The Real Power of DEI: How You Can Keep Top Performing Employees

Author:  Galina Gharibian - Content Specialist & Writer/Editor at SuccessFinder

A policy of strong diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is an organization’s most important asset. And while hiring people from diverse backgrounds is important, it only scratches the surface.

The implementation of DEI should never just be about keeping up with appearances and first impressions. This short-term success mentality can drive your organization to let down employees resulting in high turnover rates. Thinking diversely, equitably, and inclusively is less about performative measures good for marketing and public relations; it’s giving a consistent sense of belonging and creating a positive workplace culture.

There are several steps organizations can take to improve DEI in the workplace, and some strategies might not be as obvious as others. It can be difficult to pinpoint where organizations need to start. Carefully selecting leaders is one of the most crucial components in establishing DEI as they have a huge impact on company culture.

In recent years, we’ve learned that changes in work culture can always happen. Events that force change, like a global pandemic, force organizations to look at things differently. Specifically, they force HR professionals and  leaders to adopt an “employee-first” perspective. Executives need to handle these changes by ensuring that employees have the tools and resources to adapt and continue to perform.  When employers and executives listen to feedback from their employees, they are one step closer to an effective DEI policy.

An important part of creating an inclusive space is realizing that everyone, including hiring managers, have unconscious bias. When equipped with a science-backed behavioural assessment that can fight it, hiring, talent management, and creating the best possible employee experience becomes easier.

SuccessFinder’s tools, like Performance Predictor and Culture Fit , allow employers to see a detailed analysis of a potential candidate’s natural behavioural preferences, and an explanation of how the candidate would fit and add to the company culture based on customized cultural benchmarks, built from a mix of their actual culture and what they aspire it to be.

With an unbiased perspective, HR professionals and leaders can make confident decisions from the get-go that establish the flow of a DEI-pro culture and uplift employees at every step in their careers.

About Success Finder: SuccessFinder is a Montreal-based technology company specialized in human resources. With its unrivalled behavioral assessment and powerful platform, it delivers both the technology and analytics for confident predictive hiring and talent management decisions.  

SuccessFinder understands and explains people like no one else. Coupled with an expertise in developing predictive models, this clarity empowers their clients to make data-driven decisions about their talent and maximize their people. SuccessFinder is proven at more than 610 major organizations including McKesson, Industrial Alliance, Beneva and CAE.  Their mission is to unlock opportunities for people and organizations to achieve their full potential. Every time.

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