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Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: The Key to Inclusion and Success 

Cultural diversity in the workplace continues to grow as the world becomes increasingly globalised and connected.   Companies are finding themselves with a more diverse workforce and when managed inclusively, this diversity can be a game changer for productivity, engagement, innovation, creativity, and retention.  This is because a workforce that represents a wide range of … Read More

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Why is Diversity Important for Your Company – We Outline 7 Reasons 

Why is diversity important?  Malcolm Forbes says, “Diversity is the art of thinking independently together”.   Every individual is unique, and the coming together of different perspectives, cultural backgrounds and races is what makes diversity special.  But when we think specifically with a business lens on, what is it that makes diversity so important?  Contrary to … Read More

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How a Leadership Course Increases Workplace Inclusion

 Are your leaders well-equipped to handle the challenges that come with having a diverse workforce, or do you need to invest in a leadership course?  Despite our best wishes, not all leaders are instinctively or naturally inclusive. Being able to leverage diversity and produce tangible, profitable outcomes for an organisation requires know-how and experience.  A recent … Read More

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How Coaching & Mentoring Can Make Your Organisation More Inclusive 

Being an inclusive workplace doesn’t happen on its own. It takes a growth mindset, lots of training and continuous effort over time to make an organisation sustain its diversity and make it work.  That’s why there’s a strong need to develop a structured mentoring program to coach and mentor leaders and their employees on what it means … Read More

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Leadership Coaching Strategies that Promote Diversity and Inclusion

One thing I am certain of is that organisations cannot accomplish diversity and inclusion without investing in inclusive leadership coaching. A first step is for organisations to make establishing inclusive leaders a strategic priority.   While it is admirable to adopt training solutions for employees at all levels in the hopes of developing a more inclusive workplace; … Read More

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Why You Don’t Need Unconscious Bias Training and What to do Instead

Yes, you read that correctly – you and your organisation do not need unconscious bias training.  Now, I know that unconscious bias training is one of the biggest buzzwords in the diversity and inclusion training programs space at the moment.   A decade ago, ‘best practice’ suggested that this training would help address gender balance and other diversity challenges. Although there wasn’t much evidence to show that it worked, frankly, there … Read More

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Why is Inclusion Important and Other Frequently Asked Questions

If you are a leader and you’re wondering ‘why is inclusion important’ then I want to take my hat off to you because you are taking a step in the right direction towards increasing inclusion within your workplace.  Creating an inclusive environment is one of the number one priorities of leaders the world over.  There are a couple of problems though.   … Read More