Consciously Unbiased: a DEI leader on how to create a more inclusive workplace.

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace goes beyond showing the right hiring metrics. Instead, it’s a combination of actions and decisions that deliver on the promise of an intentional strategy to eliminate bias. 

Vaishali Shah, vice president of diversity and inclusion at Randstad Sourceright, thinks about inclusion as being “the outcome where the organization’s diverse members thrive in their roles towards both personal and organizational success.”

She believes that qualitative measures — human aspects like employee engagement — have gotten lost in the quest to achieve diversity numbers. She also advises companies to widen the net when it comes to leadership training and succession planning.

“To me,” says Shah, “the next frontier is to look beyond just the obvious. I’ve been fortunate to thrive in the opportunities that enabled me to add value — not in spite of being different, but because of being different.”

Listen to the full Q&A with Shah on “Breaking the Bias” and learn how you can create diversity strategies for successful teams.