Gender Diversity and Inclusion | Tags

Climbing the leadership ladder: challenges women must overcome

From discrimination and lack of mentoring to the old boys’ network and Queen Bee Syndrome, women face many obstacles on the ladder to leadership and...

DEI & Belonging

Expert Insight

Eight strategies to make more impact with your diversity efforts

Companies pay a lot of lip service to diversity and inclusion, but the pace of change is still too slow. Human capital specialist Leathwaite offers...

Workplace Culture and Employee Experience

How #MeToo helps prevent sexual harassment in the workplace

The #MeToo movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke and gained attention quickly. Organisations must learn from it

DEI & Belonging

Expert Insight

HR gender pay gap fails to keep up with counterparts

Despite employing more women than men, HR is lagging behind other functions when it comes to closing the gender pay gap

DEI & Belonging

Expert Insight

The more diversity talk at the top, the less diversity action

Diversity fatigue, high turnover of D&II heads and a negative correlation between talk and action means female leadership diversity is still a ‘war of...

HR & Future of Work

A gear (automation/technology) with the male and female gender icons inside or beside it

Automation has the potential to improve gender equality at work

Can automation improve equality at work? The jury is out

DEI & Belonging

Who needs to take ownership of gender equality?

Tea Colaianni, member of the The People Space Leadership Board and a board mentor at Criticaleye, shares insights on taking ownership of gender...

DEI & Belonging

Holidays, hotels and eating out: the purchasers are women so why aren’t the leaders?

Too many CEOs in the hospitality industry have not made public commitments to diversity. It’s time for them to step up

Employee Productivity and Organisational Performance

What the research shows about gender diversity in leadership: infographic

Research shows gender-diverse boards and leadership teams boost returns, innovation and culture – companies with women leaders consistently outperform...

DEI & Belonging

If your inclusion efforts focus solely on gender you are missing out on the huge value created by ethnic diversity

Inclusion and diversity are an enabler of two of the foremost goals for CEOs, growth and value creation, so businesses would be wise to wake up to the...

DEI & Belonging

Diversity? It’s all about leadership, say hospitality chiefs

The hospitality, travel and leisure sectors lag behind others when it comes to diversity and there is a general lack of appetite to engage in the...

DEI & Belonging

You don’t have to accept failure. Here’s how to become gender intelligent

Gender intelligence will be the most sought-after leadership competency in the next 20 years, so why has progress stalled? In an exclusive interview...

DEI & Belonging

A flat icon of a brain with puzzle pieces in different colours

What neuroscience can tell us about the Google diversity memo

Everybody seems to have an opinion about Google’s recent sacking of James Damore but what's the neuroscience behind his views?

Purpose and Sustainability

A flat icon of a stylised green bank building icon with leaves growing from it

Costa Rica's Banco Popular shows how banks can be democratic, green – and financially sustainable

Costa Rica's cooperative Banco Popular and of Communal Development (or BPDC) places earning financial returns on par with serving the environmental...

HR Data and People Analytics

A database stack (three flat disks) with an exclamation mark

Six ways (and counting) that big data systems are harming society

Big data offers huge opportunities but also serious risks. From discrimination to breaches, here’s what the Data Harm Record reveals

DEI & Belonging

Gender pay gap starts at graduation: infographic

Research from the UK's CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, finds the gender pay gap baked in from day one, with male graduates...

DEI & Belonging