TRUTHS
Perhaps your firm or school made a statement in 2020 regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. What happened next? Did you set goals? How are you doing? We thought a lot about these questions this past week as we met in our team huddles to celebrate progress and plans for 2021. And as is our custom in writing these e-letters, we felt compelled to provide our DEI scorecard from this past year at Setser Group to hopefully inspire leaders and teams to move beyond statements and into action to build a more equitable future of learning and work for all.
What are some tools you can use to make your own scorecards? What are some measures you can track? What will be the key performance indicators to monitor along the way?
TOOLS

Align organizational activities with the vision and strategy of your school, university, or company. What are your training goals for DEI? Books you might read? A virtual speaker series you might host?


Padlet

The information in this padlet was compiled to assist grade 12 pupils, writing the IEB exam, with their Business Studies task based on the Balanced Scorecard of Kaplan and Norton. How might you use Padlet to track who you serve with digital access? What does your data say in terms of digital equity?

How do Superintendents think about balanced scorecards? What diversity ratios are they planning for hiring? What training are they providing to leadership? What equity gap metrics are they expecting with student results? What interventions are working or need to be modified?

How do universities plan for key performance indicators? How do we avoid taking an autopsy of our progress at year end, and make our assessments more diagnostic on a quarterly basis? How can we include representation on our committees? How can we ensure DEI stakeholders are surveyed or led through focus groups to inform the design of KPIs?
TRIUMPHS
Learn more this week on people and organizations making a difference in DEI leadership.

Design: With funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, CFC created resources to help schools implement routine, widespread Covid19 testing. Materials are aligned to the new K-12 testing playbook produced by The Rockefeller Foundation, Testing 4 America, and Skoll Foundation to address returning to school with an equity focus for all.

Challenge: Day 16 of 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge. Read how Extensive data dispels any myth that the fundamental issue is class, not race from Setser Group Board Member Robin Marcus.

Lead: Some leadership takeaways from our CEO Bryan Setser on lessons from President Biden's daily schedule posted here.

  1. Always have morning briefing time. Check and expect direct reports to manage up and share status. When possible have someone curate that briefing the day before.
  2. I see time for learning, sharing the administration's story, communications, transition, and presence all before lunch. Leaders should work more in blocks like this to learn, communicate, leave time to reflect and consider, and make their presence a part of their team's day. Make it a priority learn from groups that do not look like you.
  3. In the evening I see a focus on priorities, connection to on-the-ground issues, the opportunity to recognize and show gratitude to people in person, and transition time to communicate, reflect and consider what was learned and what needs to flow back into the next day. It matters to have a diverse cabinet and to celebrate the people who lead the work.
  4. I also see opportunities for the strategic uses of social media to uplift, feature, show progress, and celebrate the good work of others.

Speed Up: Read these 15 (5-10 minute) reads to help your team and organization get smarter faster in 2021.
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