The Vistage Diversity and Inclusion Resource Center

For CEOs and business owners, the business case for diversity and inclusion has been long established: Diverse management teams are 33% more likely to generate better-than-average profits and 70% more likely to capture new markets, and 67% of job seekers consider workplace diversity an important factor.

But the bridge from concept to implementation has lagged. Toward that end, we’ve created a Diversity and Inclusion Resource Center for leaders who wish to create and foster diverse and inclusive environments within their workplaces and communities.

We will continue to evolve these resources with input from our community and other experts.

In this resource center find:

1. FOR MEMBERS: VISTAGE NETWORKS DISCUSSIONS
2. WEBINAR SERIES
3. COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR TEAM AND CUSTOMERS
4. IMPLEMENTING A DIVERSITY & INCLUSION PROGRAM
5. HIRING AND RECRUITING
6. CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE
7. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
8. FOR MEMBERS: EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY
   

    

FOR MEMBERS: VISTAGE NETWORKS DISCUSSIONS

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Ask questions in a safe environment. Share what you are doing. Discover new resources. Join the Vistage Diversity and Inclusion Network for candid, respectful discussions. Find robust conversations devoted to supporting female business leaders on the Women in Leadership Network as well.

WEBINARS

Upcoming webinars

• 11/12 Uncovering Bias: Learn how to recognize bias and unlock your potential to be a more inclusive leader from Joelle Martinez of the Latino Leadership Institute.
• 12/3 Creating inclusive workplaces to drive innovation in collaboration with Stanford Graduate School of Business. [Vistage login required]  

Webinars on demand 

• The impact of implicit biases during the hiring process 
• Making inclusion a part of your organization’s culture  

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VOLUNTEER MENTOR OPPORTUNITY

Looking to take a more active role? Consider a new mentoring opportunity with our partner Ureeka, an online platform that provides coaching to minority- and women-based enterprises to build, sustain and scale their businesses. Get details (My Vistage password required)   

COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR TEAM AND CUSTOMERS

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• 5 ways businesses can support BIPOC-owned companies in the COVID age (Vistage)
• How to Begin Talking About Race in the Workplace (Knowledge @Wharton)
• U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism (HBR)
• A Guide to the Discussion You Are Scared to Have Right Now (Great Places to Work)
• Here’s How Business Leaders Are Responding to the George Floyd Protests (Entrepreneur)
• The Support You Need To Give Your Black Employees Today (Great Places to Work)
• Advancing Equity in Times of Unrest (Gartner)
• Adapt Your D&I Efforts to the Reality of the Crisis (HBR)
• 5 Things Well-Meaning People Say That Actually Harm Black People

IMPLEMENTING A DIVERSITY & INCLUSION PROGRAM

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• 6 Steps for Building an Inclusive Workplace (SHRM)
• How to Develop a Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (SHRM)
• The Diversity and Inclusion Handbook (Lever)
• G2 Diversity and Inclusion Learning Hub (G2)
• Craft the Perfect Diversity Statement for Your Organization

Board of directors

• How to Create a Diverse Board of Directors and Empower It to Thrive (Kellogg Insight)
• Driving Diversity and Inclusion – the Role for Chairs and CEOs (Harvard Law)

HIRING AND RECRUITING

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Bias in hiring

• The impact of implicit biases during the hiring process (webinar on-demand)
• Part I: What is implicit bias in hiring? (Vistage)
• Part II: 4 tips to reduce bias and hire a more diverse workforce (Vistage)
• Part III: How to overcome implicit bias in your hiring process (Vistage)
• 7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process (SHRM)
• How business leaders can check their biases when hiring (Kellogg Insight)
• Blind hiring – stripping out bias (SHRM)
• 5 Must-Do’s for Writing Inclusive Job Descriptions by Maxwell Huppert

Remote workforce

• Remote Work Is How Tech Companies Can Increase Diversity
• How Remote Work Opens Doors for Accessibility and Equality
• Working With Remote Teams? Here’s How You Can Grow A Positive Company Culture

CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE

• Diversity gains importance as strategy for CEOs (Vistage Chief Research Officer Joe Galvin)

• 3/12 webinar: Making inclusion a part of your organization’s culture (Insperity)

• 5-point action plan to building a more inclusive workplace (Insperity)
• Diversity Is Just the First Step. Inclusion Comes Next. [BCG]
• I thought I led a ‘woke’ furniture company. Turns out, we contribute to systemic racism (AZ Central)
• Working at the intersection: What Black women are up against (LeanIn.org)
• Inclusive Leadership Behaviors Checklist (i4cp TOOLS)
• Diversity wins: How inclusion matters (McKinsey & Company)
• Practical Tips: How CEOs And Directors Can Lead On Racial Injustice (Chief Executive)
• The Key to Inclusive Leadership (HBR)
• How to strengthen inclusive leadership in times of crisis (Ernst & Young)
• 5 Things Inclusive Leaders Do Differently
• Overhear an inappropriate or potentially harassing comment? (Equality Institute)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

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• The High Road: Chair Guillermo Hysaw met his adversaries at the bottom line
• Nobody can sit this out; we have to talk about race (Des Moines Register)
• Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man
• Antiracismforbeginners.com
• Discussion guides on understanding your blindspots (PwC)
• The Journey of the Ally (Chair Wally Schmader)
• “The White Journey to Racial Awareness: A Stage Theory” (Education Week)

Book & film suggestions from Vistage Members

• FILM: He/She and Me Stage Play by Sharon Mathis, Screenplay by Sharon Mathis and Jerry Sipp, Featuring Janet Boudreau
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• How to be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Verna A. Myers
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Mindful of Race – Transforming Racism From The Inside Out by Ruth King
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What we See, Think and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt

See more book recommendations

FOR MEMBERS: EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY

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Find Vistage expert speakers on diversity and inclusion. See the list 

Are you a Vistage speaker with a presentation that could support members’ diversity and inclusion efforts? Please email Speaker Relations to be added to the list.