There is a severe skills shortage in the Western World, driven by demographics. Clearly the talent pool needs to be deepened, but the question is how.
And it is not just a matter of recruiting talented people in all their many permutations; it is also a matter of how an organisation can create an inclusive environment and culture in which diverse people flourish and stay. Rene Nathan, Executive Coach consults to Mettle Group on Diversity in the Workplace – its not just about Gender and spoke recently on this topic at the AIM (NSW) Leadership Special Interest Group.
It is apparent to me that in order to create such an environment we need to address the obstacle of exclusion. This reveals itself in behaviours that are largely unconscious and hard wired by long social practice. These unconscious drivers of exclusion are powerful and are difficult to address and change unless they can be explained in a way that is rational, unemotional and clear. In this article I propose not only a way of ‘seeing’ the dynamics of exclusion at work, but also how organisations can address the issue and effect change in behaviours, mindset and the culture from one of exclusion to one of inclusion.
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