While both can help strengthen a company, diversity and inclusion (D&I) are complementary goals. What’s Diversity in the workplace? Diversity is the act of ensuring that a workplace represents the world at large, with employees from a range of personality types and life experiences, including...
Education plays a pivotal role in fostering an inclusive environment within an organization. To cultivate a workplace that embraces diversity and promotes a sense of belonging, regular diversity and inclusion training sessions are crucial. These training sessions offer valuable opportunities to raise aware...
diverse and inclusive workforce is clear to most leaders. But, the path is less clear. Join us with Zendesk’s Chief People and Diversity Officer, InaMarie Johnson, and MetricStream’s Former CEO, Shellye Archambeau, as we explore inclusion and belonging strategies for your 2021 workplace. ...
Everyone needs to feel welcome, safe and free to be themselves in the workplace. If you focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in your workplace, your business’s culture and bottom line will benefit. How do you create an inclusive work culture? Although many businesses are moving...
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is a hot topic in the workplace. Many businesses are starting to understand the benefits of a more diverse and equitable workforce, and when launched and managed well, DEI initiatives helpengage employees and promote workplace happiness. But how do you en...
diversity and inclusion are front and center in many organizations. The more diverse a workplace, the more empathy workers need to keep the company functional. If they can’t understand (or try to understand) different perspectives and beliefs, then it’ll only hurt your company's culture and...
Thankfully, it’s relatively easy to take steps to remedy these problems. If you’re ready to improve your workplace’s disability and inclusion efforts, here’s where to start. Embrace the Benefits It’s a mistake to assume that hiring people with disabilities (estimated to be as many as...
Like with any change, embracing greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace may come with challenges along the way. It requires getting buy-in from throughout your organization—from leadership at the top all the way down to your junior employees. It also means placing a premium on...
By aligning their work with corporate and employee expectations, employee resource groups can help people feel more included in the workplace.(8 pages)As companies have refined their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies ...
For example, they might schedule work events to celebrate different cultures or implement cultural competence training. That said, you can’t practice diverse hiring and then neglect workplace inclusion. People who feel alienated, misunderstood, and otherwise “passed over” in daily work will not ...