Private Equity’s Chance to Stand Up for Diversity and Inclusion
Championing inclusiveness at the highest levels of portfolio companies is the right moral choice—and it has practical benefits, too.
The business case for workplace diversity is strong, but many leaders are uncertain how best to build an organization that incorporates a variety of perspectives and experiences. Explore BCG’s latest thinking on diversity and inclusion to understand the benefits of diversity, how to achieve it, and how to unlock the potential of a diverse workforce.
Championing inclusiveness at the highest levels of portfolio companies is the right moral choice—and it has practical benefits, too.
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.
Vous voulez générer des idées innovantes qui peuvent s’imposer sur le marché ? Constituez des équipes de gestion composées de personnes ayant des antécédents et des perspectives aussi variés que possible.
Five ways that work and life will change as necessity forces us to adopt different behavioral patterns.
The new global reality has no room for usual daily routines. This difficult time calls for great leadership, building trust, and creating better teams for the future.
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.
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.
Giving employees the freedom to determine where, when, and how much they work is rapidly becoming a business imperative.
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.
Companies trying to create a more equitable workplace have a valuable resource on their own staff: young men, whose attitudes toward gender diversity are closely aligned with those of women.
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.
Bien que les entreprises créées par des femmes reçoivent beaucoup moins de fonds de démarrage que celles créées par des hommes, les entreprises appartenant à des femmes génèrent davantage de recettes.
GDP growth and LGBT+ inclusion go hand-in-hand. The evidence is gradually building that countries, companies and individuals are more productive when LGBT+ people feel included.
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.
Women remain underrepresented on most boards and leadership teams. Here are the interventions delivering the most progress—and those that are falling short.
Compared with global peers, Denmark is falling behind on gender diversity. Company leaders must focus on the female talent pipeline.
