At Berkeley Haas, a growing number of MBA students are
interested in honing skills needed to advance
diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within organizations. EGAL strongly believes that these skills
map to Equity Fluent Leadership competencies. To assess this across industries, we developed a survey
– in partnership with our MBA student advisory board – to gauge from industry professionals what the
most important competencies and skills are for equity practitioners in primary business functions.
From 141 responses over a period of 2 months in 2022, we gathered the following data. These findings
will be used to immediately begin supporting EGAL and the Berkeley Haas School of Business with
curriculum development, student learning pathways, and career management and recruiting.
Note: while the data you see on this page is static at present, we intend to re-open
the survey in the near future and continue to track trends over time.
* Note that none of the respondents self-reported as being in a DEI function
Hover over each competency or click "More Info" to see the percentage of respondants who answered it.
| Growth mindset and desire for continuous learning | 24.47% |
| Self-Awareness (including ability to recognize one's own biases) | 20.25% |
| Empathy | 17.72% |
| Curiosity | 13.08% |
| Resilience | 6.75% |
| Creativity | 5.91% |
| Courage | 4.64% |
| Ability to be vulnerable | 3.38% |
| Vision | 2.95% |
| Other | 0.84% |
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Hover over each competency or click "More Info" to see the percentage of respondants who answered it.
| Communication (including ability to actively listen / manage differing opinions and perspectives) | 28.81% |
| Cultural Competence (understands multiple cultural frameworks, values, and norms; able to be effective across cultural contexts) | 23.31% |
| Coalition Building (within and cross-industry) | 10.59% |
| DEI Subject Matter Expertise | 9.32% |
| External market knoweldge (ability tounderstand current demographic trends and how they influence DEI, as well as diverse customer / client needs) | 8.05% |
| Systems Thinking / Systems Mapping | 6.78% |
| Negotiation | 5.08% |
| Design Thinking | 2.97% |
| Modeling | 2.54% |
| Marketing / Brand / Reputation Management | 1.27% |
| Other | 1.27% |
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Hover over each competency or click "More Info" to see the percentage of respondants who answered it.
| Communication | 32.56% |
| Cultural Competence | 20.93% |
| Coalition Building | 12.79% |
| DEI Subject Matter Expertise | 4.65% |
| Growth Mindset | 4.65% |
| External Market Knowledge | 3.49% |
| Empathy | 2.33% |
| Negotiation | 2.33% |
| Vision | 2.33% |
| Ability to assess the needs of the organization to identify DEI opportunities for improvement | 1.16% |
| Awareness | 1.16% |
| Being Trauma-informed | 1.16% |
| Change Management Skills | 1.16% |
| Collaboration | 1.16% |
| Curiosity | 1.16% |
| Data gathering, unpacking, modeling and using data to tell compelling stories and the truth | 1.16% |
| Desire to be a Change Agent | 1.16% |
| Influence | 1.16% |
| Recognizing the value of different lived experiences | 1.16% |
| Respect | 1.16% |
| Systems Thinking / Mapping | 1.16% |
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