Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture                                           

Bold Vision & Goals

To make Utah a place where more girls and women can thrive, the Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture spoke leaders and partners have crafted the vision and goals below.

Vision: Empower all employers in Utah to elevate women's presence and success in organizations through taking strategic actions and creating inclusive policies, fostering gender equality and diverse leadership, and cultivating family-friendly and thriving workplaces.    

Goals: 

1. Change Utahns’ agreement (understanding and perceptions) in the following areas: [Metric Dashboard]
   1. My organization offers family-friendly policies to meet my needs. [Increase agreement by 10% by 2026 and 25% by 2030]
   2. In my organization, I have opportunities for advancement. [Increase agreement by 10% by 2026 and 25% by 2030]
   3. My organization has strategies that advance women in the workplace. [Increase agreement by 10% by 2026 and 25% by 2030]
   4. I feel a sense of belonging at work. [Increase agreement by 10% by 2026 and 25% by 2030]
2. Increase the number of companies participating in the ElevateHer Challenge to 1,000 by 2026 and to 2,500 by 2030. [Metric Dashboard]
3. Expand resources for organizational leaders on strategies and policies that can better support Utahns and their families by 40% by 2026 and 80% by 2030. [Metric Dashboard]
4. Increase data measuring organizational strategies and culture impacting women by adding one additional study or research project by 2026 and two by 2030. [Metric Dashboard]
5. Support related goals in collaborating spokes:
   1. Increase the percentage of Utah women leaders in all industries (in support of Leadership Development Spoke Goal #1).
   2. Increase the percent of women in the higher income earning category ($100,000+, in support of Gender Pay Gap Spoke Goal #2).
   3. Increase accessibility for employees of Utah’s 100 Companies Championing Women as reflected by the increased percentage of companies providing a childcare benefit (in support of Childcare/Pre-K Programs Spoke Goal #4).
   4. Create and publish best practices and a database of resources, including trainings and model employment policies, to improve the quality of response to and prevention of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in Utah (in support of the Sexual Harassment & Gender-Based Discrimination Spoke Goal #5).
   5. Increase the number of companies offering formal return-to-work positions and offering quality part-time jobs for women (in support of the Workforce Development Spoke Goals #2 and #3).

Thriving Statement: Women in the labor force thrive when employed by organizations that have inclusive policies, foster gender equality and diverse leadership, and cultivate family-friendly, opportunity-rich workplaces.