There is mounting evidence around the globe that promoting gender diversity among employees, management and boards can be a business boost and a boost to economies. This article examines the business case for gender diversity by exploring how enterprises are integrating women’s representation in the workplace, particularly in management and boardrooms, as a key component… Continue reading Data Wrap: Unpacking the business case for gender diversity
Category: Diversity & Inclusion
60 Powerful Quotes on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from 2021 to Inspire a Better Company Culture
While the year 2021 might have not been the easiest ride, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the bumps, but also the wins. The covid-19 pandemic has brought tremendous change and upheaval to all of our work lives. We embraced working remotely and flexibility. Another major change of this year has been the… Continue reading 60 Powerful Quotes on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from 2021 to Inspire a Better Company Culture
Your guide to building a disability-friendly workplace
[responsivevoice_button] Earlier this year Bloomberg did a story on tech makers who are redefining accessibility. The article noted how new tools are opening pathways for technology to be usable by anyone, regardless of ability. While apps like BlindSquare, BrailleNote Touch, etc. help visually impaired people move through the world and complete activities this only implies… Continue reading Your guide to building a disability-friendly workplace
Importance of Employee Resource Groups for Inclusive Workplaces
[responsivevoice_button] In a new bid to make workplaces safe for employees, decision makers have begun to understand the importance of building employee resource groups within workplaces. Employee resource groups (ERG) are an integral way to foster a safe environment within workplaces. These resource groups are an integral way to harbour a workplace culture that provides… Continue reading Importance of Employee Resource Groups for Inclusive Workplaces
What is Workplace Inclusivity and How Does it Impact Employee Morale
[responsivevoice_button] Inclusivity translates differently for different employees in the workplace. Leaders and decision makers in the workplace, must fully understand what workplace inclusivity entails to provide a safe work environment for their employees. An inclusive workplace creates a workplace culture that values differences within employees. It also creates a workplace that is not homogenous. Workplace… Continue reading What is Workplace Inclusivity and How Does it Impact Employee Morale
How Diversity and Inclusion Mandates Helps Build Employee Productivity
[responsivevoice_button] Diversity and inclusion mandates play an important role in building workplace culture for employees. This in turn has essential impacts on the mental health of employees and in turn their work output. Debilitating mental health may often create negative impacts on employee productivity. D&I mandates that help employees feel safe and comfortable within their… Continue reading How Diversity and Inclusion Mandates Helps Build Employee Productivity
Why Ungender Focuses on Making Inclusive Workplaces
[responsivevoice_button] Inclusive workspaces traverse beyond being limited to infrastructural spaces. The dynamic workflow and simultaneously how workspaces have transferred online has made accessibility an important diversity and inclusion mandate. Moreover, accessible spaces also apply to women and gender minorities who have had trouble gaining access into spaces dominated by cis-men. This form of inaccessibility continues… Continue reading Why Ungender Focuses on Making Inclusive Workplaces
Diversity and Inclusion Alphabet for Better Workplace Culture
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Anuska Roy The aversion towards building a safe and inclusive workplace for employees in a workplace stems largely from a lack of knowledge. Corporate structures are unable to understand how diversity and inclusion mandates should be approached. This leads to them wholly ignoring the issue at hand. Language plays an important role… Continue reading Diversity and Inclusion Alphabet for Better Workplace Culture
Allyship for Queer Employees in Remote Workplaces
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Anuska Roy The Coronavirus outbreak situated workplaces worldwide in an unprecedented state of remote working without physical interactions. Workplaces were transformed into Zoom meeting rooms and conferences and communications became dependant on online hosting platforms. For many workplaces, this switch to an online mode of communication and transference of information led to… Continue reading Allyship for Queer Employees in Remote Workplaces
What Workplaces Should Know About Women’s Experiences of Sexism
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Tharika Sai “You’re a woman, you cannot carry that bunch of files, call a man for that job.” “You’re too bossy for a woman.” “What would you know about science and technology, you’re a woman?” “Let me explain this in simpler terms to you.” These are a handful of examples of what… Continue reading What Workplaces Should Know About Women’s Experiences of Sexism
