How to Build and Run an Effective D&I Council
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The document outlines a guide for building an effective diversity and inclusion council at Affirm, led by Ragini Holloway. It details a five-step process including understanding historical context, seeking help, gaining executive support, defining mission and focus areas, and developing a strategy for implementation. The council focuses on messaging, recruitment, inclusion, and community partnerships to promote equality and diversity within the organization.
How to Build and Run an Effective D&I Council
- 1. How to Build and Run an Effective D&I Council Head of Talent, Affirm Ragini Holloway @ragini_holloway
- 2. My journey
- 3. Where do I start?
- 4. Step 1 - Historical context
- 6. ❖ Unconscious-bias training in 2016-2017 ❖ Diverse slate of candidates for every opportunity by the end of 2017 ❖ Intern class of at least 40% underrepresented student talent in 2017 ❖ Educate people, especially those from low-income communities, in leading healthy financial lives
- 7. Step 2 - Ask for help
- 8. We want to help facilitate a more informed conversation and thoughtful strategy around Diversity & Inclusion @Affirm.
- 9. Council Framework Checklist ● Define your role on the council ● Identify partners for key initiatives ● Establish accurate representation of all teams, levels and current demographics ● Determine membership expectations ● Substantiate meeting cadence ● Track and communicate progress
- 10. Step 3 - Executive support
- 12. Step 4 - Mission & focus areas
- 13. Affirm’s D&I Mission We believe every person has equal value, which is why we work so hard to expand fair and transparent access to credit and to welcome every kind of person and idea. Our Diversity and Inclusion Council combats discrimination and promotes respect, inclusion, opportunity, and community in our workplace. The Council is comprised of four parts: ● Messaging & Metrics ● Attraction & Recruitment ● Inclusion & Retention ● Community Partnerships
- 14. Step 5 - Strategy
- 15. Messaging & Metrics ● Launch Survey ● Analyze and present data ● Monthly Newsletter ● Publish goals and data internally on Wiki and externally to public
- 16. Attraction & Recruitment ● Recruiting goals for URMs ● EEO reporting ● Historical candidate application and data review ● Tools for sourcing URMs ● Eliminate bias ● Targeted university strategy ● Recruiting events
- 17. Inclusion & Retention ● Employee Resource Groups ● Diversity Awareness Month ● Speaker Series ● Workshops
- 18. Community Partnerships ● Partnership tied to our company mission ● Celebrate PRIDE ● Volunteer @Affirm
- 19. 41 Affirmers are on the D&I Council
- 22. Here are your 5 Steps... 1. Learn your company’s historical context 2. Ask others for help and establish framework 3. Get executive support and budget 4. Identify mission and focus areas 5. Build strategy, set goals and execute
- 23. Be open to feedback
- 24. To hear more from Ragini, watch her dynamic Summit session here: https://www.lever.co/resources/tale nt-innovation-summit/diversity- inclusion-forum Ragini Holloway Head of Talent, Affirm @ragini_holloway