INCLUSION

Read it

You may think your workplace is all inclusive and diverse, but does it cover all levels in the workplace? The following articles will help you evaluate where gaps may be and how you can improve on attaining a true diverse workplace.

Resources

• HBR: Want More Diverse Senior Leadership? Sponsor Junior Talent, Oct 2020

• Chief Executive Women and Bain & Co: Equitable Flexibility: Reshaping our Workforce, June 2021

• Australian Human Rights Commission: Leading for Change: A blueprint for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership, 2016

• Culture Amp E Book: 6 ways to foster belonging in the workplace

• The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders, Andres T. Taia & Alina Polonskaia, 2020

• Why is diversity important? The answer might surprise you. Chris Clearfield & Andras Tilcsik, 2018

• Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices: Age Management (Singapore)

Find help

It’s difficult knowing all there is to know about inclusion. The following organisations will provide you with all the help you need in your workplace.

Resources

• Diversity Council Australia

• Diversity Inclusion Asia

• Equally Ours (UK)

• Diversity and Inclusion in Action (India)

• Xplore for Success (Australia)

Find advocates

With a wealth of knowledge and experience, these advocates really know their stuff. They’ve seen it, lived it and breathed it.

Resources

• Aubrey Blanche

Watch it

Watch how others have overcome and put in place practices to create a more inclusive workplace.

Resources

• Disney Pixar Sparkshorts: Purl gets a job in a fast-paced, high energy, bro-tastic start-up. How far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she yearns for, and in the end, is it worth it?

• TED The important of using inclusive language, Fahah Saeed, 2019

• Accenture: Inclusion starts with I

• TEDxDelrayBeach, Exclusion, Illusion and Collusion : Helen Turnbull, 2013

Act on it

The following resources will help you find ways to put all you know into action.

Resources

• 2020 insights: 3 trends every APAC brand should keep an eye on

• The National Seed Project (USA)

• Dr Rad Advisors Employee Resource Group Consulting (USA)

• HBR: How to get people to actually participate in virtual meetings

• Simplicity HR: Sustainable Change: Making It Happen

• HBR: How to Measure Inclusion in the Workplace May 2021

Listen

Hear from those in the know on how to improve on and build inclusion in the workplace.

Resources

• A Dog Called Diversity

• Top 15 Diversity And Inclusion Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021