This short article reminds us what true diversity at the workplace means and more importantly its benefits:
“Process and product innovation results from having employees from a wide variety of demographics and backgrounds. When different minds come together to achieve a common goal, the result can be monumental. In fact, it has been reported that companies that practice diversity and inclusion in the workplace outperform other non-diverse companies by 15 percent.”
What happened last year? Here are:
Top 9 Diversity and Inclusion Stories for 2018
and
Top 10 Cultural Awareness & Diversity Topics in the Workplace (2018)
My favorite sub-topic is bridging the generation gap because “Five generations work side by side in today’s workforce, and each generation brings a distinct set of values, attitudes and behaviors to the workplace,” not only said Kimberly Abel-Lanier, vice president and general manager of workforce solutions for Maritz Motivation Solutions, an employee recognition provider, but I am personally experiencing it myself. Strategies on how to work better with coworkers from different generations:
Multigenerational Workforce: How to Bridge the Generation Gap
MILLENNIALS ARE HERE TO STAY: A GUIDE TO BRIDGING GENERATIONAL GAPS AND EMBRACING THE ARRIVING WORKFORCE
Bridging the generation gap in the workplace: how I learned to stop worrying and love working with the millennial generation
Tired of reading? There is a collection of TED talks on the topic of Diversity. I especially recommend:
A blueprint for diversity in the workplace
for starters :).
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