Resources

Education and Speakers

Courses and Conferences

Diversity in Commercial Real Estate

University of South Florida Muma College of Business Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate course

URBANO Real Estate Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Speakers

Joe Gerstandt

Bernadette Smith, The Equality Institute

Articles and References

Terms and Concepts

Key Equity Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Shared Understanding
Center for the Study of Social Policy (2019). “Key Equity Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Shared Understanding.” Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. 

Inclusion

Diversity wins: How inclusion matters
Dixon-Fyle, Sundiatu, Kevin Dolan, Vivian Hunt, and Sara Prince. 2020. May 19. Diversity wins: How inclusion matters. McKinsey & Company. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-wins-how-inclusion-matters.

Four Ways to Make Your Organization’s Language More Inclusive
Hickey, Michael. 2021, December 10. Four Ways to Make Your Organization’s Language More Inclusive. Associations Now. https://associationsnow.com/2021/12/four-ways-to-make-your-organizations-language-more-inclusive.

Leadership

Brown, Brené. 2018. Dare to Lead. London, United Kingdom: Vermilion.

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence Frameworks
Riopel, MSc., Leslie. 2021, July 12. Emotional Intelligence Frameworks, Charts, Diagrams & Graphs. Positivepsychology.com. https://positivepsychology.com/emotional-intelligence-frameworks.

University of South Florida Muma College of Business DEI in the Workplace Emotional Intelligence Resources  

Biases

University of South Florida Muma College of Business DEI in the Workplace Stereotypes and Biases Resources 

Workplace Management and Culture

Society for Human Resource Management – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Building a Culture of Accountability
Anderson, Piper. 2021, June 28. Building a Culture of Accountability. Stanford Social Innovation Review. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/building_a_culture_of_accountability.

Sustainable Business Model University of South Florida Muma College of Business DEI in the Workplace Sustainable Business Model Resources  

Associations and Organizations

African-American Real Estate Professionals (AAREP) Local Chapters

CREW Network

Filipinos in Institutional Real Estate (FIIRE)

Real Estate Association of Latinx Professionals (REážšL)

Real Estate Executive Council (REEC)

Real Estate Diversity Collaborative (Minnesota)

Research

Diversity Is a Priority for Majority of CRE Firms, Global Benchmark Reveals
2021 Global Real Estate DEI Survey, a partnership between ANREV, INREV, NAREIM, NCREIF, PREA, REALPAC, and ULI and conducted by Ferguson Partners

CREW Network 2020 Benchmark Study
CREW Network’s fourth benchmark study was conducted in 2020 to measure progress for women over the last 15 years, capture critical industry-wide data, and benchmark diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in commercial real estate (CRE).