HR Data Labs - Season 3 - Episode 4 - Pam Jeffords, Susan Richards, Danielle White - HR Tech 2021 Series - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Past, Present, & Future

Summary:

Pam Jeffords is a Senior Partner at Sapient Insights Group who leads the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice. She has over 25 years of experience in the industry and is a member of the Global Leadership Council for Colorado State University College of Business, an advisory board member for University of Denver Colorado Women’s College, and a Limited Partner in The JumpFund whose mission is to invest in women-led startups. Pam has also served as Chair of Women United for the Mile-High United Way where she received the prestigious Frances Wisebart Jacobs award for philanthropy. 

We’re also joined by Susan Richards and Danielle White!

Susan Richards is the Founder and CEO of Sapient Insights Group. For more than 25 years, Susan has been consulting in areas of change management, organizational effectiveness, M&A, HR strategy, technology, and operations. Her focus is on helping clients improve business performance by aligning their human capital programs and practices with business strategy. 

Danielle White is Collaborative Solutions’ EVP of Global Business Strategy. She brings over 20 years of HR transformation experience from commercial and public sector industries. She uses her subject matter expertise to lead corporate thought leadership, go-to-market strategy, and engagement strategy. 

In this episode, Pam, Susan, and Danielle talk about how diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging has changed over the years and how it might change in the years to come. 

Chapters:

[0:00 - 3:12] Introduction

Welcome, Pam Jeffords!Today’s Topic: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

[3:13 - 13:27] How People Approached DE&I in the Past

Attempts at devising “tomorrow solutions” and long-term solutionsHow DE&I outside the workplace affected DE&I in the workplace

[13:28 - 32:16] What does DE&I Look Like Today?

How differences in employee feedback creates DE&I gapsWhy job architecture informs DE&I successes and pitfalls

[32:17 - 41:52] The Future of DE&I

Developing true data-driven strategiesThe importance of helping HR practitioners become better business people

[41:53 - 43:45] Final Thoughts & Closing

Thank you for listening!

Quotes:

"I did an exercise with a group of people who were very angry with their leadership and asking, ‘Where's the diversity?’ I asked, ‘How many of you in this room were hired by way of employee referrals?’ Almost all of them raised their hand. I said, ‘That's why we don't have diversity.’ Because we’re reling heavily on employee referrals and we're referring people that look like us. So, if we want to do this differently, go outside of your network. Seek out people, refer them in, and that's the only way we're going to have diversity.” 

“When you talk about equity and opportunity, it's giving everybody equal access. And what we find is that feedback is probably the number one thing where we see the biggest gaps in who's getting it—[and the same can be said about] career guidance.”

Contact:

Pam Jeffords LinkedIn
Susan Richards LinkedIn
Danielle White LinkedIn
 

Production by Affogato Media