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A culture where everyone is valued and included, despite their gender, ethnicity and age is fast becoming a norm in today’s workplace. Though the topic of diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been a hot button issue in the industry for some time now, how developed and effective are D&I programs today?
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Our communities have increasingly become political enclaves. Places of worship, social organizations and exposure to media and social media all tend, more than not, to put us with people like ourselves.
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The topic of diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been a hot button issue in the industry for some time now. Many organizations strive to create winning diversity strategies to support all types of diversity, including gender, ethnicity, age and more.
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Finding, recruiting and retaining top tier talent has been a long-term challenge for organizations of all sizes, with in-demand staff becoming more aware of their bargaining power as unemployment rates remain low.
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As we’re on the cusp of entering the next decade—the 2020s—many in the HR community are concerned about retaining talent, hiring good people without overpaying, and ensuring that newly-trained employees aren’t quitting within their first few months.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of "total separations" from businesses (categorized as quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations) has hovered around 5.5 million nationwide in recent times, or a total separation rate of 3.7 percent.
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One of the justifications for diversity initiatives is the following phrase.
“Company diversity leads to higher profits.”
Like everything we read and hear, we must use critical thinking to discern if this is true.
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The following is adapted from I’m Not Done: It’s Time to Talk About Ageism in The Workplace.
Last year, the clothing company Chico's came out with a very cool, consumer-facing marketing program with the hashtag #howboldareyou. Women can buy a T-shirt made with their age and the words “years bold.”
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It was 7:45 a.m. on a Tuesday. My team and I were waiting on participants for a breakfast meetup we had organized at a global conference. The topic was Women in Leadership.
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