Oktober, 2008

Inclusive Leadership for Business Excellence

On 23rd and 24th of October, the conference “Diversity Inclusive Performance Drivers Jacob Fleming” took place in London. As the “Business Case for Diversity” is becoming an increasingly relevant issue within the companies’ agenda, Diversity-Experts, CEOs and Managers came together to learn how to tailor best practice within the European legislative framework and to succeed […]

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‘The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies’ by Scott Page

In his quite thorough book, Scott Page opens up the term ‘diversity’ into concepts and perspectives and interprets them through the eyes of modern society, human philosophy and history. This book began as an effort to explain to members of academia, major corporations, and whomever else was reading, that

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France pushes for on-screen diversity

On the grounds that a multicultural vision is still uncommon in movies and on television the French government has decided to promote diversity through a subsidy fund. Called Images de la DiversitĂ©, or Images of Diversity, the fund went into effect last year and distributed about €5 million (US$6.8 million) in aid in 2007.

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Inspiring teenage potential at Eversheds

The top 10 law firm Eversheds has piloted a groundbreaking scheme encouraging teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a career in the legal profession. The UK-based firm has been working with government-appointed Widening Participation Officers (WPOs) based at UK universities tasked with increasing the number of undergraduates from diverse backgrounds.

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Law firms and diversity

Law firms are looking to showcase their commitment to diversity in a range of ways as more clients insist on partnering with advisers whose workforce represents women and minority groups. There is growing acknowledgment among top London firms that the figures paint an unappealing picture, particularly on gender equality. Statistics show

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A debated EU maternity leave plan

European women should get a minimum of 18 weeks of maternity leave paid at the full level of their previous salary, the EU executive has suggested. The new legislation “will help women to combine work and family life, improving their and their family’s quality of life,” EU social affairs commissioner Vladimir Spidla said while presenting […]

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EU leaders adopt vast new immigration plans

On the 16th of October, European Union leaders agreed on the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, containing sweeping new immigration guidelines focusing on skilled workers rather than refugees. “This pact was adopted unanimously. Europe now has a real immigration policy,” said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after hosting the EU summit in Brussels.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers on recruiting and retaining untapped talent

With the increasing pool of new graduate entrants with an ethnic minority background, many companies are now tackling diversity by reaching students while they are still in school and their career paths are still undecided. PricewaterhouseCoopers, and other professional services firms, have long been taking this approach.

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Female workers to dominate the workplace by 2033

According to The Future Laboratory, who conducted a report for Microsoft Windows Mobile to explore the future of business working in Britain over the next 25 years, there is a shift towards the utilisation of female and female-oriented soft skills, like flexibility, collaboration, creativity and lateral thinking.

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