By: Sam Bourton, Johanne Lavoie & Tiffany Vogel (McKinsey Quarterly, March 2018) Read the full article here: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/leading-with-inner-agility The question addressed in this article is how leaders should apply their judgement and decision-making responsibilities in a time of accelerating change …
(McKinsey Global Institute, April 2018) Read the full article here: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/gender-equality/the-power-of-parity-advancing-womens-equality-in-asia-pacific The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), over the past three years, has compiled a series of reports projecting the economic impact of advancing equality for women across various regions of …
By Rocio Lorenzo and Martin Reeves Harvard Business Review, January 20, 2018 Advocates of workplace diversity have argued their case not only based on intrinsic fairness but because such programs are seen to bring tangible benefits to organisations. Not everyone …
By: Heejung Chung (European Journal of Industrial Relations, January 2018) http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0959680117752829 The demand for flexible working has been increasing globally. This applies across all sectors of the economy and it is sought by both genders although females remain statistically the …
Australia has traditionally perceived itself to be a country of egalitarianism – the land where everyone has a “fair go” at least insofar as socioeconomic status is concerned. If this were literally true there would be little difficulty for anyone …
In many organisations when Symmetra is engaged to move the needle on the D & I agenda, we find it is taken for granted that the business case for diversity and inclusion is well established and serves as an elementary …
Australia (as well as other countries in the Asia- Pacific region) could potentially reap massive economic benefits by 2025 if it takes accelerated steps towards gender parity. This is the conclusion drawn from the just- released report by McKinsey Global …
In its recently published report ‘Global Recruiting Trends 2018’, LinkedIn identified the four top trends shaping the future of recruiting and hiring. First and foremost in the list of these trends is diversity – ‘the biggest game-changer’. The diversity paradigm, …
For years Symmetra has been advancing the proposition that diversity and inclusion benefits businesses with regard to employee engagement; enhancing the generation of ideas; innovation and ultimately profitability. This stance, supported by data and research relating to returns on investment, …
A Case of Inclusion Illiteracy As much as diversity is incomplete without a culture of inclusiveness, so inclusion is incomplete without encompassing employees as well as customers of an organisation. Customers desire to be inclusively treated by organisations as much …
Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect? It is named after a study carried out by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger who in 1999 had undergraduates at Cornell University undergo tests regarding humour, logic and grammar and then estimate …
Harvard Business Review has just published an article which highlights that those leaders who are not inclusive tend to overrate their inclusive capability and those who are inclusive tend to underrate themselves. Whilst this disconnect is not surprising, it poses …