Hedge fund company Vanguard recently held a diversity training where it asked white men to accept “uncomfortable” criticism about their “implicit biases,” according to the Daily Wire. The report reads:
Vanguard, which manages over $7 trillion in client assets, hosted the event as part of its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In line with that commitment, Vanguard tapped a consultant to host a two-hour session called “The Critical Lever: Engaging White Male Managers in Advancing Diversity & Inclusion.”
“Unless you are actively including, you are likely accidentally excluding,” Laura Sherbin, managing director at diversity consulting firm Seramount, told more than 2,000 employees attending the event in-person and virtually on July 19, the footage shows.
In her own words, Sherbin described the session as an attempt toward “really ensuring … that white men, white male managers, are actively included in the DEI conversation” — although she made it abundantly clear that the nomenclature used in cited surveys was not meant to “superimpose an identity … on the white males who participated.”
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After presenting survey results indicating that white male managers have a desire to push for diversity on their teams, yet feel unsure how to do so, Sherbin said that Vanguard ought to provide “expectations for DEI prioritization” and “clarity on how both senior leaders and middle managers will and should be held accountable.” She suggested that one possible mechanism for such accountability could come through “performance management process and feedback channels … just like we do for business results.”