NEWS & INSIGHTS

With the last quarter of the financial year coming up for many organisations here in Switzerland, it’s time for leaders to take a look at how well they utilised their training and team training budgets. 

If you’re reading this in September - you have under 10 weeks to utilise...

Do your employees feel safe to speak up, even when what they have to say goes against the grain? 

Encouraging your employees to make themselves heard and speak up is one thing. But are they saying what they think you want to hear? Making individuals feel secure enough to voice their true...

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...

I know what you’re thinking. A culture of wellbeing in a diverse and inclusive workplace is surely no more than a dream! Well, it’s not easy to achieve, we will say that. But it’s entirely possible.

Imagine if every person, regardless of their disability, race, ethnicity,...

We recently celebrated Mother’s Day here in Geneva, Switzerland. Grateful children and dads took mums out to lunch, bought them flowers, ran them baths, and made them cards to show her how special she is to them and what a great job she does in the home.

But what about the job she does at...

Research has shown that Emotional Intelligence (EI) can be 3 times more important than IQ (ability to solve complex problems).  You can develop groundbreaking strategies, but if you can’t persuade others of the value and rally your team to deliver then it’s all for nothing.

This is the final article in a two part series on inclusive leadership (click here to read part one). In this piece we talk about systemic and cultural change: what approaches to process can one introduce to make the system more inclusive?

Firstly, we must understand that diversity is not just a...

This is the first article in a two part series on inclusive leadership. In this piece, we discuss the importance of helping your people become self-aware and getting curious about their talents and skills which are not immediately obvious.  

Why should employers care?

Four global mega-trends...

Unless you have been stuck in a Swiss nuclear bunker for the last 5 years, you will have at some point during your daily social media fix, come across the term Gender Bias. Whether you’re a man who craves more family time with his children (but your boss raises an eyebrow when you want to...

Inclusiveness and gender parity is fortunately a key focus for astute organisations. One strategy deployed considers how to better support professionals during the challenging transition to parenthood; so that they feel it is possible to continue with professional aspirations and successfully...