Diversity (DEI) Statement

This reflection leads to an understanding that it is neither optional nor merely a regulatory obligation. It is a key plank to strategic and sustained success. The current environment - marked by strong transformative forces, like changing client and customer requirements, digitalization, a global pandemic, and a new commitment to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) – is re-enforcing this and demands a considered, authentic, and well thought out position and approach. 

At Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch, we work with clients to build diverse leadership teams. The following areas are critical engagements: 

• Leadership teams: We help clients to consider the types of diverse talent that would complement their organisation. We help map the landscape and commit to develop diverse candidate slates.
• Thought leadership: The Board & CEO Practice comprehensively integrates this position and provides thought leadership and guidance on diversity and gender balance at the firm and in our client work. For the practice’s broader engagement on Transformation Board support, Board Dynamics and Board appointments, diversity and gender diversity are key topics.
• Learning process: Our consultants and research teams are fully engaged and regularly receive training both internally and externally to reflect on strong practices and challenging the status quo for the best outcomes.

Our Diversity Commitment 

At Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch, we not only believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) enables and drives positive business outcomes, but also that pursuing and prioritizing DEI is the right thing to do to leverage the full potential of the society to create a better life for many. The importance of DEI to Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch is not just a PR statement. It has been part of our firm’s DNA since its founding, and we actively incorporate DEI best practices into our organizational culture, internal management, and client recruiting and consulting engagements. As a global firm with co-founders and leaders from diverse backgrounds, Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch deeply understands and actively appreciates the unlimited potential of embracing uniqueness and fostering an organizational culture of belonging for all.
 
Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch has always been committed to acting with integrity and maintaining the trust built over decades with our clients – this commitment extends to our DEI goals and strategic objectives. By leading with inclusion and leveraging our diverse teams, Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch is committed to closing the opportunity gap by explicitly embedding a DEI lens in our organizational culture, internal management, and client recruiting and consulting engagements. 

In advising our clients, our consultative approach creates a space for ongoing and open discourse about DEI. Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch offers DEI capability assessments and talent diagnostics in addition to and supplemented by tailored solutions that range from transformative individual hires to the identification of and introduction to existing teams and businesses for strategic partnerships.
In managing our organization, we work to foster a culture of inclusion and equity through education and training on DEI-related topics and concepts for existing staff and new hires, DEI hiring protocols, leadership succession planning, and continued transparent communication of our DEI goals and protocols. Accountability to our DEI processes and strategies are enforced and demonstrated at all levels.

Continuous Learning Process

Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch believes that DEI efforts and commitments are part of a continual process of assessment and introspection, which allows for productive and progressive learning and unlearning. True DEI requires constant monitoring and evaluation centered around learning at an individual, group, and institutional level. This principle allows for a critical lens and creates a competitive advantage in how we manage our business and meet our client’s objectives.