We support clients to identify where they are on the ID&E journey, how to purposefully link ID&E to their organizational values, culture and strategy, and how to ensure buy-in from the very top for sustained focus and momentum. Activities include:
• ID&E strategy and visioning
• Framing and activating ID&E
• Diagnosing organizational readiness
• Ambition and goal setting
Our identities, backgrounds and lived experiences shape how we think, relate, work and lead. Organizations that focus on inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) can unlock many benefits for individuals, organizations and society at large. ID&E starts with the ‘tone at the top’, but it requires the ‘mood in the middle’ and ‘buzz at the bottom’ to be aligned too.
We work with leadership teams to activate ID&E across organizations, making it part of your organizational culture, systems, and DNA.
The cases for ID&E are compelling...
The business case: ID&E benefits organizations as it drives better business performance (financial results, talent engagement, market reputation and sustainability).
The personal case: ID&E enables better individual work and well-being outcomes by providing support and buffering against the impact of bias and discrimination.
The social justice case: ID&E helps narrow societal gaps as organizations create opportunities for fairness, repair historical and ongoing harm against marginalized groups, and build better systems.
We partner with you to:
01
Understand the current state
Develop a deep understanding of your employees’ experiences within the organization, what ID&E mean for a wide range of stakeholders and how this is manifested currently.
02
Envision the future
Align on what will count as ID&E ‘success’ given your organization’s broader operating context.
03
Uncover the gaps
Articulate the identified gaps between the current and desired future state and identify key ID&E levers that will result in sustainable change for the organization.
04
Design and implement interventions
Co-create a plan to deliver relevant and evidence-based ID&E change interventions (i.e. tools, measures, workshops, development journeys, coaching etc.) to close the gaps and enable sustainable change
05
Evaluate and extend the impact
Measure the impact of the interventions against tangible success criteria. Adjust interventions and programming to increase and expand effectiveness.
Our Solutions
Using visioning, diagnostic and strategic planning activities, we partner with you to design and deliver bespoke ID&E interventions that will move individual leaders, teams and culture closer to your desired future state. We provide solutions to questions such as:
How do you link ID&E to your business strategy?
How do you create inclusive leadership and a culture of equity?
We help organizations create shared meaning and commitment to inclusion and equity to bring diversity to life. We work with leaders in ways that bring nuance and personalization which then spark change led from the top. Activities include:
• ID&E advisory and coaching
• Conscious inclusion & inclusive leadership workshops
• Inclusive and/or equitable leadership experience
• Equitable leadership workshops and coaching
• Global anti-racism/anti-bias workshops
• ID&E advisory and coaching
• Conscious inclusion & inclusive leadership workshops
• Inclusive and/or equitable leadership experience
• Equitable leadership workshops and coaching
• Global anti-racism/anti-bias workshops
How do you embed ID&E across your talent strategy?
ID&E is not a one-off or siloed activity. We partner to embed ID&E into processes across the talent management cycle to ensure enterprise-wide renewal. Activities include:
• Targeted development and advancement programs for marginalized groups
• Inclusive leadership coaching
• Talent systems analytics and bias audits
• CEO succession with ID&E considerations
• Board effectiveness with ID&E considerations
• Targeted development and advancement programs for marginalized groups
• Inclusive leadership coaching
• Talent systems analytics and bias audits
• CEO succession with ID&E considerations
• Board effectiveness with ID&E considerations
How do you measure ID&E?
Understanding the current state of ID&E and measuring the impact or success of ID&E interventions is critical. Our propositions are tech-enabled and data-driven, whilst focused on your contextual requirements. We measure:
• Inclusive leadership (at an individual level)
• Inclusive culture (at the organizational level)
• Pulse checks to monitor ongoing progress
• Program evaluation
• Inclusive leadership (at an individual level)
• Inclusive culture (at the organizational level)
• Pulse checks to monitor ongoing progress
• Program evaluation
What our clients say...
case studies
Developing inclusive leadership within a multinational e-commerce company
The client wanted to partner with YSC to design and deliver a DEI workshop for senior leaders that would take an action-oriented approach to change.
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Supporting a global property services client’s Diversity & Inclusion strategy
We supported our client as they developed and rolled out their D&I strategy for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Developing inclusive leaders at a FTSE 100 global consumer goods company
We partnered with a global FTSE 100 consumer goods company to help them reboot their leadership.
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Developing a diverse pipeline of talent to drive future value in an international oil & gas company
In line with transitioning into a more mature operating model, this leading Oil & Gas exploration and production company wanted a partner who could help them take a more intentional approach towards talent management and succession.
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Developing a D&I strategy
Our client wanted to plan, implement and execute a D&I strategy across their 70,000+ organization to raise the inclusivity of their culture and the diversity of their leaders to meet their future business ambitions.
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Creating a culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with a leading investment bank
This client partnered with YSC to empower leaders and employees to engage in the creation of an inclusive culture.
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Co-creating an Inclusion & Diversity strategy
Domino’s wanted to plan, implement and execute an I&D strategy across their corporate workforce to raise the inclusivity of their culture.
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