This Media Executive Just Solved One Of The Biggest Challenges With Diversity Programs

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In far too many companies, diversity is barely more than a slogan, a few social media posts, or worse, a cringe-worthy attempt to monetize a marginalized group's pain.

"All credit to our President and Chairman, Paul Buccieri, who is deeply committed to DEI and empowered his team to infuse DEI across every aspect of our business. Among the many incredible initiatives, we have created these wonderful forums for employees to gather so people can share and discuss their similar experiences,” says Gray. “But just as importantly, the employee resource groups organize events and trainings to share their knowledge with the company.

And the sessions the groups provide are legitimate and substantive events. As Gray told me,"We treat these groups the same way that we treat any otherorganization. Because the lesson here is that this is as serious as any other business point. This is not a situation where we have the real business, and then there's a nice little diversity thing off to the side. This is a business issue, like anything else.

Indeed, President & Chairman of A+E Networks Group Paul Buccieri has prioritized DEI as the through line across all aspects of the business. Buccieri explained, “From the content we create, to the talent with whom we work to the vendors that help us source equipment, it is critical to us from a human perspective to constantly ensure that our business reflects our global community.

With employee resource groups, however, we're removing ourselves from being the center of attention and instead centering the voices and experiences of employees. Karen Gray is as qualified as anyone I've met to sit at the center of diversity conversations—she's a Black woman, attorney, and lauded HR executive—and yet even she elevates employee voices through the resource groups.

The proof shows up in the business success of A+E Networks Group, their record-breaking employee engagement scores, and their diversity statistics. The overall A+E Networks population is 52.6% Female, 46.9% Male, and 0.4% Non-Binary. And the population is 66% White and 34% BIPOC. Even at the Vice President level and above, the population is 51.4% Female, 47.8% Male, and 0.9% Non-Binary; and 81% White and 19% BIPOC. Those are numbers that many organizations would love to achieve.

 

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