Tag: inclusion

How to Support Diversity in Your Team

In her work on diversity and inclusion, Juliet Bourke (AICD, 2016) found that organisations with inclusive cultures are 8 times more likely to achieve better business outcomes. In fact, when it comes to gender diversity, organisations in the top quartile of female executives are 25% more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile (McKinsey, 2020). In my experience, a true increase in organisational diversity goes far beyond the hiring stage. To achieve the real business benefits of diversity and inclusion requires a cultural shift, which starts with the leadership team.  The leadership team sets the strategy…