Advisory Services

Strengthen Your DEI Strategy and Programs With Catalyst Advisory Services

Investing in your people and building an inclusive workplace has never been more business-critical. Catalyst’s Advisory Services offers cutting-edge, boutique diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting and products to global organizations at all stages of their DEI journey—from those just getting started to those with a more nuanced approach to DEI. We help Catalyst Supporters define and implement DEI strategies with our diagnostic products and services.

While many leaders are committed to advancing DEI in their organizations, knowing where to begin can be challenging. Catalyst Advisors can help you to measure and understand your current state through diagnostics, determine gaps, and identify opportunities to create impact and drive change. With a clear vision for change, we can help you accelerate your organization’s progress toward its DEI goals, creating a more inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Support Your DEI Strategy

Whether your organization is new to DEI or has some experience, our Advisors can serve as your thought partners, working with you to analyze your workforce, assess your current state and areas of opportunity, and co-create a DEI strategy to drive change.

Leverage our strategic solutions to drive your DEI strategy forward.

DIAGNOSTICS

We offer quantitative and qualitative diagnostics to help you better understand what DEI looks like in your organization and ensure you focus on the right actions to create change.

Quantitative Diagnostics:

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What story does your organization’s data tell? Our Vital Signs tool helps your organization identify patterns of inequity in your talent pipeline. With a step-by-step, guided approach to show you how to apply a diversity lens to your data, our Advisory Services team can help you interpret the story of your organization’s talent pipeline using workforce data to track and illuminate historical patterns and inform future talent decisions.

Qualitative Diagnostics

We can help you to better understand how your people are experiencing their workplace through qualitative focus groups and interviews with senior leaders. Both can reveal insights into employee experiences, perceived hurdles to progress, and evidence needed to spur a commitment to change.

Programmatic Offerings:

In addition to guiding you on your DEI strategy, Catalyst can help you with strategy implementation through a number of programmatic offerings.

Mentoring & Sponsorship Programs

Mentorship matters; and we know that sponsorship is critical for accelerating career advancement. We can help you create successful Mentoring & Sponsorship Programs with advice and guidance on aligning talent management and HR strategy, defining program goals, and determining key metrics to measure success and ensure accountability for these two initiatives.

DEI Councils

DEI Councils are a critical starting point for setting the tone and commitment to DEI from the top. Catalyst can help you learn and determine needs, objectives, structure, and best practices regarding DEI Councils so that your leaders are well-equipped to support inclusion work across the organization.

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Catalyst has more than 20 years of experience working with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Learn how to develop ERG infrastructure, establish ERG governance, achieve goals, measure success, and more. Our Advisory Services team can support you with ERG launch sessions or with problem-solving on challenging issues such as updating ERG models or building alignment among multiple ERGs. Let us help you leverage your ERG communities to create change.

Talent Management: Inclusive Recruitment & Job Descriptions

Learn how to embed DEI into various stages of the talent management function. Through conscious recruitment sessions we can help you approach the six stages of inclusive recruitment from an authentic perspective. We also provide consultation to review existing job descriptions for potential bias.

Executive Sessions

These discussions provide an opportunity for leaders to have an interactive dialogue with one of our subject-matter experts. Leverage this opportunity to come together for courageous conversation at any stage of your DEI journey.

Speaking Engagements:

We offer speaking engagements on many inclusion-related topics under our research pillars: Advancing Women; Inclusive Work Cultures; Women and the Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; and Engaging Men in Inclusion. Let us know your topic of interest and we will work with you to find a session to address your needs.

Meet the Team

VANDANA JUNEJA
Vice President & Head,
Global Advisory Services

SARAH DINOLFO
Senior Director,
Advisory Services

JESSICA SAROLLI
Director,
Advisory Services

CHARLIE OWEN
Senior Associate,
Advisory Services

JULIE NUGENT
Senior Vice President,
Strategic Solutions & Products

Catalyst is here to support you on your inclusion journey.

For more information about our offerings, please complete the form below, or reach out to us at [email protected]. We will respond within two business days.

Topics:

Organizational Culture Change