Diversity and Inclusion

• Culture Change Plus
  
  

  Is diversity management a part of your company’s strategic plan? 
  Is there a CEO mandate to incorporate diversity into the company? 
  Is it still considered an “HR” function? 
  Has diversity really been defined or is it just filling out forms for external awards recognition? 
  Is your supplier diversity group working in isolation from your workforce diversity function? 
  Is your workforce diversity program made up of affinity groups that are competing internally for attention? 
  Are you still trying to figure out how to map this all back to the company’s bottom line? 
  Is your minority business program at risk and can it be challenged in court?
  
  You are not alone. Our team of diversity consultants have years of meaningful and proven experience in corporations, non-profits and small organizations.  We will help you to move beyond the traditional and ineffective diversity program.  Our solutions assist organizations in strategically embracing inclusion as a strategy to leverage diversity.  We will help your company:

  • Define and Change the Culture
  • Develop Clear Measures of Success
  • Establish Accountability in Your Organization
  
  
• Supplier Diversity Relationship Management
  
  

  Does your company have hundreds or perhaps thousands of businesses in its vendor databases? 
  Is the success of your supply chain dependent upon the strength of your partners?  Are your supplier diversity personnel and procurement specialists burdened with managing the “list” and making determinations of matching the right supplier with the right opportunity?  
  Do you have the in-house personnel that will keep up with the impact of changing demographics, government regulations and complex procurement requirements?
  
  Outsourcing
  Maximize your budget dollars by outsourcing the management of your small women and minority business vendors.  Our Supplier Diversity Relationship Management (SDRM) begins with sound strategic sourcing practices that identify those suppliers that are critical to your company's success.  

  We assist organizations with managing their supplier base by monitoring for compliance and providing oversight to the entire process.  We save you dollars by ensuring that vendors fulfill their contractual commitments.  Our Supplier Diversity Relationship Management (SDRM) services provide our clients with support and guidance in evaluating current relationship management practices, improving the vendor management process, and defining and executing strategies for reducing the number of different suppliers.  We provide our clients with the tools to improve the quality of service from their vendor relationships.  We help our clients realize cost savings through open competition.
  
  

  Our Supplier Diversity Relationship Management methodology includes leveraging best practices, strengthening relationships through mentoring, team building, providing mechanisms for vendor-client communications and establishing the infrastructure for planning and continuous process improvements.  

  Avoid Court Challenges and Lawsuits
  Minority and Women Owned Businesses are one of the fastest growing segments today. Minority entrepreneurship is part of a national explosion.  Across the country minority business participation on contracts require knowledge of complex procurement requirements and rules that govern successful minority business programs.  Multi-million dollar contracts require effective program management.
  
  With the increasing number of court challenges to minority business programs, The Pinder Group will conduct Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program audits.  We advise our clients of potential risk factors in the administering of their MBE program.  Our MBE Program Assessment and Review will help avoid issues associated with  inadequate goal setting, waiver requests, competitive bidding and contract execution.

• The M and M Mix™
  
  

  Demographers may not agree exactly when, but they do agree that sometime in the next 3-6 years the minority population in the Washington region will become the majority.  It already shows up in the 40 and under population.   It has already occurred in California.  When Washington region crosses the threshold, it will join Texas, New York and Miami. 
  
  What are the social, cultural, educational, political and economic implications?  This summer The Pinder Group will release its white paper on this topic. 
  
  To reserve a copy:  mandmmix@thepindergroup.com