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Could the push for Diversity end up bad for business?

 

I can hear all of the shouts . . . Diversity indeed is a must!

 

I recognise and wholly accept the critical benefits to business performance a diverse workforce brings.

 

A diverse workforce offers so much experience, Diversity of thought, problem-solving, ambition and drive. Something that needs applauding and promoting . . . but is the strive to achieve the ultimate diverse workforce resulting in an adverse effect on the business?

 

In a world filled with Diversity, are we pushing people into corporate silos through individual focus groups, personal agendas and drives – Could the impact result in exclusion?

 

Quotas . . . really, are we now in a position where an organisation could or are turning the right person away from recruitment, progression and/or promotion opportunities as they do not meet quota requirements?

 

When I open my front door every morning and step into the world, each person I see, walk past and engage with all have the same rights in life as me. Regardless of their backgrounds, beliefs, personal characteristics, or the journey’s they have travelled. I expect my place of work to be the same.

 

We have all entered.

the world in the same

way, we will all leave

the same way.

 

Shouldn’t we all have the opportunity to be individual but be treated in the same way in the workplace? Be judged by our ability, potential, and work ethic with a curiosity and desire to understand our colleagues’ makeup.

 

An inclusive employer offers security, opportunity, an environment that people thrive in and most of all, a workplace that employees want to work within. We should focus on inclusion, and Diversity should be an outcome of this, not a condition an organisation tries to impose. Concentrate on achieving inclusion is essential to the success of your business. Ensuring everyone is given an equal chance to succeed will naturally result in an inclusive and diverse workforce.

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