What DEI in the Workplace Actually Looks Like and Strategies to Adopt with Dejannae Lang, Workzinga

In HRchat episode 474, we ask 'what does DEI look like within the workplace and what strategies should be in place?'Our guest this time is Dejannae Lang Research Analyst, Doctoral Student, Associate Consultant, and Industrial and Organizational Psychologist at Workzinga.Questions Include: Why join the dedicated science team at Workzinga? What's the role? How does it help HR, Talent pros, and leaders? You're new to the company, talk about the culture fit between you and Workzinga. From your experience and perspective, what does DEI look like within the workplace? What strategies should be in place?What would you say to the suggestion that employee resource groups work best in larger orgs? DEI practitioners are voicing concerns of burnout and lack of resources, how can organizations address these problems?Let's talk about headcount and combatting 'weak'/misleading DEI metrics: How do we avoid fake interviews to meet a diversity quota? With the uncertainty of a recession, why is it important for DEI to not be part of budget cuts?About Dejannae LangDejannae has over 5 years of experience with identifying interpersonal skills to fit the proper work environment, diversity, equity, and inclusion issues and assisting organizations with leadership development, and servant leadership training. Her experiences and training in I/O psychology over time has sharpened her awareness to cultural relations, organizational processes, employee engagement, and employee development, and employee wellbeing. She is currently certified as a Predictive Index Practitioner. Dejannae has consulted for colleges and universities since 2019. She has specialized in providing presentations and training on servant leadership in the education sector, as well as others. She continues to provide strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion training and leadership development consulting. She also works on the use of interpersonal skills within the workplace to impact productivity and communication within organizations. She speaks at several engagements throughout the year to draw attention to the principles of I/O psychology.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here.Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletterCheck out our in-person events