Channeling Outrage into Purpose-Driven Action
In this moment of national reckoning, how can business leaders best show their support and advance racial equity in the workplace? By revitalizing their corporate purpose.
In this moment of national reckoning, how can business leaders best show their support and advance racial equity in the workplace? By revitalizing their corporate purpose.
Companies are spinning their wheels when it comes to building diversity in leadership. Why? Because they are not focusing on the root causes of the problem.
Corporate boards include more women and people of color than ever before, but companies won’t capture the full benefits of diversity until they replicate that progress in the executive suite.
Diversity drives innovation and innovation drives diversity. BCG Partner Rocío Lorenzo explains how diverse leadership teams establish themselves and thrive.
The current crisis may seem like an existential threat that supersedes all other objectives. But building a more inclusive workforce isn’t a distraction—it’s a critical part of the solution.
The pandemic has made the work-life balance dramatically harder for many families. Companies can—and should—take steps to help.
BCG’s analysis uncovers the reasons for the large disparity in the number of deaths for white people and for people of color in the US.
Ineffectual diversity efforts don’t merely threaten minority recruitment and retention—new research shows they make all employees more likely to leave.
To retain their best performers, companies will need to rethink hiring, change how work gets done, encourage sponsorship of women, and publicize the actions they’re taking to improve equity.
BCG’s Apprenticeship-in-Action program has shown how the day-to-day apprenticeship experience is fundamental to improving the satisfaction, retention, and advancement of the firm’s diverse workforce.
BCG research shows that, contrary to popular belief, the majority of women are willing to travel abroad for work. By making international posts more appealing to women as well as to men, companies can build more balanced leadership teams.
Today’s agile, collaborative, and people-oriented companies will fare better with leadership that shares those same attributes.
Providing employees with the latest digital skills will be critical to company success throughout this decade. It could also be a secret weapon in the struggle for gender diversity.
AI will disrupt current employment patterns. But if applied wisely and proactively, it could boost gender diversity and enhance opportunities for women in the workplace.
To build the digital workforce that the future demands, companies must recruit—and retain—women.
Companies can’t capture the real value of a diverse workforce until they create an organizational culture that welcomes everyone—truly everyone—to participate.
BCG's Adrian Mitchell, Managing Director and Partner, discusses the importance of following your instinct, connecting deeply with colleagues, and being patient with messy conversations.
Senior executives set the strategic agenda, but it’s up to line managers to implement change on the ground. No inclusion effort can succeed without their buy-in.
Managing Director and Senior Partner Leila Hoteit offers six imperatives to make flexible-work programs truly effective. Some deal with implementation, while others deal with culture. But all are crucial for success.
The task of orchestrating and managing the household and family still falls disproportionately on women. Companies and individuals—both women and men—can help shift the balance.
As employees share more family responsibilities, employers can help retain talent by supporting dual-career couples. Four company initiatives provide a roadmap for doing so.
Subverting current gender norms in the workplace creates a unique learning environment.
BCG Managing Director and Partner Michael Tan explains that younger men are closely aligned with women in how they view gender diversity challenges—and should be a significant part of the solution.
Rather than walling off gender diversity as a women-only issue, companies need to get men at all levels actively involved. Several strategies can help.
Lilly’s Dave Ricks is passionate about diversity and inclusion at a crucial time.
BCG's Gaby Barrios explains that to build better brands, companies must look beyond gender-based marketing.
An image problem in this fast-growing field has turned into a potentially dangerous diversity problem. Companies must do more to dispel the myths and combat the negative perceptions.
Although companies launched by women receive far less early-stage funding than those launched by men, women-owned companies generate more revenue.
Anti-Black racism in Canada is worse than most Canadians want to believe. With the COVID-19 pandemic amplifying the injustices against Black People, it is now more important than ever for Canadians to take action.
Our latest thinking on allyship highlights four questions for reflection to think critically about day-to-day ally actions that can bring about long-lasting cultural change.
To create a more balanced and equitable workforce, the industry needs to understand how crucial moments of truth draw women to tech careers—or push them away.
Only about half the companies in the region have a formal diversity program in place—far lower than the global average. But those initiatives are generating results.
