How about a new way to get investors interested in your company? It appears you can by demonstrating how inclusive you are. Thomson Reuters has recognised that amongst the factors that potential investors want to look at is the extent to which a diversity and inclusion culture is embedded in the workings of the organisation. …
Inclusivity is widely regarded as the prime overarching benchmark of the health of organisational culture. Therefore, assessing the level of capability of leaders to generate a sense that everyone in the organisation is included and their full intellectual capital is being leveraged, is fundamental. The question is whether leaders can themselves perform the task of …
The Great Resignation has been weighing heavy on many organisations across industries, but the Herbert Smith Freehills webinar will discuss how focusing on building employee engagement and fostering better relationships is the key to meeting the needs of employees and customers alike in 2022. Special guest Deb Assheton, Senior Executive Consultant at Symmetra, who has 15 …
Would you like to develop skills to help you become an innovative and inclusive leader? Inclusive leadership used to be a “nice to have” but is now essential and separates high performing teams and organisations from the average. The Herbert Smith Freehills Pro Bono & Citizenship team are offering their key pro bono clients the …
The unseemly spectacle which unfolded recently in the Australian Federal Parliament where Senator David Leyonhjelm, in the midst of a debate about sexual violence against women shouted across the chamber at a young opposition female senator, Sarah Hanson-Young that she should “stop shagging men” (and later gratuitously repeated the same slur on Sky TV) has …
The just-released report from Atlassian, ‘State of Diversity and Inclusion in U.S Tech’, provides some sobering reading about efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the technology industries. And while tech and STEM have proved particularly resistant to efforts to promote the representation and advancement of women and other diverse groups, it is also true …
In 2016, the publishing house, Thomson Reuters launched its global D & I index to rank the Top 100 companies for diversity and inclusiveness. The index determines its rankings by applying 24 metrics across four key categories: Diversity, Inclusion, People Development and News Controversies. The D & I index is intended to serve not as a measure …
By: Mary Slaughter, Khalil Smith & David Rock (Psychology Today, February 2018) Read the full article here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-work/201802/the-brain-science-could-help-explain-sexual-harassment This article is a recommended read by Symmetra to raise awareness of those in positions of power in your workplace and those around them as to the profound impact the possession of power can subconsciously have on …
By: Sam Bourton, Johanne Lavoie & Tiffany Vogel (McKinsey Quarterly, March 2018) Read the full article here: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/leading-with-inner-agility The question addressed in this article is how leaders should apply their judgement and decision-making responsibilities in a time of accelerating change and sometimes fundamental disruption of the industries in which they operate. In its essence, Symmetra …
(McKinsey Global Institute, April 2018) Read the full article here: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/gender-equality/the-power-of-parity-advancing-womens-equality-in-asia-pacific The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), over the past three years, has compiled a series of reports projecting the economic impact of advancing equality for women across various regions of the world. In its first report in 2015 The Power of Parity: how advancing women’s …