Impact & Advocacy

CEOs for D&I: An SSE Executive Education accredited program

Launched in 2021 by Mitt Liv, CEOs for D&I is a program aimed at empowering CEOs to take action on and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts within their organisations and across the labour market.

How we work

Since 2024, the program is moderated by Mitt Liv and Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) Executive Education. The collaboration offers participants a robust academic foundation combined with practical expertise, providing evidence-based insights to strengthen their DEI strategies.

Through a series of workshops, the goal of each program is to arrive at a unified commitment and action plan within DEI. CEOs who complete the program receive an official certification, acknowledging their leadership in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

After completing the program, alumni CEOs form a powerful network, sharing experiences and advocating for key DEI issues to drive meaningful change in the business community.

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Participants 2023

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Participants 2022

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Participants 2021

Ongoing work and results

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"Courageous Recruitment" for more inclusive hiring processes

In april 2024, the third group of CEOs presented their joint commitment, which consists of five concrete actions to reform recruitment processes and make them more inclusive:

1. Zero tolerance on homogenous shortlists

2. Stronger demands on external recruitment/search providers

3. Diverse mindset in hiring teams

4. Inclusive descriptions within the recruitment process (job descriptions, competence profiles, advertising texts and candidate information)

5. Rewarding the intentional inclusion.

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Recommendations for company boards and grassroots inclusion

In March 2023, the second group of CEOs presented their collective commitment, which consists of two parts:

Developing a recommendation/blueprint outlining the requirements that company boards should set for their executive teams to achieve inclusive companies and contribute to more inclusive societies.
All companies commit to engagement with organisations working with grassroots inclusion in vulnerable areas. The goal is for each company to, in various ways over the course of a year, provide their employees with the right conditions and tools to reach out to youth in at least ten disadvantaged areas in Sweden.

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A joint action program

In March 2022 the first group of CEOs presented a joint action program in which they undertake to implement a number of concrete measures to increase the diversity and degree of inclusion in their organisations. The commitment means that they will:

Have a diversity & inclusion strategy in place during 2022
Measure diversity and inclusion
Ensure inclusive recruitment processes
Educate all leaders in inclusive leadership programs
Introduce a job program for foreign-born individuals
Inspire other CEOs to do more.

Contact us

Interested in participating in our upcoming programs? Get in touch with us!

Sofia Appelgren

Founder

Zürich

sofia.appelgren@mittliv.com +46 (0) 768 817 815

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Lenka Prokopec Karlberg

CEO

Stockholm

lenka.prokopec.karlberg@mittliv.com +46 (0) 705 555 524

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