Prioritize Stakeholder Alignment

Achieving success in hiring senior executives means accelerating the road to full productivity and avoiding de-railers.

Critical components include

⚫️  A structured model
⚫️  Stakeholder alignment
⚫️  A trusted advisor

This is true of all executive hiring, but even more important for diverse and under-represented minorities, especially where organizations have evolving cultures and diversity is a key priority.

It’s an investment that will accelerate the business through attracting and retaining the best talent and mirroring the face of customers and suppliers.

Having key stakeholders to include colleagues, HR and those who hold soft power aligned on the positions expectations and awareness of the company and culture the person is coming from are critical factors for fast-tracking executive success.

Ensuring the executive can recognize the challenges that current minorities face, unconscious bias that may exist, and the role of DEI curriculum are critical for success.

https://bestofhr.com/7-diversity-hiring-best-practices/