The average woman in the U.S. is being shortchanged over $400,000 in career earnings. On average, women earn 20% less than men and gender pay disparity is a wide-spread global problem.
Read MoreInclusive companies embrace diversity and create an environment that fosters open communication and celebrates different backgrounds and perspectives.
Diversity professionals, though, “get it”. They understand why the enterprise is opening its doors and cubicle spaces to them. “Mainstream” employees, however, may need the organization’s help in understanding its new orientation toward the nature of work.
Read MoreWhile preventing all incidences of sexual harassment is the ultimate goal, if sexual harassment occurs you want to react immediately to minimize the injury to the victim. A strong and immediate reaction also sends a clear message to other employees that sexual harassment will not be tolerated. The following five tips can be used to help you conduct a thorough sexual harassment investigation:
Read MoreAn easy way to think about it is that an organization’s workforce should be as diverse as the larger community within which it operates.
Read MoreA diverse workforce will not only help you attract and retain great employees, it will also drive revenue, improve productivity, and increase customer happiness. Creating a diverse workforce isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s about being able to win the top talent that drives business results.
Read MoreThe report reaffirms the global relevance of the link between diversity—defined as a greater proportion of women and a more mixed ethnic and cultural composition in the leadership of large companies—and company financial outperformance.
Read MoreDiversity training is no different, unless the powers that be in an organization put certain fundamentals in place that make the training relevant to the work and even lives of its staff.
Read MoreLawyers by and large are smart people, problem-solvers par excellence. The lack of diversity and inclusion in the legal sector is not an insoluble problem. Other professional service areas have already proven that.
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