Problem Organizations have struggled to incorporate inclusive, diverse, and equitable cultures. As a result, employes leave organizations and take important knowledge with them. Alternatively, employe motivation is reduced when they feel they do not belong to the organization. A need to better understand how to create diverse, equitable, inclusive, and belonging (DEIB) cultures exists. Solution Leaders who recognize the signs of a failed or weak culture strive to embed ideas of inclusivity so that employes feel they belong, want to stay and produce for the organization. Successful DEIB leaders create cultures where staff report feelings of belongingness through understanding, learning, and trust initiatives. Stakeholders The intended audience for this article is leaders and managers of small organizations. Human resource policymakers and strategic business model innovators should specifically review this article's findings.
Charette et al. (Tue,) studied this question.