As more and more employers and employees desire a more inclusive workplace culture, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) create a positive environment where employees of different backgrounds and identities have equal opportunity to succeed. Many employee resource groups are started naturally out of the need for minority groups to feel a
Gartner Report: 2023 HR Leaders Priority No. 1: Leader and manager effectiveness To help HR leaders better manage and lead during these times, Gartner conducted an annual HR survey of more than 800 HR leaders and identified the top 5 priorities for HR in 2023. Top of the list is
Younger Employees and Top Job Candidates Want An Inclusive Culture In my last blog post, Everything HR Teams Need to Know About DEI I described how the responsibility of Human Resources has been rapidly expanding and that one of these increased responsibility areas for HR has been to advance Diversity,
SHRM: Most Employers Dedicate ‘little to no resources’ to DEI Diversity, equity, and inclusion(DEI) is essential to creating and maintaining a successful workplace, one founded on the principle that all people can thrive personally and professionally. Bringing together people of various backgrounds leads to new and creative ideas and decision-making.
During Pride Month in June, many employers take the opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in many important and visible ways. But creating a genuinely inclusive culture means taking year-round action. What does LGBTQ+ community refer to? As an umbrella term, LGBTQ+ includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Achieving Racial Equity In The Workplace To create the real, systemic change needed to achieve racial equality in the
Becoming Inclusive Leaders For Women It’s important to create a welcoming environment for your entire workforce, and that means working to become gender inclusive. Learn what that means, why it matters, and what you can start working on right now to be inclusive leaders for women. Organizations with gender-inclusive cultures
Empowered, inclusive leadership is essential at all levels of an organization In a 2014 paper evaluating leadership trends, the multinational management firm Deloitte advocated the importance of cultivating leaders at every level of an organization. Its authors explain: “Today’s market environment places a premium on speed, flexibility, and the ability
