While companies like Saudi Aramco use international assignments and a multicultural workforce to ensure an effective talent management, the country itself moves backwards by prohibiting shop owners to employ men and women in the same place. Despite the high unemployment rate of 30% among women, a court in Riyadh has recently abolished a former decision […]
Researchers found that gender diversity leads to a higher likelihood of introducing innovations at the workplace. Furthermore, a positive relationship between an open culture towards diversity and innovative performance is found. „This provides empirical evidence to the model of the Propelling Potential Principle which links differences, open-mindedness and inclusion to create value added,” Diversity expert […]
Work organisations are a result of the division of labour. Nevertheless, many stakeholders have difficulties getting the heads around part-time work, especially in management. Job sharing might therefore be a smooth inroad to introduce effective work models for the future workforce, the future economy and the future as a whole.
Companies have the opportunity to choose from several flexibility tools to retain key talent and improve company performance. Why not take decisions according to employees’ preferences and customise flexible working options to existing needs?
Changes in workplace practise can positively impact and improve the overall performance of employees and productivity of a company, according to new research from Eurofound, the Dublin-based EU agency for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Seven years after the 2004 enlargement of the EU, a new European Commission study looks at the economic and labour market impact of east-west labour mobility flows in recent years. The study puts a main focus on mobility’s impact on labour markets, the macro-economy and human capital issues such as brain drain and down-schilling of […]
Creating value from differences requires an active and conscious approach that includes open-mindedness to be able to acknowledge and value diversity, and also an inclusive behaviour to integrate and leverage different perspectives, skills or approaches. Most companies have hence developed multi-layered frameworks for Diversity and Inclusion, encompassing different sets of elements the combination of which […]
The latest survey by Forbes Insight “Global Diversity and Inclusion – Fostering Innovation through a Diverse Workforce” proved once more, that Diversity is a key driver of innovation and crucial for global success. 85 percent of the about 320 surveyed executives from the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA agreed that a diverse and inclusive workforce is […]
One trend has been significant in recent years: Diversity is not only supposed to add value to the business, but it should also be lead and driven by the business (managers). This is much easier said than done. While it is undisputed that the credible commitment of management to tangible and sustainable change is key, […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced their diversity strategy for the next four years to come. The new strategy extends to all groups presented in society and its main aim is to develop the organisation to mirror that of its consumers, which entails creating more diversity in its workforce and in its programming. The […]
