Stone Hearth Consulting is dedicated to partnering with organizations in order to build more inclusive, equitable, and diverse environments within workplaces and communities.
Inclusive practices are proven to increase innovation, improve decision-making, foster resilient teams, and super charge productivity. Our purpose is to work with groups of all kinds, from fortune 500 companies to small rural non profits, to aid in achieving the equity and inclusion which allows organizations to thrive, increases the positive impact on the community, and allows organizations to last.
Without intentionally structuring organizations around inclusion, no amount of behavioral inclusion will change the status quo.
Stone Hearth Consulting partners with organizations to drive real structural change via data driven decisions and aid in transforming the knowledge base and mindset of teams and their leaders. By addressing both structural and behavioral components of equity and inclusion work Stone Hearth Consulting drives your organization towards sustainable growth and meaningful change.
Stone Hearth Consulting works with your team in order to advise on and build out diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies that align with your organizational goals and values. From creating a strategic programing plan to contributing to a large scale master plan, Stone Hearth Consulting is here to help.
Stone Hearth Consulting can partner with your organization's decision makers and boots on the ground team members in order to provide guidance and insights needed to build successful DEI efforts. We start by conducting comprehensive DEI program and initiative audits to see where you are and then begin to craft customized strategies to get you to where you’re going. Stone Hearth Consulting helps organizations create and drive sustainable, measurable changes that align and support their business objectives. 1 on 1 or round table sessions available.
For our most data driven clients, Stone Hearth Consulting works with leaders to create, deploy, and assess the DEI climate of your organization. Our surveys, assessments, and audits are designed to give you insight into needs, sentiments, and experiences that impact your workforce and provide data backed strategies proven to transform your culture.
In partnership with your organization’s key policy makers, Stone Hearth Consulting provides strategic DEI consulting services in order to help leaders assess and strengthen their organization’s foundational policies. We help audit, revise, and roll out comprehensive HR policies that are clear, equitable, and aligned with not only your organization’s goals but all state and federal legal standards. Policy audits include a review of HR policies, processes and procedures, related to DEI along with interviews of key personnel resulting in detailed recommendations and debrief/strategy meetings to discuss results and next steps.
Stone Hearth Consulting can assist your organization’s HR team in creating, launching, and sustaining networks designed to support diverse communities within your organization.
Making a statement on social issues as an organization requires well thought out and strategic communications, meaningful policies and procedures, and a commitment to equity. If your organization is facing an internal or external conflict Stone Hearth Consulting can help your organization reflect, rebuild, and move towards restorative next steps. Stone Hearth Consulting does not provide legal advice.
Stone Hearth Consulting offers C-Suite leadership confidential and meaningful guidance in order to enhance their DEI toolkit, integrate DEI best practices into their work, and implement pillars of DEI into core business strategies, operations, and organizational culture. Beginning with 1-1 meetings to identify opportunities for growth, this service is designed to foster a cohort of leaders at the cutting edge of DEI practices.
Created for senior leadership teams and boards our DEI Leadership Development Series provides the skills leaders need in order to center DEI best practices in their decision making. Sessions in this series offer essential skills leaders need to address DEI challenges, make inclusive and equitable decisions, and lead a culture where diversity and equity are valued.
Offered by our founder Stefani Vargas, this service leverages Stefani’s 15+ years of experience in DEI leadership in order to support leaders in their work. Coaching is confidential, judgement-free, and designed to build confidence. This service allows senior leaders to enhance their DEI knowledge base, elevate their performance and that of their team, and seeks to create confident leaders grounded in inclusion and equity who can comfortably lead by example to create a culture of belonging.
Stone Hearth Consulting offers board development sessions designed to empower and excite board members to lead their organization with DEI best practices at the forefront of their work. Stone Hearth Consulting will work directly with your board in order to strengthen their DEI knowledge base, increase their awareness of DEI’s role in governance, enhance board engagement with DEI related initiatives, and implement best practices.