Gartner HR Survey Identifies Top Five Challenges Facing DEI Leaders
Gartner, January 24th, 2023
Business Leaders Failing to Take Ownership for Driving DEI Outcomes is the Top Challenge
Fifty one percent of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leaders say their top challenge is business leaders failing to take ownership for driving DEI outcomes, according to Gartner, Inc.
The survey of 181 DEI leaders conducted between September and October 2022 polled DEI leaders on their proficiency, effectiveness and experiences leading the DEI function. The other top challenges that respondents ranked included: limited power to effectively drive decisions that shape DEI outcomes, ineffective coordination of DEI efforts across business units, limited DEI staff to drive progress and employee resistance to DEI change efforts