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Insights: Create an Equitable Interview Process

This is a compilation of resources and content references on the importance of systematizing equitable search practices and interviews. 

Boards Need to Think Differently
The NACD, Heidrick & Struggles, and Sidley Austin came together in 2021 and created the goals in this article for companies to consider in the urgent push to diversify the thinking on their boards. The perspectives of Ascend Pinnacle, C200, the Executive Leadership Council, and Latino Corporate Directors Association. Also of interest: the NACD produced the Future of the American Board and The Power of Difference reports.

3 Executive Search Recruitment Practices to Develop Diversity in the Workplace
Cowen Partners Executive Search outlines three essential practices you can implement in your hiring practices now to increase the diversity in your workplace: creating a diverse interview panel, redefining ‘culture fit,’ and implementing targeted networking.

Have C-Suite Openings? Try These 5 Steps to Hire the Perfect Fit
CEOWorld Magazine provides five steps to disrupting a company’s current thinking about hiring C-suite executives, ranging from getting specific with the job description’s language to a reminder to regularly update your onboarding practices to stay relevant in the current job environment.

Scoping great talent in: Equitable Search Practices© in Executive Hiring
Russell Reynolds Associates suggests an entire reframe of the hiring process in order to attract a diverse candidate pool to pull from. This article outlines their copyrighted “Equitable Search Practices” processes.

Slaying the C-level Diversity Myth
The MReport breaks down common mythology around advancing to the C-suite of a company, and outlines ways of avoiding these common mistakes and stereotypes as well as psychologically overcoming common assumptions and obstacles to ascend the corporate ladder.

Insights to Block Bias