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 and dismissive culture that has pervaded Australian politics which Symmetra has commented on frequently. Women in …
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 the LGBTQ+ community. A young, seventeen-year-old professional footballer, Jake Daniels has come out as gay. …
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 to optimise performance and improve the demographic outlook of their workforce, many fail to support …
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 comes as no surprise that when Simon Henry—CEO of star performing DGL Group—made derogatory comments …
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 York City will become the base for the next frontier for Symmetra, with its extensive …
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 to best achieve business objectives? We all know the adage that diverse teams excel in …
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 of many in the LGBTQI community. While religious belief and practice may be deserving of …
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 now—COVID-19, #BLM, Climate Change, #metoo—and how inclusive leadership can support us in navigating these challenges. …
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 at all times. The presidential election has just been won by a young left-wing candidate, …
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 tragic assassination in 1968. In many ways, Martin Luther King Junior personified the mobiliation of …