Virtue Signaling Solves No Problems. 90 Seconds with Catapult Leaders. Ep. 31 / 6 of 28

Catapult Leaders: Top Talent for Top Companies

Virtue Signaling. You've seen it today, yesterday, the day before that...
Virtue Signaling is a very colorful, often dramatic, empty, disingenuous act of support to show solidarity with a cause (such as hiring certain people who were previously not hired due to conscious or unconscious bias), all to boost an individual's or company's image and reputation - rather than do right by those who've been wronged for generations by actually taking powerful actions to fix the problem once and for all.
Welcome to 90 Seconds with Catapult Leaders, with host, Darryl L. Mobley.

Why “90 Seconds”?
Because it doesn’t take long to get it right.

This is the 6th of 28 episodes on hurdles some face – that others don’t.

Slogans
Multi-colored flags
“Allies"
Black squares on social media
T-shirts
Raised fists
Tearful actors
“Love Us” on jerseys
Being “woke”
Dumping ice water on your head,
Announcing your pronouns…

All are “virtue signaling.”

For 30+ years, organizations have focused on this virtue signaling, because it distracts you from seeing the lack of tangible results.
Nothing is so ineffectual as virtue-signaling masquerading as real change. Talk has always been cheap.

A big hurdle faced by Black and other diverse managers as they seek to climb the corporate ladder is the distracting, unhelpful presence of virtue signaling.

Declining sales, share loss, poor distribution… These problems are not solved by virtue signaling.

The low level of interviewing, hiring, and retention of Black managers will not be solved by virtue signaling.

When a CEO wants problems solved, she sets goals and assigns responsibilities. If those goals aren’t met, the responsible parties are shown the door.

It should be the same with hiring diverse talent. Get it done, or get gone.

Virtue signaling is a fake “crocodile tears” hurdle in hiring and advancement because it allows those in charge to not fix the problem, year after year.

All things equal – the one NOT facing this hurdle will win the race up the corporate ladder.

That’s not meritocracy.

That’s a system that needs to be fixed.

Give your solutions for those facing this hurdle and for the system that creates this environment at CatapultLeaders.com/hurdle.

If I select your solution, you get a shirt with the Diversity Unplugged logo.

Don’t want your sympathy. Understanding is a start.

That’s it. 90 Seconds comes at you fast!
With your input, The Best is Yet to Come!

Catapult Leaders is America's leading executive search firm that matches Black Mid-to-Senior level managers, Early Career talent, and College Interns with Engineering, Supply Chain, Computer & Data Science, and Marketing roles - at top companies that value a diverse pipeline, equity, and inclusion.
Contact us at CatapultLeaders.com if you want Catapult Leaders to help you get a great job, or you want Catapult Leaders to find outstanding Black talent for your organization’s jobs and internships.

Season 4. Episode 31. #6 of 28 in special series on hurdles.