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As a part of developing your DEI plan for Speedy Pro, you have been asked to identify best practices companies use for establishing and sustaining DEI for their employees with respect to race, gender, national origin, age, gender/sexual preference, pregnancy, and other protected categories. It is best to post early and often as you work together. Your team will begin by researching best practices in DEI from companies and the literature. We recommend that you each do some research on best practices related to your discipline. Then share your results on this discussion board and collaborate to prepare your �nal recommendations.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan

IND502 M3.2: Consulting Team Speedy Pro DEI Plan

Researching DEI Plans As you examined in Module 4, DEI is an important aspect for all organizations and

individuals. DEI programs are often comprehensive, and as you will see, there will be three

portions to the plan you will be creating together. Remember to divide up your roles so you

can conduct your work e�ciently and e�ectively. Many companies have successfully created

DEI programs to the bene�t of all To begin your group's research, here are two websites you

may �nd helpful. Be sure to go above and beyond these in your own discipline's research:

Lesson 1 of 1

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan

Program Goals The �rst portion of your consulting group's plan for Speedy Pro's DEI program should be the

goals of the program. There are three pieces to the plan that you should be including in your

goals section:

America's Best Employers for Diversity

DiversityInc

Determine which pieces of the best practices of the companies you researched

that you will include in your program. Note why they have been found to be best

practices and give examples of where they have been successful. 

Implementation

The next part of this assignment will be your consulting group's implementation plan.

Outline the steps you recommend for implementing the DEI program at Speedo Pro, including

the following information at a minimum, along with any other details you would like to share:

Develop your vision statement for the organization around DEI.

Create 2-3 goals based upon your group's vision statement. Describe the actions

you will take for each goals. (Use the SMART goals formula to help you write your

goals)

First, decide how you will begin. Where will your initial focus be? What comes

after that initial focus? Describe your strategy.

Who owns the program?

Evaluation Recommendations Part 3 of this assignment will outline your recommendations for evaluating the success of the

DEI program for this company. You should have a measurement plan for each of your goals.

 Include the following in your evaluation recommendations: 

Will the steps look di�erent depending upon which protected group you are

focusing on?

Include a communications plan to introduce the new program to employees sand

supervisors. Tailor to speci�c stakeholder groups as appropriate.

How will you build awareness of the program?

What barriers and obstacles do you anticipate and how do you plan to overcome

them? (Note: Research will provide some resources for this item)

Your plan should be an organized, solid recommendation for Speedy Pro to easily follow.

Remember, you will be responsible not only to the group, but also individually based upon

your contributions to the group. Happy collaborating!

Who is responsible for evaluating this plan?

What variables/metrics will you use to evaluate success for each goal of the

program? Be speci�c.

How will you measure each variable/metric? Use of a table or chart to depict the

alignment of your metrics with goals is encouraged. 

Be sure all of your metrics are inclusive of all a�ected stakeholder groups.

What is your plan for reporting any areas for improvement?