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You Need Us
We have worked with employers all over the world and have yet to meet one who isn't worried about employee engagement and appropriate workforce pipeline development. We all know that healthy priorities advancing these principles must contemplate greater multicultural representation and fully activating your entire employee base. Leaders often lack the confidence and clarity to work with teams that don’t look like them. Too many don’t know what to say or what to do in the face of multiculturalism and would do well to secure support. That’s where Harper Slade comes in.
Further, most of our clients call us when:
1) Their turnover for minority talent has become untenable and they aren't sure how to remedy it
2) They are scratching their heads to determine why employee dissatisfaction or disengagement among their talent of color becomes a multi-year theme
3. They are expanding into multicultural markets and need to ensure their current market leader and teams understand how to lead (and recruit) multicultural talent
4). They are in trouble. Perhaps in an EEOC claim, Consent -decree or a pending or settled lawsuit involving race based bias or discrimination.
5) Too many of their white employees are struggling to remain engaged because of current or previous ill-informed DEI strategies
We can help with all of it!
Inclusion is not Intuitive
For most of your leaders, the first time they have engaged with people who are different with from them, with regular cadence, is when they came to work for you. Therefore, not only do they lack an understanding of how to nurture, develop and sustain meaningful relationships across lines of difference, but many don’t know why there is an urgency to this work now. And let’s face it, “right thing to do” or “social justice” arguments fall flat in the workplace.
Employee engagement and talent retention are more challenging—and critical—than ever. With multicultural representation at the forefront of today’s workforce goals, it’s essential that leaders engage every team member. Yet many leaders lack the confidence to connect with diverse teams, while concerns about turnover, engagement, and compliance mount. That’s where Harper Slade comes in.
Harper Slade specializes in equipping leaders with the tools and understanding to lead inclusive, multicultural workplaces. We’ve worked with clients worldwide and have yet to meet an organization that couldn’t benefit from our expertise. We offer a clear, supportive path to improving engagement, reducing turnover, and ensuring your workplace is prepared for the inevitably of (and opportunity for) multiculturalism. Let’s get started NOW!
When Our Clients Call Us…
Our clients reach out to us when they’re facing significant challenges, such as:
High Turnover Among Minority Talent
They are struggling to reduce it but unsure how to approach the solution effectively.
2. Recurring Themes of Employee Dissatisfaction and Disengagement
They are experiencing employee dissatisfaction and disengagement within talent of color—issues that stretch over multiple years without clear resolutions.
3. Expanding into Multicultural Markets
They are not being effective in expanding into multicultural markets and need to ensure leaders and teams know how to engage and recruit effectively along lines of difference.
4. Increased Legal Exposure
They are experiencing increased legal exposure – navigating EEOC claims, consent decrees, or race-based discrimination concerns.
5. Disengaged White Employees
They have disengaged white employees due to DEI efforts that have been poorly implemented or misunderstood, resulting in an uneven workplace culture and even more cultural collisions.