Deloitte has started a major debate in diversity circles by turning its approach upside down. The firm is ending its women’s network and other affinity groups and starting to focus on…men. The central idea: It’ll offer all managers — including the white guys who still dominate leadership — the skills to become more inclusive, then hold them accountable for building more-balanced businesses.

“A lot of our leaders are still older white men, and they need to be part of the conversation and advocate for women,” is how Deepa Purushothaman, national director of Deloitte’s soon-to-be-disbanded women’s employee resource group (ERG), puts it.

The reality is that most female CEOs who get appointed to the top are selected, groomed, and appointed by male leaders. Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy, IBM’s Ginni Rometty, and GM’s Mary Barra are the result of CEOs and companies that had pushed for better gender balance for decades...

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