Diversity Matters
Welcome to Diversity Matters, our collected insights and opinions on the subject of Inclusion and Diversity in the workplace and beyond.
How female leaders can get their first Board role
Once again, our performance in the latest Hampton-Alexander Review 2020 report reinforces Odgers...
Government Spotlight: Diversity in the Board Room and Civil Service
The Odgers Berndtson and Berwick Partners Government Practice have partnered on a new initiative....
Managing through uncertainty and promoting women in STEM
Paul Butterworth: Sarah, you last spoke to us at our annual Maritime & Shipping Practice rece...
Unlimited festival 2020
Over the course of this week-long event, we covered the entire spectrum of Inclusion and Diversit...
Rethinking Diversity in Corporate Affairs
The evidence is universal: diverse teams perform better financially, have a competitive advantage...
The role of tech and data in improving D&I at every level – an interview with the CEO of Werkin
Why did you start Werkin? I had looked around – I was previously an executive in banking – and I...
Study shows women being denied promotions that lead to top roles
Odgers Berndtson have partnered with BoardEx to release a study, a global relationship mapping an...
Globalisation is a major catalyst for greater diversity and inclusion in the tech sector
Today announced as Co-CEO of Workday, Chano Fernandez (formerly Co-President), discusses how the...
Walking the talk: top tech CEO on making diversity and inclusion an enduring business priority
Mike Drew, Partner and Global Head of Odgers Berndtson Executive Search’s Global...
Over half of our FTSE 350 board appointments went to women last year
The Hampton-Alexander review of women on UK boards has a clear target: boards should be 33% femal...
Beating the odds: empowering women in marginalised communities
Worldwide, women are gaining ground in education, in the workforce and in government. But there a...
Leading the charge to attract black talent
When JPMorgan Chase launched a new initiative to attract and retain black talent, Valerie Rainfor...
Pioneering women making scientific history
It’s a history that stretches from a pioneering alchemist known as Mary the Jewess, who lived aro...
Pushing for scientific equality
Yesika Aguilera of Tespack, pioneers of wearable, mobile energy generation, feels that “in order...
UK Boards set to be more European post-Brexit says Odgers Berndtson
The UK’s departure from the European Union looks set to prompt FTSE companies to appoint more int...
Balancing the Boardroom
In 2015, a McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those “in the top quartile for ethn...
Breaking the glass closet: LGBTQ+ and the boardroom
There are an estimated 455 million LGBTQ+ individuals globally, yet few C-suite leaders are openl...
Half of our FTSE 350 board appointments in past year go to women
Half of our FTSE 350 board assignments in the past year led to a woman being appointed. Notably,...
Let’s look beyond targets to unlock the value of strategic diversity
Spurred on by gender pay gap reporting and a growing recognition of the benefits of a more divers...
University research in AI, supercomputing and analytics key to gender diversity in tech
Mike Drew, head of the UK Technology Practice at Odgers Berndtson, said the government should rec...
Diverse approaches to talent bring rich rewards
In this final article in the series, Nick Claridge, Partner in the Consumer Executive Search Prac...
Launching women into hospitality senior leadership
The hospitality industry represents a serious challenge for diversity and inclusion. There are pl...
Women Leadership in Business
On 11 June 2018, more than 100 regional business leaders joined Odgers Berndtson at the British H...
What did they say about women in leadership?
His Excellency Scott Wightman, British High Commissioner to Singapore “The most successful busin...
Manufacturing: attracting and retaining women to close the skills gap
Not too many women say that a career in manufacturing is attractive. As a result, women are few a...