We see the actions of countries, cultures and companies contributing to the building of
a more gender diverse workforce.
Employers need to recognise the commercial and societal benefits of
a more gender diverse workforce and prioritise actions that will improve gender diversity, not just for their own advantage but for the benefit of their community and country going forward.
For example, Morgan Stanley Equity Research found that
more gender diverse companies offer similar returns with lower volatility.
The research increasingly shows that if you care about revenue and profitability, you're going want
a more gender diverse team.
Not exact matches
Retention of
diverse employees is also a focus for Saujani, who noted that while tech companies like SpaceX now have
more gender balance among interns and young hires, they do a poor job maintaining it: 30 - 40 % of women leave quickly.
As
more and
more people opt to make their
diverse sexual and
gender identities public, and as choice - craving individuals seek clothing that perfectly reflects their personal style, retail and fashion insiders expect sales of androgynous duds to climb in the years ahead.
It's a research - supported strategy:
Gender -
diverse companies are 15 percent
more likely to outperform their peers, according to a McKinsey study.
We're committed to becoming even
more diverse as we grow, but the fact that we began with a
gender - balanced (and married!)
So it is constantly looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the company is struggling — right along with every other tech firm — with how it can make the work force
more diverse even though, in terms of
gender at least, it's already as
diverse as any firm in the city.
A company made up of employees from
diverse ethnic backgrounds, generations,
genders, races and religions (just to name a few) has
more creative energy to harness than one with a
more homogenized workforce.
In a study released in May by the University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain, researchers analyzed the make up and results of
more than 4,000 R&D teams around the world and found that
gender diverse groups can lead to greater creativity and better decisions.
As part of its commitment to a build a
more diverse workplace and address a
gender gap within key sectors of the financial services industry, Fidelity has launched its Summit for Young Women, a day - long event designed to open students» minds to the wide range of career opportunities that exist within financial services, years before they are ready to begin their professional lives.
Aside from the unacceptable optics, evidence shows that boards composed of people with
diverse skills, cultural backgrounds,
gender and experience — just like the real world — are
more effective than less
diverse boards, Leblanc says.
3 Principles for Hiring a
More Diverse Team How a little fintech company achieved
gender parity (66 % women in our executive team; 53 % women in our company), established 100 % paid leave policies for mothers and fathers, and is working even harder toward better diversity.
Our educational and political leaders keep suggesting that bringing people together from
diverse backgrounds — whether it is racial, ethnic,
gender, sexual orientation, or some combination of the above — makes for better schools,
more effective workplaces, and even morally superior environments.
The militia movement is
more diverse in terms of
gender, ethnicity and religious background and focuses on issues with wider resonance.
The tendency of philosophy to migrate from the philosophy faculties into social science, cultural studies,
gender studies and elsewhere has also been evident in Britain, and in several universities narrowly focused philosophy departments are supplemented by a
more diverse philosophical diet in theology and religious studies.
Representatives from the same group of privileged people who dominated conversations in the 20th century continue to dominate the conversations about current issues such as modesty culture, immigration reform, relevancy in culturally -
diverse America,
gender issues, and
more.
Together, glass ceilings recede, sexual harassment is confronted and
more businesses and organizations advocate the support of
gender diverse teams and talent development.
Even though people today are growing up in
more diverse families than ever before and are much
more open to and accepting of broader views of
gender and sexuality than generations past, society still tends to view non-monogamous relationships negatively.
«I believe the Republican leader should have had a
more diverse ticket, race and
gender wise,» Cook said.
We have millions of members worldwide, and the most
diverse members of any legitimate adult dating sites: any
gender, age, race, body type, sexual orientation, height, weight, religion, and
more.
Saldana is confident her three sons will grow up in a
more diverse landscape where
gender and racial lines will blur.
The Producers Guild also tend to be
more gender -
diverse than the other guilds: according to Wikipedia, «As of 2015, the
gender ratio of the PGA's membership is 57 % male and 43 % female.»
In addition, while the student population in the United States is becoming
more racially and linguistically
diverse, our teacher population is increasingly homogenous based on race, economics, language and / or
gender (Skiba, et al., 2011; Darling - Hammond, 2010).
A
more diverse workforce, in terms of not just
gender, but also sexuality and ethnicity, would lead to a wider array of ideas and inputs, not because women and minorities have better ideas but because they sometimes have different ones.
Overwatch was shown to feature a cast
more diverse than virtually anything else in the gaming world, with a nearly balanced
gender ratio and characters hailing from countries on every continent.
Pope.L is included in The Barnes Foundation's exhibition, Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, which features work by
more than 50 international artists who have taken to the street to play detective, make fantastic maps, scavenge and shop for new materials, launch guerrilla campaigns, and make provocative spectacles of themselves to speak to issues as
diverse as commodity fetishism, gentrification,
gender politics, globalization, racism, and homelessness.
For this summer's inaugural program, a
diverse mix of
more than 12 participating artists are invited to develop and create works that explore cultural, racial, sexual, and
gender equality via short - term residency experiences.
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie features work by
more than 50 international artists who have taken to the street to play detective, make fantastic maps, scavenge and shop for new materials, launch guerrilla campaigns, and make provocative spectacles of themselves to speak to issues as
diverse as commodity fetishism, gentrification,
gender politics, globalization, racism, and homelessness.
The report shows that DOJ lawyers are
more diverse by race, ethnicity and
gender than the overall legal workforce.
We spoke about how he, as an in - demand speaker, and others like him, might better support the selection of
more diverse,
gender - balanced speaker panels, both at the events he is invited to and
more generally.
Increasingly, General Counsel are looking for
more gender balanced or
diverse teams of lawyers when considering which law firm to hire.
The benefits for Indiegogo of having a
gender diverse population is the company appears
more reputable to the public because hiring practices are aligned with their mission statement.
Research by McKinsey showed
gender diverse companies were 15 %
more likely to outperform, while ethnically
diverse companies were 35 %
more likely to outperform.
Diversity can strengthen a business from both within (e.g.
gender diverse companies are 15 %
more likely to outperform their less
diverse counterparts) and externally (mirroring the diversity of your customer base helps you to better understand and meet their needs).
Yet while
more and
more organisations are publicly supporting the importance of
gender diversity, this research shows that they need to put their money where their mouth is and make sure their organisation puts policies in place to create and maintain a
gender diverse workforce.
In some areas, such as the needs of
gender diverse people and for people with disabilities, we need
more information, and
more needs to be done (as outlined by Dameyon Bonson in relation to LGBTQI people at The Guardian).
Development of high quality training, which supports workers in becoming
more confident and competent in providing support to people of
diverse bodies,
genders and sexualities
Participants feel
more confident in approaching work with people of
diverse bodies,
genders and sexualities
• Dameyon Bonson is the founder of Black Rainbow Living Well, a self - determining non-profit movement dedicated to creating
more than hope for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are
diverse in
gender and sexuality.
They describe skilled dialogue as: «An evidence - based approach for transforming difficult conversations; a tool for establishing respectful, reciprocal and responsive interactions between people holding
diverse perspectives, whether due to cultural backgrounds,
gender, experience, beliefs or other factors, and a framework for breaking out of dualistic either - or thinking and generating
more inclusive «third» options.»