Q&A: How to Navigate DEI Rollbacks Without Losing Your Team

Communicate effectively, avoid costly delays, and ensure your message resonates with your workforce.

As major corporations roll back DEI policies due to executive orders, leaders must navigate these shifts carefully to maintain employee trust and engagement. Our Shannon Gabriel, VP of Leadership Solutions, highlights key mistakes to avoid, including delayed communication and lack of transparency. She emphasizes the importance of swift, detailed messaging, active listening, and fostering psychological safety to mitigate change fatigue and attrition. HR teams can reinforce company values by modeling them in leadership behavior and recognizing employees who uphold them.

In this Q&A they discussed:

• The top change management mistakes you see leaders make with major organizational shifts
• The role empathy plays in effective change management
• Psychological safety among employees in the face of change
• HR teams should reinforce their organization’s values amid changes in policies/programs

Read what she had to say in HR Daily Advisor →