June ushers in another Pride Month and it opens at a tumultuous time for LGBTQIA+ rights all over the world. The sobering reality is that discriminatory actions and commentary continues to be common. legislation remain to threaten the safety of …
Women in Australia have at last been heard. They have played a major role in the outcome of the federal election and have said: enough! They have taken it upon themselves to make a start to upend the blatantly discriminatory …
In the UK, where I am working at the moment with some of Symmetra’s global clients, a remarkable event has occurred which seems destined to create a seismic shift in the way society here views and relates to members of …
With research and evidence pointing to inclusion as the enabler for contemporary organisations to leverage the true potential of diversity, many experts have accepted inclusive leadership as a critical competitive advantage. But, while organisations are ramping up their diversity-focused recruitment …
Inclusion in the workplace has increasingly gained well-deserved global attention in recent years. Yet some leaders remain stubbornly and possibly intentionally ignorant of the importance of this issue both from a performance upside and risk downside perspective. For most it …
As the world of work rapidly transforms, putting DEI on the forefront, there is no better time than right now for Symmetra to continue its stellar journey in partnering with leading global organisations to co-create inclusive cultures that drive purpose and performance. New …
Political and business leaders today are faced with a daunting and sometimes bewildering set of challenges: climate change, pandemics, war, supply chain disruptions, inflation, the ‘great resignation’, reputational risks, and many more. Against this background, how can teams be assembled …
The Australian government’s Religious Discrimination Bill will not become law—at least in the life of the current Parliament. This is a good thing. The fundamental difficulty is that the Bill (in its original form) would have whittled away the rights …
Symmetra was very proud to be the guest speaker at the, ‘It’s a matter of trust: The Great Attraction,’ event hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills. Our senior executive facilitator, Deb Assheton, spoke about the concurrent adaptive challenges being faced by organisations right …
Women in Chile have just shown in a most emphatic way that they have been able to use their voting power to protect women’s interests and to ensure that politicians take account of them not only at election time but …
The 17th of January 2022 is the day this year on which Martin Luther King Day is commemorated across the United States. It is a nationwide public holiday in the USA adopted into the calendar of public holidays after King’s …
“They call me Mister Tibbs “ – the protagonist asserts as he confronts a racist plantation owner in Mississippi and slaps him across the face. This is the unforgettable line spoken by a Black actor, Sidney Poitier playing Philadelphia police …