Blackie Wills, our President and CEO, sat down with Convenience Store News’ Linda Lisanti for a discussion about the Wills Group’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) effort and the results it’s producing. In this episode, The ROI of DEI, Blackie shares insights into our approach to DEI and connects the dots on outcomes so far.
A CEO’s Take on the ROI of DEI
At the Wills Group, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are seen as key enablers to the business strategy and operating priorities and considered core to achieving our mission of being the preferred choice for team members, customers, and business partners in our chosen markets.
“I’m proud to say that as we’ve looked at our advancements in employee engagement in recent years, [and] since we’ve become more intentional with our DEI journey, it’s translated to results. We were at 82%with employees saying it was a great to work three years ago. We’re up to 87% now. We’ve been very excited to see that continued growth year over year.”
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Watch the full Convenience Store News video interview here to learn more: csnews.com/video-roi-dei.
