, started by Lila Kelly in 2015, provides tools to identify unconscious bias and cultural misunderstandings that create barriers for diverse applicants and employees, along with methods to remove those barriers. We offer online training, blended learning, train-the-trainer, and books focused on building individual and systemic cultural competencies and skills for interviewing, hiring, recruiting, and retaining a workforce that reflects the increasingly diverse population.
These tools are educational and practical, with examples of unconscious bias, micro-inequities, cultural competencies, and methods to integrate DEI into the hiring process. They present a unique approach that allows you to see through the eyes of diverse individuals ― including racial/ethnic, disabilities, gay/lesbian/transgender, and size perspectives. The online training contains videos and quotes of real people sharing their experiences and suggestions for creating a more inclusive and equitable hiring process and workplace.
Lila Kelly Associates
As owner of Lila Kelly Associates LLC since 1992, Lila has worked to bridge the gap between employers and an increasingly diverse applicant pool and workforce. She provides management consulting in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), human resources, organizational assessment, strategic DEI action planning, and facilitation.
Lila’s unique approach to DEI in the hiring process stems from her background in diversity, human resources, and career development. Her roles have included HR director, hiring manager, recruiter, career transition consultant, facilitator, researcher, author, and college instructor. This background allows Lila to integrate many diverse perspectives into her work.
Identifying the Missing Link and Bridging the Gap
In the early 1990s, after seeing numerous qualified applicants, particularly diverse applicants, fall through the cracks, Lila realized there was a missing link in the ongoing topic of “recruitment and retention.” That missing link was the interview process ― where interviewers and applicants met, discussed the position, and decisions were made on both sides about fit for the job. This realization led her to research diversity hiring, particularly the dynamics between interviewers and diverse applicants in the interview process.
Her research involved interviewing hundreds of people of diverse backgrounds and careers. Individuals shared their experiences as job applicants going through the interview and hiring process related to unconscious bias and cultural differences they encountered. From their stories and suggestions for change, Lila discovered insights into diverse applicants’ experiences that can help employers better understand the interconnectedness of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and retaining diverse employees.
Utilizing her combined research and experience, Lila developed tools to help employers address the critical need to integrate DEI into the hiring process. Her online training, blended learning, and books bridge the gap that exists in the topic of recruitment and retention.
SBE, WBE, and CERT-certified Business in Minnesota
Stay informed with our Diversity Integration newsletter! — Receive our monthly blog articles and hear about new releases and special promotions on our online training, books, and workshops.
Become an Affiliate: Earn a commission on all sales of our online training courses through your personalized URL link. Contact us for more information.
For more information on Lila Kelly Associates, LLC, visit LilaKelly.com