Diversity and Inclusion in the Global Workplace: Aligning Initiatives with Strategic Business Goals
In today’s workforce, employees belong to different age groups, races, and ethnicities are of different genders and have different sexual orientation, besides leading, managing, thinking, and learning in diverse ways. There are people in full command of their physical abilities working side by side with other employees with disabilities. And people with different values from different cultures are responsible for leading and moving companies and organizations through survival and success employees are more likely than ever before to work with other employees with different demographic or functional backgrounds. When not managed correctly, with respect to diversity and through the exercise of inclusive processes and procedures, such diversity can undermine employee social integration and performance, resulting in a sizeable reduction in the company’s potential for success and profitability. If managed effectively, however, diversity can not only booster performance, but also promote creativity and innovation.