Led by a trained applied anthropologist, we understand the importance of focus groups as an effective methodology to help us develop custom strategies to address your organization’s specific pain points. Focus groups add the human elements we need to ensure that we are not misreading any perceived systemic inequities.

1:1 interviews helps to create safe spaces for those team members whose communication style doesn’t work well in a (focus) group setting.. We will use individual interviews to create spaces for your more underrepresented to share their unique experience without fear of being outed.

Finally, we offer a full 360° review of key hiring practices like employer brand, hiring and recruiting, onboarding and offboarding, performance management, employee engagement, recognition, and growth with a lens for inclusion and equity to identify areas for improvement.

Building our academic background, one of our most effective strategies are our office hours or Ask/Tell Me Anything Sessions. Many orgs attempted townhall meetings as a means to engage employees in hard conversations right after George Floyd’s murder. This was largely unsuccessful. We are uniquely trained to lead large, multi-level groups through courageous conversations that actively offer DEI vetted solutions to simple employee issues.

Employee Resource Groups and DEI Councils are an excellent strategy for providing your staff with a more empowered and informed voice. Your DEI strategy needs clear systems of support or it can easily appear surface and ineffective. It can also easily become a disempowering drain on your more underrepresented employees. We will help you avoid the typical pitfalls associated with ill-informed DEI plans.

We fully acknowledge that we do not know everything about every aspect of DEI, but do know who does. For the last few years, we have been collecting a robust list of DEI-related articles, books, frameworks, and practices from the leading scholars and practitioners in the field. We will create a customized resource list that directly addresses your organization’s specific needs so that your learning can continue long after you finish engaging directly with our teams.