I recently attended the Forum on Workplace Inclusion, held in Minneapolis, USA, where I was privileged to present a paper on Symmetra’s program to Embed Psychological Safety in the Workplace. One of the aspects I sought to emphasise in Symmetra’s proposition is that a psychologically safe environment is one where opposing views and differences can …
In an increasingly globalized business arena, many companies are looking to Asia for talent, solutions and business expansion. This session explores how D&I is often viewed and treated differently, and will highlight the D&I topics relevant to Asia which can differ from western markets. The first part will be an introduction to key D&I issues …
Some Diversity Programs do not succeed Why is it that many diversity programs have fallen short of the goals or expectations of those who designed them and why are women and members of a range of diverse minority groups still so under-represented in leadership? Traditionally, strategies to achieve equity in the workplace or to combat …
Traditional business is changing fast. There are 5 key consumer shifts taking place that is driving the need for organisations to become Customer Inclusive and Customer led. Being customer centric is no longer enough. The level of interdependence between customers and organisations is increasing. This interdependence is not new, companies and customers have always been …
Biases are Innate That unconscious bias is a real feature of human cognition is no longer a matter of dispute or doubt. A mountain of evidence has been accumulated on the existence and impact of subliminal processes below our active consciousness influencing our behaviour continuously. The evidence derives from improved psychological insights generated by the …
Malcolm Gladwell who popularised the phrase ‘The Tipping Point’ as the title of his best-selling book defined it as “the moment of critical mass, the threshold the boiling point”. Often the tipping point in significant social movements is recognised only in retrospect. However in the march to give women their rightful role in large public …
This post has also been featured on the Women Lawyers Network Association of NSW website In most countries where policy and strategy on diversity and inclusion in the sphere of employment is common practice it has been accompanied for some time by the implementation of some form of supplier diversity. In the United States, the first Federal …
We can’t escape Sandberg’s message: “Women need to break the stereotypes that keep them from excelling. They need to take a seat at the table. They need to quit leaving mentally before they’ve really left.” “While women continue to outpace men in educational achievement, we have ceased making real progress at the top of any …
Aussie employees are grudgingly hauling themselves to work and are apathetic and disengaged. A recent global survey published in 2012 by Gallup indicates that Aussie workers are among the most dissatisfied in the world, with only 21 per cent engaged in their work. The survey, a poll of 47,000 people in more than a hundred …
Despite high-profile reports about gender gaps, equal pay, and women on boards, once again the needle barely budged for women aspiring to top business leadership in Australia according to the 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership. The latest census data on women in leadership reveals an improvement in the number of female board directors …