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Advancing gender equality in 2024 advancing women dei diversity and inclusion event gender diversity inclusive leadership international women's day iwd Mar 19, 2024

Every year, March is underlined with one milestone event - International Women's Day. This year was no different. Whether you work in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) or not, you've probably seen posts and messages about gender equality.

To echo some key points and, more importantly, explore...

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How To Pretend You Care About Women At Work d&i strategies gender diversity inclusive leadership managing working parents motherhood working parents Feb 02, 2022

How to PRETEND you care about women at work

Provide training opportunities out of hours

Offering additional training and networking opportunities shows that you care about supporting and developing your female employees. However offering these opportunities outside of working hours can...

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How close are you to meeting your target of more women in leadership? d&i strategies gender diversity inclusive leadership Sep 21, 2021

Some time ago I was talking to an old friend who has recently retired from his role as Chief Operating Officer in a global organisation and the subject of gender parity at all levels of leadership came up. 

He shared how his company had invested millions in training over the years and...

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An Equal World Is An Enabled World d&i strategies gender diversity managing bias Mar 03, 2020

By Deborah Croft.

The International Women's Day 2020 campaign theme is #EachforEqual. 

An equal world is an enabled world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.

We can actively choose to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden...

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Did Equal Pay Day Pass You By? d&i strategies gender diversity Feb 24, 2020

It’s time we stopped turning a blind eye to gender inequality. February 22nd was Equal Pay Day. Up until this day, women in Switzerland had been working for free. Men had been paid for equivalent work since 1st January. 

This needs to change. 

Switzerland now ranks 18th place in...

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The Year In Review: what has 2019 done for working parents? d&i strategies gender diversity working parents Dec 16, 2019

At Thriving Talent & Thriving Parents, we have a goal to empower 1 million parents by end of 2020. As we come to closing 2019, we’ve looked back at some of the reports and stories in the news that either delighted or disappointed us! 

January

In January 2019 a study was published...

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The Secret Weapon To Boost Your Diversity And Inclusion Efforts d&i strategies employee resource groups gender diversity inclusive leadership Oct 30, 2018

Did you know that there is a secret weapon that helps to foster respect and promote inclusion within the workplace?

 

Enter the ERG

 

ERG - it sounded like an advanced Ai software secret weapon to that only folks in D&I knew about. That’s exactly what I thought this was...

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How to Improve Switzerland’s Ranking in Best Environment for Working Women career development d&i strategies gender diversity motherhood Mar 06, 2018

I may be competitive but 26th place for the best environment for working women is not an acceptable statistic for Switzerland. How can a country whose public system and quality of life outstrips so many other countries, be so poor at providing an environment where women can thrive professionally?...

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How Making Diversity A Strategic Priority Can Be A Game-Changer For Businesses d&i strategies gender diversity inclusive leadership May 15, 2016

Is the current state of diversity in your workplace ‘could be better but not a priority right now?’ Perhaps your HR team has acknowledged the need for change but it’s a stale subject and nothing is moving forward.

It’s widely accepted that greater diversity and inclusion...

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