DEI Assessments

Understand your current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion with a baseline assessment.

A baseline assessment determines your current state of DEI and provides a thorough analysis of your diversity, intersectionality, gaps, risks, challenges and opportunities. Assessments provide you with actionable recommendations to make impactful positive change.

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Data & Analytics

We can work with your existing organizational data or conduct a DEI survey to help you understand the diversity of your workforce, employee experiences and needs, and perceptions of inclusion. We can run predictive analytics on various data types, including DEI surveys, compensation, engagement, recruitment, promotion, and turnover.

Policy & Process

We can conduct a thorough review of your internal policies, processes, and practices to detect issues and equity gaps. These assessments can help you identify the sources of systemic inequities, biases, and power imbalances that create a negative workplace culture or produce an exclusionary external output.

Consultations

We design and lead interviews and focus group sessions to understand the lived experiences and specific needs of your employees and communities. This qualitative approach helps us uncover specific challenges, inform your broader DEI strategy, and surface opportunities for more inclusive practices.

Benchmarking

We conduct benchmarking or comparative analysis to measure your current state of DEI against peer organizations and industry best practices. These insights support a more informed, data-driven approach to your diversity, equity, and inclusion assessments.

What You Need To Know About DEI Assessments

The length of a DEI assessment really depends on your organization’s size and how deep you want to go. On average, it can take anywhere from three months to a year. That gives us time to gather data, consult with your team, and ensure the process meets your DEI goals and overall assessment objectives.

You don’t have to do the full assessment. While we recommend a complete picture, you’re welcome to choose specific parts that meet your needs. For example, we can start with a survey and focus groups, or just a policy review and benchmarking. Our assessments for DEI are flexible and can be tailored to fit your priorities.

The cost depends on your organization’s size, the complexity of the work, and how much support you’re looking for. Once we understand what you need, we’ll provide a clear proposal and pricing. Every project is designed to deliver value through meaningful, data-informed diversity, equity, and inclusion assessments.

Typically, once an assessment is completed, we can work with you on creating the report and co-designing a formal DEI Strategy and Action Plan for your organization, assigning accountabilities, timelines and creating KPIs for effective monitoring and evaluation. We also recommend becoming a Canadian Equality Subscription Service member to receive ongoing support, coaching, and advice and to access a suite of capacity-building learning and resources.

Once your assessment is complete, we don’t just hand over a report—we help you make sense of the results. Together, we’ll build a DEI strategy and action plan, set timelines, and define metrics to track your progress. You can also access our Subscription Service for extra support, coaching, and learning resources.

Absolutely. We’re here to support you beyond the assessment. Depending on what your results show, we can offer custom training, help develop policies, or guide your next steps. Our goal is to ensure you have what you need to implement changes that stick.

Every organization is different, so outcomes will vary. Some find gaps in their policies, others uncover issues related to culture, equity, or representation. The process is guided by your DEI assessment questions, and the final recommendations are tailored to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

Our Approach

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Alignment

We begin every assessment with an alignment phase where we provide an initial DEI workshop for senior leaders along with a coaching/learning program to prepare them for the DEI journey. It is critical to frame the importance, intent, impact, and strategic direction of this work, and to support leaders to understand their role as key sponsors. We also conduct initial alignment sessions with existing DEI Committees, ERGs, and all staff to help align the organization on the importance and urgency of DEI, clarify the upcoming assessment work, and establish trust in the process.

Assessment

Once the alignment work is complete, we will prepare for the assessment by developing a communications and change management plan for the organization to maximize buy-in, participation and overall success. We will design and launch an organization-wide DEI survey and a series of consultations (interviews and/or focus groups). Depending on your needs, we will conduct a policy and process review through a DEI lens that could include documents and inputs from HR, recruitment, operations, marketing, or procurement, as examples. We will then conduct a comparative review to capture learnings and best practices of other similar organizations.

Reporting

We will then analyze and synthesize the data from the assessment phase using an intersectional approach into a comprehensive findings and recommendations report. Intersectionality is an expansive way of thinking that draws people into a more thoughtful dialogue on identity, power, and privilege at a systemic level. We will present the findings and recommendations to key stakeholder groups, including senior leadership, to build a clear, shared understanding of the current state. Our team will guide the dissemination of results and support the presentation to the wider organization. This final step ensures the outcomes of your DEI assessments are communicated effectively, laying the foundation for action, accountability, and long-term impact.