Ask people about company loyalty today, and you’re likely to get a lot of different responses—especially generationally. The days of working for a single employer over the course of a career, earning a pension, and retiring at a relatively young age are gone. And they’ve been gone for quite a while. But that doesn’t mean that loyalty doesn’t exist at all because it does. It just manifests in a completely different way.  

Billionaire Richard Branson puts it this way saying, “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” This presents a real challenge for both employers and employees, especially since they have disparate perspectives on loyalty and what it means in real terms. Reggie Ponder and Kat Potts, hosts of the Kaleidoscope Group’s weekly Becoming Inclusive podcast, dug into the topic sharing their experiences and ideas on how loyalty impacts work and career. 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion play a major role in making employees feel valued and loyal to an employer. The ability to contribute and be heard greatly impacts employee engagement and as a result employee loyalty. Building real employee loyalty beyond simple retention requires a real and meaningful DEI strategy. 

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com