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Air Force Personnel Center
Why Diversity Matters?
Updated April 21, 2023
Lt Col Jenise CarrollChief of Operations, TFSC-SA
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Overview
What is your orientation?
Why Diversity?
Diversity Demographics
Diversity ICONs
Your Challenge
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What is your orientation to diversity?
Managing Diversity Leveraging Difference
Leadership Perspective
• Is diversity a problem to be solved? • Is difference an opportunity to be capitalized upon?
Strategic Focus • Is the focus on effective human resource management?
• Is the focus on encouraging sustainable advantage in all capabilities related to value creation (e.g., value chain)?
Scope of Difference Engaged
• Is diversity framed with narrow scope, usually between seven to eleven key differences?
• Do we engage in broader scope of differences, e.g., cognitive, psychological, behavioral, organizational and geographic differences, etc?
Long-Term Impact of Change Process
• Is impact powerful learning for some individuals?• Increased representation in
recruitment, hiring and customer engagement of targeted differences?
• Is impact on individual learning and staffing changes?
• Is there a larger and more diverse group of stakeholders engaged?
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The Mission of the Air Force
Is to Fly, Fight and Win…in Air, Space and Cyberspace
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Governance
Air Force Diversity Operations, 2009
AFPD 36-70, Diversity, 2010
Diversity Strategic Roadmap, 2010
Declaration of Diversity, 2011
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Declaration
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Diversifying the Force for a 21st Century World
Diversity is a Military Necessity for the US Air Force Lack of diverse leadership has consequences Fierce competition for America’s talent
Finite talent…everyone’s fighting for it Develop a construct to attract, recruit, develop,
mentor, and retain a diverse Total Force If we ignore; we lose the war for talenttalent
Every Airman inspired/empowered to reach his/her full potential
Diversity provides our force with an aggregation of strengths, perspectives and
capabilities that transcend individual contributions---General Schwartz
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Diversity in the Air Force…
Diversity in the Air Force is broadly defined as: a composite of individual characteristics, experiences, and abilities consistent with the Air Force Core Values and the Air Force Mission
Diversity has many dimensions: Demographics Behavioral/Cognitive Structural/Organizational Global Generations
Military Necessity!
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What is Diversity?
Diversity IS about recognizing, embracing, and utilizing our differences to better accomplish the mission…
Diversity is NOT about quotas or lowering standards
U.S. demographics are changing… The vast talent, and diverse experience of our Airmen
is our strength…it will ensure our relevance AF must maintain a corps with a global perspective
and innate ability to champion different points of view Your involvement is critical…
Mission requirements demand it!
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Demographics Diversity
Socioeconomic Family Disability Geo. Origin
Age GenderRace & Ethnicity Philosophy
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Behavioral & Cognitive Diversity
Work Style PersonalityThinking Learning
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Structural & Organization Diversity
Services/COCOMs/MAJCOMs Career Fields
Allies, NGOs
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Global Diversity
Foreign Languages Other Cultures
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Current GenerationsMillenials 69% of Air Force, Boomers Only 4%
Career OutlookContribution, tradition, corporate
loyalty, disciplined and committed
Personal OutlookCivic minded, relationship oriented,
expecting rewards for years of hard work
Reasons For LeavingOverall time spent away
Service DeliveryPassive Information/media use – 71% feel new technology makes people
lazier, 24% use social networking
Career OutlookIndependence, entrepreneurial,
flexible, adaptable outcome oriented
Personal OutlookShaped by divorce, emerging family
issues, take it upon themselves to plan, analyze and hedge their bets
Reasons For LeavingImpact of deployments on family
Service DeliverySelective information/media use –
most likely group to bank, shop, and look for health information online, 58% use social networking websites
Career OutlookConfident, sense of urgency,
multitaskers, educated, technically savvy
Personal Outlook#1 GOAL – Life work balance! Products
of their close relationships with parents and extended families
Reasons For LeavingBalance between work and personal life
Service DeliveryMultisource information/media use –
digital natives, 83% use social networking websites
BOOMERS GEN Xers MILLENIALS
“Cross into the Blue”“Aim High”“Aim High”
4% of Air Force43% of U.S. Work Force
Age: 46-64
27% of Air Force21% of U.S. Work Force
Age: 30 to 45
69% of Air Force27% of U.S. Work Force
Age: 18-29
Source: U.S. Air Force
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Future GenerationsWhat will we look like?
Career OutlookIndependence, entrepreneurial,
flexible, adaptable outcome oriented
Personal OutlookShaped by divorce, emerging family
issues, take it upon themselves to plan, analyze and hedge their bets
Reasons For LeavingImpact of deployments on family
Service DeliverySelective information/media use –
most likely group to bank, shop, and look for health information online, 58% use social networking websites
Career OutlookConfident, sense of urgency,
multitaskers, educated, technically savvy
Personal Outlook#1 GOAL – Life work balance! Products
of their close relationships with parents and extended families
Reasons For LeavingBalance between work and personal life
Service DeliveryMultisource information/media use –
digital natives, 83% use social networking websites
GEN Xers MILLENIALS“Cross into the Blue”“Aim High”
27% of Air Force21% of U.S. Work Force
Age: 30 to 45
69% of Air Force27% of U.S. Work Force
Age: 18-29
Source: U.S. Air Force
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Diversity ICONs
Who are they?
Where are they from?
What was their impact?
…Examples
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Diversity ICONs
Who are they? What was their impact?
Innovator
Humanitarian
American Aviator
Greatest Woman Flyer
20th Century President
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Diversity ICONs
1970 First African American Thunderbird Pilot
1980 First woman Supreme Court Justice
1990 First African American Female USAF Fighter Pilot
2000 First female 4-star general in history First female 4-star general in the AF
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Strategic Landscape
Diverse Population• 66% non-Hispanic whites in 2011• 58% of college graduates women• 4 generations in work force
Strained National Economy• Highest unemployment rate - 9.7%• Highest debt level - $14 trillion• Mandatory spending – 62% budget• Industrial base consolidating
Growing Post-American World• Share #1 spot – China, India• Spread of WMDs in rogue nations• Competition for energy, food, water• Instant, global communication
Fiscal Pressure• Aging assets replacement• U.S. spending 70% of global spend
Challenging Work Force• 69% millenials – work to live• 28% of population recruitable
As a Nation… As an Armed Forces…
Diverse Population• 74.6% White/25.4% Minorities• 90% of DoD officers have a degree • 4 generations in work force
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Managing Diversity
Leadership Perspective
Strategic Focus
Framing Diversity
Leveraging
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Shift the Landscape
You are in the driver seat!
What impact will you make?
What will you do different starting today?
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Final Thoughts
Leadership barriers
Institutional barriers
Generations
Challenges
Your engagement and commitment, the AF depends on it!
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Questions?
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