To ensure your strategies and tactics succeed, your organization must “match” (take advantage of) today’s dramatically changing landscape – e.g., demographics, values, technology, business models.

Stonehill’s extensive, expert, leading edge research identified that having an inclusive organization “matches” today’s challenges.  Our research further identified the 21 powerful practices & processes that can quickly shape an inclusive organization when embedded in your infrastructure, the foundation (values, processes, leadership) that has always shaped culture and behaviors.

This comprehensive “foundation” of 21 powerful practices & processes assures you reach your goals, without which, even good tactics may fail today.

Our assessment uses these 21 best practices & processes  to survey your organization, asking “to what extent” and “how important” each ones is, which gives:

• A clear understanding of what needs to be strengthened in your organization to assure inclusion is foundational.
• Your people an understanding as to what specifically you support for success today.

The 21 POIs are very powerful for team success but were also chosen to be doable, “non-weaponizable”, and valid to all demographics.  

For example….. Your organization;

• Insists everyone is addressed with respect (e.g., do not allow inappropriate jokes, stereotyping comments or in any way demeaning others.)
• Embraces change, knowing that processes & practices must be updated to meet changing internal/external needs.
• Has a well-defined plan to attract & recruit people from all 
• Supplies written guidelines for behaviors that ensure every person is respected and can fully contribute
• Promotes working as teams by helping all team members build relationships that make everyone feel connected & valued.
• Provides, and encourages the use of, the resources to fully serve a broad range of demographics.

 Given today’s dramatically challenging environment (demographics, economy, values, technology), research has identified that an inclusive culture for your teams is crucial to reaching the 3 most critical outcomes needed for your team’s best performance today:

1. Attracting & retaining the wider demographics in your talent groups/workforce you need today
2. Increasing productivity; have agile, responsive, innovative teams focused on everyone’s success
3. Being more competitive; effectively connect to and serve today’s communities & markets

In response to the changes and need for an inclusive culture, the role of the manager/leader has changed: 

FROM - hiring for fit to the culture/role, telling everyone what to do - jobs are fulfilled in a uniform way

TO - achieving the 3 outcomes (above) through flex (not fit), providing what they need to be agile and responsive, and creating a “belonging, fair” situation for everyone.

Given the need to have manager competencies that support this new role, our research has identified the 22 best practices (from what works and what doesn’t) that ensure a “match” to what is needed today. The practices were chosen to assure both inclusion and success for the team. The 22 Best Practices work together; a total foundation of great management behaviors in:

• Building a Successful Team - Including practices that:
  • Attract and recruit wide demographics by valuing a culture of belonging
  • Support on-going changes and innovation needed in today’s & future situations
  • Provide structures & resources critical to success today
• Supporting Your Team’s Success - Including practices that:
  • Create positive, respectful, balanced and productive interactions
  • Provide flexibility with and input into working situations
  • Employ collaborative/partnering management processes
• Sustaining Your Team’s Success - Including practices that:
  • Sustain and spread the culture of “belonging”
  • Ensure on-going management processes where everyone benefits
  • Continue to support each individual’s success in support of reaching their goals