Inclusion Index
A diversity and inclusion survey that measures, evaluates and enhances workplace inclusivity, ensuring your approach to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) drives meaningful impact.
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Inclusion Index

How we can help

The Inclusion Index is a powerful assessment tool designed to help organisations measure and improve their diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB). Many businesses understand the importance of inclusion, but struggle to assess its real impact or embed it effectively into their workplace culture.

Our Inclusion Index provides a data-driven assessment of your organisation’s current DEIB landscape. We analyse:

  • The views, opinions, beliefs and sense of belonging of your people – do people feel like they belong?
  • Decision-making & risk assessment – who is influencing key decisions, and how inclusive are these processes?
  • Policies & processes – are they truly equitable and supporting diverse talent?
  • Psychological safety at work – do employees feel safe to voice ideas and be themselves?
  • Language & communication – how inclusive is workplace vocabulary and dialogue?
  • Leadership’s role – are leaders actively driving and modelling inclusivity?

This index for inclusion identifies strengths and gaps, which allow us to provide tailored recommendations to embed diversity and inclusion in the workplace, ensure inclusive leaders & ways of working, enhance employee belonging and maximise your return on your DEIB efforts.

Outcomes

Organisations using the Inclusion Index experience:

  • Stronger employee engagement and retention, supporting better productivity and discretionary effort
  • Improved rates of retention, reducing turnover costs
  • Greater creativity and innovation, thanks to inclusion of diverse perspectives
  • Improved leadership accountability, role-modelling desired behaviours and ensuring DEIB is embedded, not just discussed
  • Enhanced business reputation, making the company more attractive to talent and customers
  • Measurable progress on DEIB goals, driving long-term cultural change

For example, a financial services firm recently used the Inclusion Index to uncover gaps in leadership accountability around DEIB. By implementing structured changes, they saw a 15% increase in psychological safety scores and a rise in employee retention among underrepresented groups.

If you want to ensure your inclusion efforts genuinely make a difference and create inclusive leaders our Inclusion Index provides the insight and roadmap to drive change.

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FAQs

The Inclusion Index is a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment tool that measures how inclusive your organisation truly is across behaviours, processes, psychological safety, leadership and more. It reveals gaps and highlights strengths in your DEIB efforts, providing data-driven insights into psychological safety and employee sentiment.
Unlike generic engagement tools, the Inclusion Index offers a diagnostic deep dive into cultural inclusion and team dynamics, highlighting whether DEIB is truly embedded or simply aspirational. It provides practical, strategic recommendations for improvement.
It evaluates several indicators across leadership, language, accessibility, representation, communication, psychological safety and inclusive decision-making — giving you a 360° view of inclusion.
Inclusion drives tangible business outcomes. Organisations that leverage tools like the Inclusion Index see measurable gains in employee engagement, innovation and retention – while mitigating compliance risk and enhancing brand reputation. Furthermore, the Index gives executive leaders a clear, data-informed view of how inclusive their organisation really is, supporting leadership alignment and board-level conversations on DEIB strategy, governance and risk.

Further reading

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Practical tips to get ROI for your business – Webinar 2024

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Embedding a culture of deib for a fast-growth pensions business

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Embedding a Culture of DEIB for a Fast-Growth Pensions Business

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