5 Things You’re Getting Wrong in Setting Diversity Goals

Jopwell
Jopwell Insights
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1 min readMay 23, 2019

Jopwell Co-Founder Ryan Williams tells Fast Company magazine exactly where companies are misstepping when setting diversity goals.

If you’re still making the business case for investing in diversity and inclusion efforts, recent studies have shown that more diverse management teams produce 19% higher revenue than companies with below-average leadership diversity.

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Still once the company is bought in to diversity, how do you ensure that you’re doing it right? Above all else, setting goals for diversity must be based on the understanding that this investment is driving towards long-term goals. “Like innovation, making progress on diversity takes time,” Ryan says.

Learn about the five most common pitfalls in setting diversity goals.

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