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14. November 2016 || by News Desk || Business Case, Culture & Leadership, Newsletter ||
Initiating concrete changes to mitigate unconscious biases and eventually make the most of differences. This summarises the ambition of many D&I practitioners. While it sounds easy, experience shows that the practicalities sometimes aren’t. ‘Inclusion Nudges’ are a collection of good practices how to steer behaviour away from bias and towards inclusion.
Tags: english, holistic
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5. September 2016 || by News Desk || Business Case, Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Culture & Leadership, Newsletter ||
After decades of work on D&I, experts are often asked if more research and additional activities were still needed. One of the globally leading D&I content providers has just published a ‘diversity dialogue‘ on current challenges and next practices.
Tags: english, holistic
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10. June 2016 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
When, in the course of our lives, gender stereotypes are formed? And how strong can they be at an early childhood stage? RedrawTheBalance is an impactful exercise and online video by the UK charity ‘Inspiring the Future’. If only it was replicated in many more places…!
Tags: english, gender
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1. June 2016 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Politics ||
While the World Health Organisation is still debating this, Denmark has once more assumed a pioneering role and removes the remaining stigma from trans people. In Norway, a new law on fast and transparent legal gender recognition is pending for approval.
Tags: english, gender, lgbtqi*
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27. May 2016 || by News Desk || Culture & Leadership, Newsletter, Politics ||
Most States around the Persian Gulf receive publicity for fundamental issues with many dimensions of Diversity. It is there for notable that recently disability, LGTB and – more substantially – gender have been publicly addressed.
Tags: english, gender, lgbtqi*, mixed abilities
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4. March 2015 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Millennials value personal development and work-life balance over money and status. However, they are still ambitious and believe in their own ability to steer their career. This is one of many new insights from a large survey conducted by the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), the HEAD Foundation and Universum. The project was undertaken to […]
Tags: age, english, research, top5, work life navigation
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28. January 2015 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Publications ||
Leading companies identify most of their innovative D&I practices in the area of ‘Development & engagement’, followed by the fields ‘Women in management positions’ and ‘Work life balance’. This is one result of the latest International study initiated by European Diversity Research & Consulting. Companies consider D&I programmes innovative if they acknowledge specific needs of […]
Tags: english, holistic, research
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20. January 2015 || by News Desk || Culture & Leadership, HR, Newsletter ||
Women embark on careers with high expectations and aspirations for advancement. However, this confidence evaporates as they enter their mid-career phase, a new study shows. What are the reasons and what can be done to remedy this deterioration that was not found for men?
Tags: english, gender, research, top5
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15. January 2015 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter, Publications ||
Diversity & Inclusion evidently promotes performance, productivity, customer satisfaction, brand image, and competitive edge – we say. The International Business Case Report (2014) now underscores the accuracy of this statement with unprecedented empirical evidence. The 3rd edition of the unique (global) research report summarises 195 studies which illustrate the benefits and value-added from Diversity & […]
Tags: english, holistic, research
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13. January 2015 || by News Desk || Business Case, HR, Newsletter ||
A study published in the Journal of Business Ethics shows that both organisational age diversity and age diversity management practices strengthen an organisation’s attractiveness and lessen the applicants’ expectation of age discrimination. However, the study finds two different groups of people with distinct reactions to age diversity (practices).
Tags: age, english, research, top5
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