Driving return on investment through people
Businesses which introduce strategies to dismantle structural workplace gender inequalities often have higher levels of employee productivity and satisfaction, according to the Diversity Council Australia. Its CEO, Lise Annese, explained that gender equality should be seen as a business tool to increase business and individual performance as well as customer […]
A forward-thinking approach to workplace diversity, flexibility and employee engagement have helped engineering consultancy Northrop crack the glass ceiling to improve talent acquisition and retention while driving double-digit business growth, according to its CEO. Northrop Consulting Engineers is an employee-owned multi-disciplinary firm with 345 employees across Australia specialising in civil, […]
There have been six keys to successfully improving gender diversity within Gilbert + Tobin (G+T), according to its head of HR, who explained that its progressive diversity strategy has resulted in a number of tangible business and client benefits. G+T currently leads the legal industry in gender diversity, with the […]
A “Ministry of Culture” is one of three key internal initiatives within PayPal which help drive successful diversity and inclusion outcomes across the business, according to its Australian people business partner, Kim Cheney. PayPal is taking a number of proactive steps to build and expand a diverse pipeline of talent […]
A culture that values difference and diversity must start at the top and be carried through to hiring people with unique perspectives and worldviews, writes Judith MacCormick In the realm of cognitive diversity, business leaders, ethicists and researchers tend to focus on how diverse a company’s board, executive leadership and […]
