Time to Measure Your DEI & Anti-Racism Efforts

Time to Measure Your DEI & Anti-Racism Efforts

After the murder of George Floyd in 2020, organizations started focusing on their DEI efforts. Did your organization do a lot, very little, or perhaps you have not started? For organizations taking DEI efforts seriously, I recommend measuring your impact.

That’s right! We are in 2022 and it’s time to advance to the next level.

Take your time this week to answer a number of questions that will help you assess your organizational impact.

1. What actions did you take? 

• If you conducted a survey today, what percentage of employees would be able to share the actions you took?
• Were employees removed due to their non inclusive behavior?
• If your company has a PIP, then is inclusive behavior a crucial aspect of that? How does your company define that?
• Are your DEI / Anti-Racist competencies embedded in the interview stage that follows through once an individual joins?
• What have your organizational conversations advanced to?
• Have your organization actions made a difference?
• How would your Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenious and Asian employees respond to each question?

2. How much resources, money, and time have you dedicated? 

• Are you low-balling your DEI consultant or asking for a discount that is already set low?
• Does your DEI leader have direct reports now?
• Is your VP, SVP, or Chief of DEI the lowest paid leader at your organization?
• Has the budget increased for DEI efforts?
• Is the DEI function the lowest budget in the organization?
• How often is DEI education taking place? 

A best practice is to assess your DEI & Anti-racist efforts on a quarterly basis and share with your employee population during a town hall.

About Author

Netta Jenkins, TEDx speaker is a leading voice in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Anti-Racism field whose soaring audience engagement was doubtless a key factor in Forbes naming her as one of the top 7 anti-racism consultants in the world. An acclaimed author with a deep background in communications, leadership, and behavioral psychology

Netta has been advising corporations and audiences of all kinds for years on the most effective strategies to address systemic gaps in the workplace and has over 150k LinkedIn followers. As a result, she was listed as 2020 Linkedin top voice.


Netta founded two startups, Holistic Inclusion Consulting LLC; focused on helping organizations  advance their DEI and anti-racism efforts and Dipper, a review and ratings platform for professionals of color.


Netta has been featured in Black Enterprise, Forbes, Business Insider, CNN and more for her work. Along the way, Netta has won multiple awards for her impact on corporate and startup diversity.