion,belonging,andequity.

Thiscommitmentisembeddedinthelong-termstrategy

oftheorganizationandsupportedateverylevel.Itis

designedtobeasustained,meaningfulcommitmentto

becomingagreatplacetoworkforall,whichrequires

continuousgrowthandimprovement.

Inthisphase,anorganizationissophisticatedand

dynamic,activelylistening,andrespondingtothe

ever-evolvingneedsofitspeople.

Thrive

ThrivePhaseOverview

ReviewthischartforexamplesofideasyoumightconsiderduringtheThrivephase.

Equity

Inclusion

Belonging

EmployeeExperiences

Employeesequallyengagedacrossworkforcedemographics

Workplacecultureactivelypromotesbelonging

Allemployeesfeeltheyhavespacetothrive

ResourceAllotment

Meetandexceedgoalsfordiverserepresentationinorganizationalleadership

Paceofcareerprogressionequitableacrosstheorganization

Equitableallocationofresources

Processes&Practices

Hiringpracticesinherentlyfacilitate

recruitmentofdiversetalent

Managers,leadership,andboard

fluentininclusiveleadershipskills

Robustopportunitiesexisttocapture

employeevoice,andparticipation

ishigh

DiverseRepresentation

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Inclusionisabehavior.

Considerpoliciesandpractices:Howdoourpracticesfacilitatehiring

diversetalent?Howdowecaptureemployeeperspectives?Howareweholdingmanagersaccountable?

SnapshotoftheVIBE

Becominganorganizationthatprioritizesinclusion,belonging,andequitytakescommitment,intent,andaccountability.Andit’sanongoingjourney,asyoureachyouroriginalgoalsandsetmoreambitiousones.Thisonesummaryhighlightssamplequestionsandtargetgoalsforeachphase.

MaturityModel

Commit

SetStrategy&DefineCommitments

Drive

Thrive

Achieve&RenewGoals

IdentifyDrivers&Develop

BestPractices

Understandtrendsincurrenthiringpracticesandcreateactionableplans.

Increasesourcesfordiversecandidatepools.

Hiringpracticesinherentlyfacilitaterecruitmentofdiversetalent.

Createaplantoholdmanagers

Buildmanagercompetencyregarding

Managers,leadership,andboardfluent

accountableforcultivatinginclusiveleadershipskills.

inclusiveleadership.

ininclusiveleadershipskills.

Understandavenuesforcapturing

employeeperspective,andsetstrategytoincreaseparticipation.

Employeevoiceleveragedstrategicallytoinfluencebusinessdecisions.

Implementstrategytobettercapture

employeevoice.

Measureemployeeengagementand

Improveemployeeengagement.

Employeesequallyengagedacross

Belongingisafeeling.

Consideremployeeexperience:

articulategoals.

workforcedemographics.

Assessexistingcultureandsetgoals.

Addressculturepainpoints.

Workplacecultureactivelypromotes

Howarewecultivatingasupportive

culture?Howisemployee

engagement?Doemployeesfeeltheyhavespacetothrive?

belonging.

Understandworkforceneedstoset

Activelyimprovesupportforall

Employeesfeeltheybelongand

purposefulcommitments.

employees.

canthrive.

Buildandimplementplansforrepresentationinleadership.

Meetandexceedgoalsfordiverserepresentationinorganizationalleadership.

Equityisaninvestment.

Consideropportunitiesandresources:

Howequitableisourpaystructure?

Iscareermobilityequitableacross

demographicgroups?Isourinvestmentindiversityandinclusiononparwith

otherorganizationalefforts?

Capturedemographiclandscapeof

highperformersandleadershiptoset

strategy.

Addressgapsinmobilityandadvancementopportunities.

Equityexistsincareerprogression.

Understandtrendsinmobilityand

setgoalsforequitableadvancement

opportunities.

Payequityexistsacrossemployeegroups;investmentindiversityandinclusioninitiativescomparablewithotherinvestments.

Effortsexisttoclosepayequitygapandincreaseresourcesfordiversityand

inclusioninitiatives.

Mapresourceinvestmentsaround

diversityandinclusioneffortsand

determinestrategy.

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ThomsonReutersclaimsaspotonseverallistsfor“mostdiversecompany.”Itsmanagertraining

increasescultural

competenceandcapabilityaroundtalentprocesses,andmanagersareheld

accountablefordiversityandinclusionthrough

annualperformance

reviews.ThomsonReutersstrivestoclosethegender

paygapandpubliclyreportsitsprogress.Asanearly

customerofWorkday,

ThomsonReutershas

beenleveragingWorkdaybelonginganddiversitysolutions.

Unumisdedicatedto

creatingacultureof

belongingwhereemployeesseethemselvesinevery

aspectofthebusiness.

Theydeliveronthat

promisethroughbias-freerecruitmentpoliciesandofferingemployeescareergrowthopportunities

throughinitiativesliketheMulticulturalLeadership

DevelopmentProgramand

ReverseMentoringProgram.UnumisanearlyadopterofWorkdayVIBEsolutions.

OurCustomers’Journeys

We’reproudandhumbledtopartnerwithsomeofourmostinnovative

customersaswedevelopourbelonginganddiversitysolutionsandhelpour

customerscreateamoreequitableworkplaceforall.

Dowrecentlyjoinedthe

CEOActionforDiversity

&Inclusion?,thelargest

CEO-drivenbusiness

commitmenttoadvance

diversityandinclusion

intheworkplace.Dow

championsemployee

resourcegroups,leadsinsupplierdiversity,andisanearlyadopterofWorkday

belonginganddiversitysolutions.

HPhasthemostdiverse

boardofdirectorsamong

U.S.techcompaniesand

iscommittedtodoubleitsnumberofBlackandAfricanAmericanexecutivesby

2025.HPaimstoincreasetherepresentationofBlackandAfricanAmericansintechbypartneringwith

HistoricallyBlackCollegesandUniversities.HPhasrecentlyawarded$463

millionto1,700+diversesuppliersintheU.S.andPuertoRico.WorkdayisproudtoworkwithHPondesigningandinnovatingVIBEsolutions.

OverhalfofTheHome

Depot’shiresin2019were

ethnicallydiverse.The

compan