"DEI leaders are facing extreme fatigue and burnout," says Chandra Robinson, vice president in the Gartner HR practice.
"Unfortunately," she says, "with so much attention paid to DEI, undue pressures are put on DEI leaders to make progress" quickly.
Half of DEI leaders say their biggest challenge is when other leaders fail to take ownership for driving diversity outcomes, and one-third say they have limited power to effectively drive change, according to a 2022 Gartner survey of 181 DEI leaders.
Black women are more likely than women overall to aspire to executive roles, according to the joint Lean In and McKinsey "Women in the Workplace" report.
But they also face more barriers to advance in their career: Black women leaders are more likely to be undermined at work, and 1 in 3 Black women leaders says they've been denied or passed over for opportunities because of personal characteristics, including their race and gender.
Persons:
Karen Horne, Vernā Myers, Netflix's, LaTondra Newton, Terra Potts, Joanna Abeyie, Myers, Abeyie, Rachel Thomas, aren't, Chandra Robinson, Robinson, George Floyd, It's, Russell Reynolds, Thomas, they're, they've, they'd, Kelly Evans
Organizations:
Hollywood, North, North America DEI, Warner Bros, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, America, DEI, Gartner, Lean, McKinsey, Women
Locations:
North America, Corporate America