DE&I Maturity Model
Challenge
As part of our ongoing organizational goals and DE&I maturity model, making progress in driving action and accountability and cultivating an inclusive culture and talent is a pivotal piece to driving company-wide accountability around diversity and inclusion. While we have made progress across our company, our journey doesn’t stop there!
Actions
In 2020, we created and shared our four-pillar diversity, equity and inclusion strategy with our Board of Directors. The strategy includes evolving goals around the workforce, workplace, community and marketplace. Quarterly updates are shared with the Board of Directors, keeping them abreast of progress towards maturing our DE&I program.
Outcomes
GEHA’s Board and leadership have put full backing behind its four-pillar diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, allowing for growth and sustainability as a business when it comes to DE&I.
A targeted development program emerged as part of the evolving strategy to address senior management representation gaps by focusing on developing manager-level employees of color. The program provides an opportunity for directors to invest in the managers of color on their teams by co-creating a development plan for career advancement and bringing greater visibility to their accomplishments.
Contact
Vicki Webster
GEHA’s DE&I strategy is designed to drive actionable change and accountability by creating opportunities for transparent and honest conversations that present our employees' many perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. We have to provide the resources, outlets and channels for all employees to engage with and share their experiences to create a culture of inclusion in order to reach our strategic goals. And it is vital that we have a sustained commitment across the GEHA team, including our board of directors.