New Research Uncovers Necessary Skills for Businesses to Drive Systemic Progress for DEIB

• New report from RedThread Research and Degreed uncovers the actionable skills that build more diverse organizations, including assertiveness, grit, authenticity, and curiosity

A new report, Creating a DEIB Culture: The Skills Every Employee Needs, by RedThread Research and sponsored by Degreed, has uncovered the actionable skills that build more diverse and inclusive organizations. Separated by seniority level, the list highlights practical ways for leaders, workers and senior managers to understand and build the skills needed to drive diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) at every level of their organization.

Diversity is on the boardroom agenda at many leading organizations. Skills are a necessary but often overlooked component of achieving diversity goals. According to the report, organizations that foster greater diversity are 81% more likely to have higher customer satisfaction and employees are 45% more likely to remain at their organization.

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By employee group, the top skills for driving a DEIB culture are:

• Individual employee skills to act authentically: courage, authenticity, data literacy, pattern recognition, managing ambiguity and the ability to empower people.
• Manager skills to explore new ideas: curiosity, influence, negotiation and grit.
• Senior leader skills to push for change: mental flexibility, rapport building and assertiveness.

Additionally, two skills were found in all employees at all organizations with high DEIB calculated risk-taking and nonverbal communications.

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Susie Lee, SVP, Global Business Transformation & DEIB Executive Officer at Degreed said, “Traditional approaches to improving DEIB have fallen short at many companies. This new actionable skills data on inclusive organizations can be the catalyst that will finally drive change. And what’s really exciting is the actionability not just for HR, but across the entire business and for all job levels, because it’s only through making DEIB part of holistic business operations that true systemic change will occur.”

Janice Burns, Chief People Officer at Degreed said, “The business and societal benefits of having more inclusive organizations is now well-recognized but little has been done in terms of practical steps that leaders can take beyond hiring more diverse talent. I’m excited to see the impact this first-of-its-kind report from RedThread Research can have on driving change within DEIB efforts–across HR teams and the broader business community; it gives everyone a tangible way to build the foundations for an inclusive organization — one skill at a time.”

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