Successful enterprises of all sizes embrace and encourage the development of a diverse workforce. Diversity can generate solutions to problems that reflect different perspectives, different levels of experience and, most importantly, different thinking. Stagnant thinking leads to a lack of innovation, which leads to inertia and possible enterprise irrelevance. Workforce diversity helps to avert that potential death spiral.

The role of a chief diversity officer is to develop, implement, and monitor enterprise-wide programs that promote the hiring of employees with diverse cultural and educational experiences.

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For this executive-level position, the individual filling the chief diversity officer role must have impeccable business acumen and experience as a leader and change agent. The position requires self-confidence and the ability to instill confidence in others. This is one of those rare job roles where recruiters do not have to worry about a candidate being over-qualified.

Successful candidates will be able to embrace their role as the personification of the company’s identity as an employer of choice. They will also provide important links with other functional areas such as marketing, legal, and HR, so familiarity with those areas is vital. The position requires expert levels of leadership, judgment, management, mentorship, and results-orientation.

The best candidates will have experience promoting the merits of diversity and inclusion in their communities. They will be on boards of directors, participants in local government workgroups, and leaders of professional organizations. Diversity and inclusion will be central to their lives, regardless of their employment status.

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