How to navigate the changing 2025 landscape and conflicting demands

This is a difficult time for companies that are navigating a constantly changing landscape and conflicting demands while working to do what is right for their customers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders. The focus must be on the long-term future and success of your business. This includes a heavy emphasis on talent at all levels and at all stages of the employee lifecycle, positive work cultures, employee engagement, and the diversity of thought and perspectives needed to innovate, create, and grow. And yet, current events and emerging policies make this ever more challenging. 

Catalyst will continue to proactively create resources, foster community, convene timely events, and be your partner in response to the emerging socio-political landscape and beyond. Here are some Catalyst resources to start with.

For executives:

• CEO action framework

• Executive talking points

For HR and business leaders:

• Addressing employee FAQs on inclusion work

• PESTLE analysis guide

• Leading inward and outward: Flip the Script

• 5 actions Catalyst Supporters are taking to evolve their culture change initiatives

For your employees:

• Power of empathy in times of crisis

• Leading with empathy: Knowledge Burst

• Make equitable hiring decisions with structured interviews

Additional external resources: 

• Harvard Business Review: DEI is under attack – here’s how companies can mitigate legal risks

• Harvard Business Review: What comes after DEI

• New paradigm shifts DEI from box-checking to mindset-building 

• The law of DEI

• What Trump’s second term could mean for DEI

• Podcast episode: DEI and legal risks