Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) is not just a moral issue, it’s also a practical one. All data says the same thing: diverse and inclusive companies are more profitable, perform better, and have an easier time attracting recruits.

LATEST UPDATE: On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a stay on the vaccine mandate for private employers. An appeal against the vaccine mandates for federal contractors is currently in progress. On Thursday, December 2, 2021, Helios held a webinar for our clients and business colleagues on the Federal Vaccine Mandate: What Government Contractors Need to Know in partnership with NFP and Holland & Knight. We were fortunate to have Helios HR's Jenna Louis interview employment law specialist, Kara Ariail, Partner with Holland & Knight, to answer some of the most pressing questions on our minds today.

Helios HR has been helping businesses develop positive cultures for over twenty years now. In that time, we have noticed a change in attitude towards Diversity Equity and Inclusion, or DE&I.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) should be a business priority for every company. Yet many companies still lag behind, with 75% of workers saying that their employers need to do more.

Most companies like to think of themselves as meritocracies, a place where anyone can get ahead if they work hard enough. But when we look at the current employment landscape, we see that this is not always the case.

Leaders often wonder how to create team culture, and the simple answer is: you can’t. Culture is something that emerges naturally from within an organization. You can guide cultural development and try to nudge it in the right direction, but you can’t just build a new culture from scratch.