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Advancing Gender Diversity in Boardrooms: Success Strategies

N2Growth Blog

Recently, the significance of gender diversity in corporate boardrooms and leadership has gained widespread recognition. Understanding the importance of gender diversity in boardrooms and implementing improvement strategies will continue to be one of the key concepts in the future. However, progress in this direction has been slow.

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Sifting Through Examples of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

HR Digest

There are many examples of diversity and inclusion in the workplace but we often get caught up in two areas—hiring and leadership. For a genuine focus on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, there need to be many layers to diversity planning. Employees who feel secure are employees who are motivated to work.

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Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide

HR Digest

Fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace is crucial for organizations that want to stay competitive and successful. Diversity and inclusion (D&I) policies promote an environment where people from different backgrounds are culturally and socially accepted, valued, and integrated. A majority of U.S.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The New Business Imperative

HR Digest

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is not a new concept. In practice, these important shifts mean that businesses are leaning heavily on their HR departments to source, hire, and advance more diverse talent and build more inclusive workplace cultures. Build a diverse supply chain. . Offer voluntary DEI training for all.

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New Report Reveals The Pervasiveness Of Accent Biases At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Rather depressingly, nearly half of the employees surveyed reported that they had been mocked for their accents in social settings. This is an example of so-called “accent bias”. The report provides a timely reminder that if we are to create inclusive organizations, that this is something to keep in mind.

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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

Diversity is an overused word, but at Chevron it’s a perfect description of its corporate culture. The company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report highlights how diversity and inclusion (D&I) feature so centrally in the company’s success story. Efforts to bring more diversity to the oil and gas industry are working.

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A Guide to Diversity in Citizenship, Immigration, and National Origin in the Workplace?

HR Digest

The National Science Board reports that more international students choose to pursue degrees in the U.S. For example, adding a simple question such as “Will you now, or in the future, require immigration sponsorship to work in the U.S.?” The diversity of citizenship, immigration status, and national origin in the U.S.