In society, we use the word care quite often, but it has a depth that we sometimes overlook because of the commonality in which we use it. Care is not usually associated with the corporate world. We tend to view it as more common in the medical field. Still, it is essential to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is foundational to our mission at KEIRUS: healing the organizational pressure points and guiding the path forward to inclusion and belonging. Care is defined as the necessary provision for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something, while considering how to do something correctly with serious attention to prevent harm or risk. Oxford Languages Dictionary 

At KEIRUS, we speak to diversity, equity, and inclusion with care because we know the correct strategy to transform cultures will avoid damage and risk to employees and leaders. Our expertise guides the delicate yet deliberate process to change. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging must be initiated to protect each employee's well-being, safety and need for purpose. Our philosophy considers the process of transforming limited mindsets into powerful ones through education and self-empowerment. 

We believe effective DEI consulting provides guidance, identifies roadblocks, and encourages growth. As we expose and integrate organizations to this caring way of transformation, allyship appears within the culture as a strengthening bond to continue the regardful environment that has been established. 

Many organizations focus on doing the work, which is a critical component of success. However, at KEIRUS BY KJE, we emphasize how and why we do the work to develop partnerships with our clients by cultivating a culture of care. We support organizations with care because we are genuinely concerned about the outcomes that confirm our clients have overcome the obstacles to sustaining an inclusive culture. Our familiarity with the power of this emergence of care is because it is the crux and foundation of what we do as DEI experts. Without care, cultures can be cold and non-conforming to the inclusivity requirements necessary for a thriving organization. 

At KEIRUS, we are DEI practitioners who prescribe individualized strategies and solutions, supporting our clients through the transformation process. We have anchored ourselves in our solution-based approach, so we recognize when there is an emergence of greater awareness and appreciation of each other's uniqueness. 

When there is a collective mindset that the welfare and protection of everyone matters, employee engagement and belonging increase. We create this awareness when we partner with our clients. As a result: 

• Communication is more effective horizontally between team members, and vertically with leaders who can better inform their teams and keep them abreast of the organization's direction to appreciate diversity. 
• Cooperation increases as teams work together with a greater understanding of respecting everyone and the uniqueness of each contributor. This collaborative approach allows employees to engage with confidence. 
• Concern with an empathetic edge becomes the centerpiece of the organizational core values. Evaluating for equity and equality becomes a more natural response to decision-making instead of an afterthought. 

We believe in the vitality of care. We value our role as stewards and trailblazers working alongside our clients to clear the path for thoughtful transitions within organizations that cause care to emerge.