What can be done

• Involve and get support of senior leaders, including non executive, supervisory boards
  • Best practice companies show that the CEO largely drives and initiates diversity activities
  • Make sure top management involved in crucial diversity tasks and organizations (task forces, councils…)‏

How to make it work/ tips & tricks

• Have clear, measurable and continuously updated business case goals with new proof, diverse workplace improving results
• CEO personally commits to diversity, acts as a role model behaving consistently with the communicated diversity goals while educating and coaching managers as well
• Support from supervisory boards can reinforce CEO and senior leaders commitment
• Provide funding for diversity initiatives

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