Diversity strives to make the most of differences through a better understanding of the power of individual potential effectively combined. Communicating the essence of D&I through distinct messages interally is key to stimulate engagement and support for the change needed. Two of the largest global companies have delivered spot-on: HSBC and Bosch.
The perception that Diversity Management continues to become more important and thus more prevalent in International companies has not been confirmed through hard data. The first comprehensive analysis of organisational structures for D&I in large multinational firms in Europe shows a steady increase in D&I functions – and the study found some interesting facts around […]
Along with the globalisation of business, Diversity practitioners started to take their strategies to an International level around the year 2000. As the discussion of “Global Diversity” has recently become quite calm, we should ask what has happened to the promising approach…
When the ‘Law on Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability’ was adopted in Serbia in June 2012, the challenge of empowering disabled persons in the working field had not been a new topic for Delta Holding, a commercial conglomerate engaged in agriculture, food production and real estate. The Serbian company,
Why is there only one woman who won the Palme d’Or in the entire history of the Cannes film festival? Is it because men are simply ‘better’ in making movies? Probably not. So what could be the reason? Due to an open letter written by a group of French female filmmakers commenting the fact that […]
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 […]
The Interior Ministry of Spain has set an example against the indiscriminate stopping of ‘foreign-looking people’. The ministry sent an internal appeal to law enforcement bodies stating that random people who seem to have foreign origins should not be suspected of being illegal immigrants. In the past,
GDF SUEZ profiles itself as a company of solidarity, citizenship, innovation in training and as a company which respects the many local contexts it operates in. The global giant with French / Belgian roots provides essential day-to-day services and places social responsibility at the core of its public service mission. Consequently,
The ageing of many Western society and the partly related skill shortages have resulted in renewed attention on age diversity, and on older employees more specifically. In this context, lifelong learning for employees of all ages has become a household concept for talent management and personnel development.
While the foundation for D&I seems to be robust, current challenges seem to relate to the effective implementation of D&I. With a breadth and depth that was unimaginable 10 years ago, Diversity Management has become a multi-option framework where almost anything appears to be possible. For many, making the right choices is more difficult – […]
