Get to Know Holistic

DEI stands for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In terms of what each of them means, we start by asking our clients what they think each of these terms mean. One of the things we’ve learned over the past few years is that each of us has a very specific definition of these terms, reflective of our environment, our lived experience, our personal history and philosophy. It is critical that we respect each of our individual viewpoints and that as we form company-wide viewpoints on these matters, we embrace a variety of perspectives and experiences. Loosely speaking, for Holistic:

• Diversity is about bringing different perspectives and backgrounds, lived experiences and demographics together. It is about the exciting things that happen when we bring people together from wherever they are and create an environment where these perspectives and experiences can be brought to bear.

• Equity is about fairness, about treating people with consistency and respect and providing equal access to opportunity.

• Inclusion is about actively making people feel welcome and focusing on belonging and involvement. What are we doing to embrace our fellow employees, our colleagues, our friends? How can we be present and available and make space for their viewpoints, perspectives and experiences?

We work with clients from all industries. We have had particular success in three industries: technology, professional services, and nonprofits. We have worked with companies large and small ranging from retail companies to manufacturing companies to tech companies. The smallest company we’ve worked with had nine employees; the largest had over 50,000. We have had particular success working with companies that have specific challenges, such as dispersed workforces, or international offices with particular challenges with diversity, equity and inclusion or the employee experience.

We absolutely work with nonprofits. Nonprofits have been some of the best clients in our company’s history. Nonprofits have a specific challenge these days, which is having a competitive advantage in terms of attracting talent. With the increased focus on purpose throughout the workforce, nonprofits are having a difficult time competing for talent, even though they are competing for the same talent as for-profit companies. We have had a great experience working with nonprofit organizations.

Yes to both. Our clientele include national and international organizations. We work with clients with multiple offices around the world, and we have many clients with offices around the United States. We also have many clients that either have geographically dispersed workforces or have gone to some sort of hybrid model during the pandemic. Two of our specialties are helping companies with engagement of geographically dispersed workforces and helping companies with international operations normalize DEI across their whole organization. Oftentimes, the way that folks are interacting with diversity, equity, and inclusion overseas and the way that we think about it here in the States are markedly different, so companies with offices overseas are a particular challenge we have experience with addressing.

We offer an array of services and plans for clients to choose from, ranging from our Full Holistic Analysis to a subscription model for more specific needs. We offer a Full Holistic Analysis that can include company DNA Analysis, compensation and internal equity analysis, DEI analysis & executive goal setting, hiring pipeline analysis, employee engagement surveys, and more.

The vast majority of our clients choose a subscription model, in which Holistic (and its products) sit as an extension of your team and your efforts. These subscription packages can include one or more of the following offerings:

Fractional DEI Resources – Holistic teammates offer consulting time and additional customizable services including lunch and learns, executive office hours, DEI book club facilitation, dynamic employee handbook development, mission statement development, and job description audits.

Complete access to technology services and other Holistic resources.

An assortment of company trainings.

Yes. All of our subscriptions are customizable.

The pricing depends on a number of factors, including but not limited to the size of the company, the specific work being done, and the length of engagement. Because all of our packages are customized and tailored to our clients, the pricing is determined on a client by client, bespoke, customized and unique basis

All of our clients are unique, there is no one size fits all. We can work with you based on your needs whether that includes training or not.

Trainings are available to purchase for a single session, or more. You do not need to be a subscription client of Holistic to receive training services.

We have a wide variety of trainings that we offer under our tab, What We Do. If you would like to customize your training or want something that you do not see offered, we are more than happy to create a training in the topic you want. We are constantly updating, evolving and creating new trainings for our clients.

We also provide free resource guides, monthly cultural calendars, webinars, and pulse surveys that are open to the public.