Diversity Matters

Welcome to Diversity Matters, our collected insights and opinions on the subject of Inclusion and Diversity in the workplace and beyond.

 

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Breaking biases: Why shortlisting is critical to inclusive recruitment.

Sue Johnson, Managing Partner of the Inclusion & Diversity Practice, has been featured in HR...

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New Inclusive Recruitment Diagnostic provides precision focus on inclusion maturity

A first of its kind, the diagnostic has already been used by fifty leading organisations, represe...

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Advancing DE&I in Process Industries: An Interview with CEO & President EMEA of Azelis, Anna Bertona

Yan: There's a lot of talk in the industry about both sustainability as well as diversity equity...

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Women in the future of leadership

Over the last few years, it is obvious the world has shifted to a more responsible leadership wit...

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Diversity: how to reroute the gender bias

According to the World Economic Forum's 2022 Global Gender Gap Report it will take 132 years to a...

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How can recruitment processes be more inclusive for autistic applicants?

There is a growing appreciation of the benefits of hiring and retaining people with autism, as ev...

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How women’s leadership can be championed by HR

Female leadership has made immense gains over the past 50 years, but there remains a significant...

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Supporting aspirational goals for gifted African women

The African Gifted Foundation (AGF), a charity providing science, technology, engineering and mat...

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Diversity Dilemmas Newsletter - Issue #3

Our third issue focuses on two dilemmas that two organisations are currently facing. Firstly, how...

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How not-for-profits can lead the way to more accessible board rooms

Accessibility plays a critical role in an organisation's ability to secure expertise from a diver...

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Diversity Dilemmas Newsletter - Issue #2

Our second issue focuses on leadership engagement and cultural change. Ensuring leaders and stake...

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Busting Bias in the Workplace

What we need to be aware of, however, are our unconscious biases. Particularly when we are making...

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Diversity Dilemmas Newsletter - Issue #1

Welcome to the first newsletter from Inclusion and Diversity Consulting by Odgers Berndtson. We h...

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How to support and advance Black leadership in your organisation

Investors are increasingly aggressive around the social issues companies pursue. In addition, boa...

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How to stand up as a White Ally - Microaggressions to People of Colour

Preparing for a training session on microaggressions, I was running through the content with a co...

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Why you shouldn’t shy away from hiring those on their menopause journeys

Hot flushes, poor sleep, anxiety, brain fog, joint pain, and irregular periods cause one million...

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Why making one-off hires won’t help you achieve diversity

Many companies seem to be tackling their DEI goals through making one-off diverse hires into the...

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3 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Hiring a Diverse Candidate

This is encouraging: companies are making an effort.   And yet, if you’ve been paying attention...

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How to take your I&D journey from insight to impact

Through events, analytics, and ally groups, we show our clients the many advantages of inclusive...

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Leaders, Diversity is Your Job

Author: Marty Belle, Partner at OrgShakers Digging into Odgers Berndtson’s diversity, equity and...

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Creating Pathways to Leadership for People of Colour

It is well-established that increasing diversity in an organization has major business benefits....

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3 Ways Data Can Increase Your Diversity

Lower tenure numbers for diverse candidates are likely an indication that most companies (at leas...

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How to Help Working Mothers Thrive: 5 Action Steps for Employers

An important introductory note: Although this article is primarily focused on “working mothers,”...

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The Greying Talent Pool: Why you might be overlooking a valuable source of leadership talent

The recent emphasis on creating truly diverse workforces and leadership teams has seen action on...

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Unlimited festival 2021

During Unlimited, we covered the entire spectrum of inclusion and diversity, from LGBTQ+ and bein...

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Unequal Competition: How fast can we heal the pandemic’s damage to women’s careers?

The pandemic was a major setback for pre-existing efforts to close the gender gap in the workplac...

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3 inclusion and diversity initiatives favoured by UK's most diverse companies

During the 20 years I have worked with Odgers Berndtson, there has been a sea change in the prior...

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Government Spotlight: Diversity in the Board Room and Civil Service

The Odgers Berndtson and Berwick Partners Government Practice have partnered on a new initiative....

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Managing through uncertainty and promoting women in STEM

Paul Butterworth: Sarah, you last spoke to us at our annual Maritime & Shipping Practice rece...

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Unlimited festival 2020

Over the course of this week-long event, we covered the entire spectrum of Inclusion and Diversit...

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Rethinking Diversity in Corporate Affairs

The evidence is universal: diverse teams perform better financially, have a competitive advantage...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Beating the odds: empowering women in marginalised communities

Worldwide, women are gaining ground in education, in the workforce and in government. But there a...

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Leading the charge to attract black talent

When JPMorgan Chase launched a new initiative to attract and retain black talent, Valerie Rainfor...

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Pioneering women making scientific history

It’s a history that stretches from a pioneering alchemist known as Mary the Jewess, who lived aro...

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Pushing for scientific equality

Yesika Aguilera of Tespack, pioneers of wearable, mobile energy generation, feels that “in order...

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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...

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Balancing the Boardroom

In 2015, a McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those “in the top quartile for ethn...

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Breaking the glass closet: LGBTQ+ and the boardroom

There are an estimated 455 million LGBTQ+ individuals globally, yet few C-suite leaders are openl...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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Diverse approaches to talent bring rich rewards

In this final article in the series, Nick Claridge, Partner in the Consumer Executive Search Prac...

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Launching women into hospitality senior leadership

The hospitality industry represents a serious challenge for diversity and inclusion. There are pl...

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Women Leadership in Business

On 11 June 2018, more than 100 regional business leaders joined Odgers Berndtson at the British H...

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What did they say about women in leadership?

His Excellency Scott Wightman, British High Commissioner to Singapore “The most successful busin...

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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...

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