Talent Retention | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

The various programs available to ensure that staff from diverse backgrounds are not only hired but retained within the organization for the long-term. This includes empowering historically underrepresented individuals to contribute to decisions that impact employee satisfaction, well-being, and career success.

Early

Limited to corporate efforts to promote employee satisfaction / engagement and loyalty
Does not include scanning for or intervening to address voluntary attrition risk

Intermediate

Informal focus on retaining historically underrepresented individuals in Legal/Law Department
Mentorship and coaching occur on ad hoc basis
Attention is paid to Inclusion and Equity, but not systematically
Communities / networks/ ERGs are in place to build loyalty and support each other

Advanced

Retention programs are robust and well-documented, include special attention to measuring and/or assessing attrition across employee demographics and roles, with a mindset of starting “retention” efforts as an on-going effort initiated shortly afteran employee is hired
Legal/Law department has specific diversity goals to work towards and track progress
Specific coaching and mentoring programs are systematically directed to historically underrepresented individuals who are deemed higher risk of attrition