Sophie has worked for big corporates such as Facebook and Ebay and so she knows first hand about these kind of pressures. For women, who are often the main carers in their family, balancing work pressures along with running the home and taking care of...
When considering how to implement diversity and inclusion in the workplace, many organisations will appoint diversity and inclusion managers, diversity and inclusion consultants and/or include formal diversity and inclusion objectives within the remit of a senior HR/people director. However without the right supporting infrastructure in...
What is cross-cultural leadership? Over the last five years there has been a lot of talk about inclusive leadership. In this blog I want to explore a related but different topic, cross-cultural leadership. This, for me is about realising our own personal culture, the dominant...
Carol is a non-executive director, qualified Coach, diversity campaigner & advocate for more inclusive workplaces. She has championed women in senior leadership for the last decade. Over the last 25 years as a head-hunter, Carol has helped people on their career journey. She is passionate...
Iyanu Onalaja is a Commercial Property Solicitor at national law firm, Shoo-smiths LLP. As a bright eyed young student, she wasn’t going to let her wheelchair hold her back. Going straight from a law degree, to the Legal Practice Course and a Masters in Law....
Recently BBC Breakfast host, Naga Munchetty, was found to have breached BBC guidelines, by mentioning that she found Donald Trump’s “go home” comments offensive. This was based around Trump’s comments that four female politicians should “go back” to the “places which they came.” The BBC...
CEO, Mac Alonge, Shortlisted for the 2019 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. It has been announced that the CEO of the Equal Group (TEG), Mac Alonge, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2019 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Alonge has been shortlisted for the...
In 2015 activist April Reign started the hashtag that became synonymous with that year Oscars ceremony in response to an all-white slate of acting nominees - #OscarsSoWhite Some of you might have seen it, a lot of people didn’t like the hashtag but not a lot...
From the boardroom to the classroom The concept of diversity is being discussed in boardrooms and realised, to an extent, throughout offices worldwide. Inclusion and diversity roles are becoming more frequent and in-demand. Whether this is happening after carefully engineered appointments or genuine efforts to support...
