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Company: Global Disability Inclusion
Company Description: Global Disability Inclusion is changing the way the world perceives disability. We are a boutique consulting firm providing disability inclusion strategies and solutions for global companies, foundations, non-profits, and universities. Our team of experts help organizations expand opportunities to reach new talent, create inclusive environments, and acquire new customers.
Nomination Category: Achievement Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Achievement in Diversity & Inclusion
 Nomination Title: Amplify: The Disability Climate & Culture Survey
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated organization's customer satisfaction achievements since the beginning of 2020, OR written answers to the questions? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video:
Global Disability Inclusion in partnership with Mercer completed a 10 year study collectiong 12M data sets about global employee engagement comparing workplace experiences of those with disabilities compared to those without disabilities. This groundbreaking report, The State of Disability Employee Engagement is the first study of it's kind. The report demonstrates across the 6 common engagement categories of Leadership, Advancement, Opportunity, Equity, Manager and Overall Engagement - there was not one category where employees with disabilities scored more favorably. In fact, many categories showed differences of 10 to 14%. It should be noted that a call to action is a 5% point difference. Additionally, or research found that 90% of companies investigate differences in gender, 75% look at race and ethnicity, but only 4% of companies investigate disability as a diversity segment. This finding alone is troubling since people with disabilities are the world's largest minority group.This led to the creation of Amplify the first Disability Climate and Culture survey that will enable employers to capture information about their workplace practices and how they impact employees with disabilities which is up to 20% of an employee population.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization's history and past performance (up to 200 words):
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Global Disability Inclusion is a boutique consulting firm that is working to change the way the world perceives disability. GDI was established in 2013, by award winning disability inclusion leader, Meg O'Connell. The firm squarely established itself as a for profit entity signaling to the world that disability is more than just a charitable endeavor. GDI has worked with some of the world's most recognized brands, including AARP, Cummins, Michaels, P&G, Starbucks, and the Society of Human Resource Management just to name a few. GDI's work focuses in three key areas 1. Advising Leaders, 2. People and Process and 3. Market Growth. At the heart of all our work is the belief that including people with disabilities should be part of every companies talent strategy and market growth solutions.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2020 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
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Since, 2020 GDI has been working tireless to finalize the report The State of Disability Employee Engagement. This work included extensive collaboration wiht Mercer (the world's largest HR consulting firm) to review and analyze over 12M data sets, summarize findings and produce this groundbreaking report. Initially the report was set to be published in July 2020 for the 30th anniversary of the ADA, but given the global pandemic and businesses focused on sustaining operations, we waited until April 2021 to publish the report. During this time in 2020, GDI and Mercer worked to complete Amplify, the first ever Disability Climate and Culture Survey. The survey will enable companies to obtain information from their employees with disabilities about their workplace experiences. The survey also asks disability specific questions that have never been asked in a workplace survey previously. The findings and results will provide companies with actionable insights that will help them improve policies, programs, and procedures in order to positively impact organizational climate and cultures.
- f you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):
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The creation of Amplify provides businesses with a tool to gather information about their largest diversity population within their companies, people with disabilities. The survey asks questions around disability disclosure, leadership support, safety in the workplace, workplace accommodations, accessibility, opportunity for advancement and if diability is part of the organizations larger diversity efforts. While the disability industry has several assessment tools (Benchmarkability, The Tracker and The Disability Equality Index), these tools review organizational polcies, programs and procedures and are a self reported evaluation. The game changer with Amplify is that companies are assessing organizational policies, programs, procedures and practices and how they impact their employee population. The survey enables companies to capture data from their existing employee population and begin to identify gaps and opportunities for improving workplace practices and company climate and culture. Global Disability Inclusion has previously been recognized for its innovation as a winner of JP Morgan's Mission Main Street grant. The $100,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase was to expand business services and was awarded to the company is 2015. Only 10 businesses won the award our of 30,000 applications. GDI was the only disability organization to win the award.
- Optional: Reference here any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and explain how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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Here is the link to download the free report, The State of Disability Employee Engagement The State of Employee Disability Engagement| Whitepaper Download (globaldisabilityinclusion.com)
Press release announcing Amplify. First-Of-Its-Kind Disability Climate and Culture Survey, Amplify, Now Available (prnewswire.com)
Below are a few quotes from companies about Amplify.
"Amplify is an incredible tool for our company to obtain a baseline about a part of our employee population we know very little about. It will help us know where we can improve and take action." HR Manager Technology Firm
"People with disabilities are an important part of our diversity initiative. But we were treating their needs the same as other employees, Amplify will enable us to ask questions about what it is like to be an employee with a disability at our company." CDO - Retail Industry
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