Bain Offers a Sampling of Their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts

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Sustained progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) means taking a fresh look at every aspect of how Bain runs their organization. They have devoted significant resources to a wide range of local, regional, and global efforts and are testing and learning from multiple ideas, interventions, and new ways of working designed to ensure that all Bainies thrive.

The sections below offer a sample of their efforts.

• Leadership Responsibility
• Talent Pathways
• Support to Thrive
• Inclusive Leadership
• Building Community
• Agents of Change

How are you progressing in this area?   Read Bain's full report here.

Go Beyond: Ensure LGBTQ Employees Feel Included

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According to two LGBTQ leaders at Bain & Company, pride means many different things in the queer community.  It means celebrating the individual ways in which we all contribute in the workplace with our distinct backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

That means recognizing that we all do our best work when everyone can show up as, and be celebrated for, their full, authentic selves. This is what constitutes true inclusion. 

Read on to learn about their study and findings.  For example, "That what makes employees feel fully included in an organization is distinct for different groups, and that an intersectional lens that captures a multiplicity of identities enables companies to tailor their inclusion efforts most effectively."

Today in Global Small Business: Emerge Stronger Post COVID-19

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Four questions (and answers) about Covid-19’s lasting impact on business (Bain & Company).
• As stores reopen, which customers are most likely to return (MIT Sloan Management Review).
• Quote of the week:  "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." – Winston Churchill
• Special issue on digital transformation (California Management)
• Emerge stronger post COVID-19 (pwc).
• Digital marketers race to meet the needs of a new era (Boston Consulting Group).