Metrics and Scorecards
Organizations committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace must develop measurements and tools to ensure the ongoing understanding, control, and improvement of their initiatives. Based on the organization’s diversity and inclusion strategy, measurement can assist in communicating performance objectives, identifying gaps between outcomes and expectations, encouraging better decision-making, and demonstrating the value of its workplace initiatives.
Catalyst can help you to develop metrics to measure and monitor workforce statistics, engagement, and climate as well as specific levers of organizational performance related to an inclusive work environment. We can also refine metrics already in place. We work collaboratively with you to design a diversity metrics framework that supports both central and local reviews. Together, we determine the core metrics that best reflect your organization’s diversity and inclusion objectives and vision. This collaboration can also include integrating existing measurement tools, defining goals and roles for your organization’s diversity metrics, establishing baseline data, and planning for ongoing data collection. Throughout this process, we build your organization’s internal ability to support the ongoing tracking and reporting of workplace metrics.
One key measurement method we often employ involves the use of scorecards that relay, at a high level, the progress and opportunities that merit attention. With Catalyst, you will be able to identify the elements needed to create your organization’s diversity and inclusion scorecard. Our input includes consideration of visual design, maintenance, targeted organizational impact, and your organization’s unique culture and processes. Finally, we offer advice on the metrics and scorecard communication strategy and rollout, with the goal of increasing managerial engagement and buy-in.