Building inclusion through allyship and accountability

Learn how our partnership with experts fosters equity and understanding, empowering employees to take tangible steps towards creating a more inclusive workplace.

At Quad, we recognize that fostering a truly inclusive culture requires everyone’s involvement. That is why as part of employee performance reviews, employees are encouraged to commit to an inclusion goal, such as joining a business resource group (BRG) or attending learning sessions titled “How to Be an Ally.”

Developed in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center of Professional and Executive Development and Uplifting Impact, “How to Be an Ally” offers insights and implementation tools to help foster equity and inclusion in the workplace. This full-day session attended by cohorts of approximately 100 salaried employees selected to reflect the diversity of Quad’s workforce and business units covers topics such as microaggressions, biases and creating equity within Quad’s community.

“Although the basic content in each class is the same, the dialogue and discussion continue to be very different in a beautiful way,” says Kaitlin Vaughn, Senior Manager of DEI Development Programs. “As unique experiences and cultural stories are shared, our employees are learning so much from one another throughout these cohort-style sessions.”

To ensure access for hourly employees, Quad worked with Uplifting Impact to convert this content into a series of nine videos, which are being released in three installments over the next year. The first installment was made available in 2023 through the company’s internal Learn at Quad system. “Given the different demands that our hourly employees face, we have worked very closely with leaders to create this content in a different format so that it is easier for employees to view, digest and discuss,” Vaughn adds.