Tag: DEI
DEI as a Driving Force in Business Innovation
DEI in TMTs is essential to business innovation by facilitating an unbiased decision-making process, promoting creativity, and establishing an inclusive culture. To better achieve this goal, companies should work to better understand the experience of top leaders and employee perceptions of their leadership efforts...
Read MoreHead of the Class – How K-12 Administrators Will Need to Communicate Around Affirmative Action
Regardless of the multiple stances at play on affirmative action, all K-12 administrators will need to actively communicate about this issue to their educational communities, families and students...
Read MoreObserving Black History Month is a Form of Black Resistance
BAAM members reflect on what Black resistance means to them and how our ideas, while poignantly different, may more greatly unite us all...
Read MoreSurprising Truths About Corporate Advocacy
In October, APCO surveyed the U.S. general public to understand views on the role of companies in this divided culture, revealing areas of both consensus and division...
Read MoreInfluyente y Resiliente: The Importance of Getting Data “Right” on U.S. Latinos
As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close and as companies wind down their celebration efforts, it’s an opportune time to revisit how Hispanics continue to shape the United States, as well as the challenges they face year-round. As consumers of data, companies should care about where their data comes from and how it was collected, especially when that data is being used to inform corporate strategy...
Read MoreWhy U.S. Universities Must Implement DEI Initiatives Strategically
To achieve meaningful progress, it is essential for university leadership to weave DEI goals into the fabric of the strategic plan...
Read MoreDon’t Wait to Be Called: Three Reasons to Proactively Adopt a Racial Equity Audit
As independent, objective reviews of how corporate policies and practices affect underrepresented groups, racial equity audits are vital to ensuring that companies become fairer and more welcoming places to work...
Read MoreConversations With APCO's North America ERGs
As we celebrate diversity and inclusion this month, we heard from members of each of APCO's Employee Resource Groups to better understand the experiences and challenges community members are facing inside and outside of the workplace...
Read MoreAPCO LGBTQ+ and Women’s Leadership Group Employee Resource Groups Stand in Support of Trans Day of Visibility
This day is dedicated to recognizing the resiliency and accomplishments of the trans and gender nonconforming community while also shedding light on the hardships the community still faces due to transphobia and bigotry...
Read MoreHas Corporate America Run out of Steam for Equity & Justice? Reignite the Fire With These Top Five Strategies!
Leaders have to understand that employees no longer consider equity and justice the right thing to do, it has become the necessary thing to do...
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