Even top-performing companies like KPMG, No. 22 in the 2012Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 and our 2011Top Company for Talent Pipeline, face challenges when generating buy-in on inclusion efforts from middle management. KPMG Chairman and CEO John Veihmeyer knows the pivotal role diversity has to his firm’s business operations and has personally invested himself to make sure all his decision makers are impassioned to reach those goals.
“When I came into this role, it was really important that we elevated the visibility of diversity as an objective force,” recalled Veihmeyer as he spoke with Fair360, formerly DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti at a Fair360, formerly DiversityInc event. He discussed with Visconti why he believes equitable values are key to an inclusive workplace and how best to communicate those to the entire organization.
He noted that communicating the importance of diversity doesn’t stop with memos, emails and webcasts. “You will fall flat on your face,” he said.
