01/26/2022

Build a Board DE&I Strategy to Strengthen Leadership

An effective DE&I strategy fosters greater innovation and creativity

A growing number of associations are developing strategies to create more diverse, equitable and inclusive boards. Eighty-five percent of respondents to a recent survey have implemented a DEI strategy for their board or plan to in the next year.

But the findings, developed by Trifecta Research Group for the ASAE Research Foundation, also reveal that associations largely focused on “the D in DE&I,” according to Lynn Adelmund, vice president of market research at Trifecta, while leaders often struggled to effectively address equity. In fact, 49 percent of respondents had not pursued any leading strategic practices to advance equity on their board.

Compared side by side with other responses, the data confirmed that focusing on diversity is not enough.

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