Nearly 90% of HR leaders said they feel their organization has been ineffective or flat at increasing diversity representation, a Gartner report found. The research, released on Thursday, identified the three organizational barriers to the advancement of underrepresented groups, and what organizations can do to fix it. "Many organizations haven't prioritized diversity over the years and find themselves with homogenous workforces, and especially leadership teams," said Lauren Romansky, managing vice president in the Gartner HR practice. "When leadership then begins to prioritize diversity, they hope to hire their way into it. But what we've found is inclusion has to come first or underrepresented talent won't stay." HR managers must recognize the bias systemically embedded in organizations if they want to truly bolster the diversity in leadership seats. To do so, Gartner outlined three key actions HR can take that will help them advance this talent.
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