“Don’t talk to me about diversity now – it’s not even in my top five priorities!”
Stated a senior leader to their director of diversity and inclusion. This leader may believe that, given the current crisis, such a perspective is justifiable. Their attention is naturally focused elsewhere, and being asked to consider the diversity implications of their decisions and those made by their team might appear entirely misplaced and ill-judged.
For many leaders, diversity is reduced to nothing more than achieving the representation of different groups at all organizational levels. They establish targets, especially for gender, although they are rarely met. It’s often perceived as a mere numbers game.
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