{"id":78378,"date":"2022-01-21T13:47:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=78378"},"modified":"2022-01-21T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:45:28","slug":"thinkzilla-launches-new-dei-scorecard-to-help-organizations-grow-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/thinkzilla-launches-new-dei-scorecard-to-help-organizations-grow-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinkzilla Launches New DEI Scorecard to help Organizations Grow Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Companies with ethnically diverse executive teams outperform their peers by a full 33 percent when it comes to profitability, according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/people-and-organizational-performance\/our-insights\/delivering-through-diversity\">McKinsey report<\/a>, and yet many companies still come up short in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion work. Thinkzilla Consulting Group announced the launch of a proprietary DEI Scorecard to help clients improve DEI outcomes based on research, data, best practices and organizational goals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0121-s2p-thinkzilla-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thinkzilla CEO, Dr Velma Trayham and Chief Strategy Officer, Amber Kellogg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0121-s2p-thinkzilla-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0121-s2p-thinkzilla-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0121-s2p-thinkzilla-800x600-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>PHOTO CAPTION: (L-R) Thinkzilla CEO, Dr. Velma Trayham brown dress. Thinkzilla Chief Strategy Officer, Amber Kellogg red dress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The scorecard can be used for audits, to support training and programs, and to help organizations build more inclusive workplaces and workforces. Thinkzilla Consulting is the only firm that combines program development with extensive DE&amp;I expertise, a network of thousands of minority-led business suppliers and full-service marketing capabilities,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery organization should develop DE&amp;I goals customized to their team, their industry and their goals, which is why we launched this scorecard,\u201d said the CEO of Thinkzilla Consulting, Velma Trayham, who was recently featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/businessnewsledger.com\/innovative-solutions-of-dr-velma-trayham-ceo-of-thinkzilla-consulting-group\/\">Business News Ledger<\/a> for her DE&amp;I work. \u201cBased on feedback from companies interested in growing their diversity and inclusion programming and outreach, the\u00a0scorecard can be part of your strategic plan and overall growth efforts. It\u2019s all about inspiring change in a meaningful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After launching the United Diversity Business Summit in 2021 with a proclamation from the city of Scottsdale, Ariz., Thinkzilla\u2019s team in Scottsdale, Atlanta, and Houston has continued to innovate and support minority business owners through its work in supplier diversity program development &amp; evaluation, Marketing Services and DE&amp;I assessments and training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile everyone knows that diverse, inclusive and equitable companies do better across many metrics, not every organization knows how to get there,\u201d said Dr. Trayham. \u201cOur data, our knowledge and our passion can help organizations of all sizes get the information they need to take equitable action and make a true difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Thinkzilla Consulting Group\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thinkzilla Consulting helps organizations create a positive economic impact through cultural diversity. Making brands more relevant, Thinkzilla builds meaningful connections between brands and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Thinkzilla or to schedule a consultation, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkzillaconsulting.com\/\">https:\/\/thinkzillaconsulting.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED LINKS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/people-and-organizational-performance\/our-insights\/delivering-through-diversity\">https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/people-and-organizational-performance\/our-insights\/delivering-through-diversity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessnewsledger.com\/innovative-solutions-of-dr-velma-trayham-ceo-of-thinkzilla-consulting-group\/\">https:\/\/businessnewsledger.com\/innovative-solutions-of-dr-velma-trayham-ceo-of-thinkzilla-consulting-group\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Companies with ethnically diverse executive teams outperform their peers by a full 33 percent when it comes to profitability, according to a recent McKinsey report, and yet many companies still come up short in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9017,"featured_media":78376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[264,12804,125,1,559,17575,10939],"tags":[14794,17518,16308],"class_list":["post-78378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-reports-news","category-ap","category-arizona-news","category-business-news","category-products-news","category-scottsdale-business","category-woman-owned-business","tag-diversity-and-inclusion-practice","tag-diversity-equity-and-inclusion","tag-dr-velma-trayham","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4427,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}