Diversity

Jo Upward, Director of Platform Group, discusses the role that empathy plays in workplace culture. What is empathy and how do you build it into it the work environment? Simply put empathy is understanding people’s emotions whether that is a customer or an employee. A 2018 State of Workplace Empathy Study by Businessolver found that 96% of…

Steve Howe, VP and GM EMEA at Cogeco Peer 1, discusses the importance of delivering ethical and moral values within a business. At a time where our global and business leadership is becoming polarised, it has become imperative that individuals and organisations develop and adhere to a set of values. But how can companies successfully…

Currently only 14% of business angel investors in the UK are women. For many female entrepreneurs the experience of raising finance is especially challenging when they have to present their business idea to a room almost entirely filled with male angel investors.

Most employees value clear direction from leaders, but they also value autonomy. In our modern, fast-moving world, the most successful organisations are those who are agile enough to adapt to changing circumstances with speed and focus. Hierarchical, command-and-control structures simply do not support these ways of working.

While there has been a growing acceptance of the LGBT community in the UK in recent years which helps to combat issues of discrimination and bullying, these are still prevalent issues in professional settings.

The gender pay gap is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to inequality in the workplace for women.

I run a small PR business. There are 10 of us and we’re a very diverse bunch - ethnically, culturally and demographically. So I was shocked to see that the PR industry as a whole doesn’t mirror our happy little band. One industry association reported last year that ethnic diversity across the PR profession remains extremely limited, whilst the…

By the year 2020 there are going to be several major changes in the workplace, one of these being huge generational shifts. Five different generations will be working alongside each other; Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z. This of course will carry several challenges as well as several benefits, but how…

By Sam White, Founder and CEO of Action365, Pukka Insure and recently launched motor brokerage, Freedom Brokers For me clarity in any situation can only come with full insight, and full insight can only come from viewing things from every feasible angle. In my experience in the workplace, this varied perspective can only be achieved…