As Diversity Month concludes, we all need to continue to advocate for the change needed and necessary in acknowledging and celebrating diversity in the workplace.

The world is facing monumental challenges in the time of COVID-19, widening existing gaps in racial and gender equity. Women’s participation in the labor force has shrunk to levels last seen in 1988, with significant impacts to women in the BIPOC community.

Balancing work and family has always been a challenge, but the pandemic has pushed people beyond reasonable limits, and adversely affected women disproportionately.

With 2020 presenting a host of unprecedented challenges changing the dynamics in the workplace, it’s more important than ever to ensure your organization has strong people manager capability and effectiveness.

How inclusive is your organization? Are you just scratching the surface in your diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy, simply checking the representation boxes and creating policies, yet seeing no real action behind them?