How to make your workplace more inclusive and develop leadership around DEI

In the wake of George Floyd`s 2020 murder and the racial reckoning it sparked, businesses across the country started setting new standards for how to be more diverse and inclusive.

But not every company felt it had the resources — particularly leaders — to help the organization reach those aims.

That inspired Eddy Rojas, executive vice president and provost at the University of St. Thomas, to create a master of arts degree in diversity leadership to address that need and accelerate progress on companies` diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) objectives.

In announcing the program`s creation, he said, "more inclusive workplaces are also more productive workplaces."

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