Deloitte has started a major debate in diversity circles by turning its approach upside down. The firm is ending its women’s network and other affinity groups and starting to focus on…men. The central idea: It’ll offer all managers — including the white guys who still dominate leadership — the skills to become more inclusive, then hold them accountable for building more-balanced businesses.
Deloitte’s Radical Attempt to Reframe Diversity
Affinity groups have become an excuse for corporate inaction.
August 03, 2017
Summary.
Deloitte has started a major debate in diversity circles by turning their approach upside down. They are ending their women’s network and other affinity groups and starting to focus on… men. The central idea: they’ll offer all managers — including the white guys who still dominate leadership – the skills to become more inclusive, then hold them accountable for building more balanced businesses. This has caused a stir; affinity groups have been popular for decades. But the reality was that few of these networks were properly funded, their leaders were usually doing all the work in their spare time, and they didn’t result in much meaningful change.