Elevating Excellence: Strategies for Fostering Gender Diversity in Boardrooms
In today's dynamic business landscape, the significance of gender diversity within corporate boards and leadership echelons has rightfully garnered widespread acclaim. Recognizing the myriad benefits that women bring to the table — from unique insights to robust skills — is not just a matter of fairness; it's a strategic imperative. Women's inclusion in leadership roles is pivotal, offering fresh…
Equal Opportunities: Moving Beyond Buzzwords to Real Impact in 2024
Understanding the True Meaning of Equal Opportunities Before truly embracing equal opportunities, we must acknowledge that it goes beyond treating everyone the same way. The term is often thrown around to depict all-encompassing fairness, and yet, many fail to understand its rich and intricate layers. Equal opportunities do not simply involve providing individuals with the same resources or…
Expanding the Word Diversity to Be More Inclusive
In the past several years, executive search firm KPIs relied heavily on efforts made in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), but we have been making progress in the wrong way, and this isn’t what you are expecting. Of course, we should be monitoring success in these areas, but the DEI efforts I am suggesting we track should be more inclusive rather than just the small…
What to Consider During Your Annual Evaluation When It Comes to Boardroom Diversity
Boardroom diversity is far from just a hot-button buzzword, and today, it's well understood that diversity is never recommended simply for the sake of "checking a box." The truth is that boardroom diversity brings immense benefits to the CEO, the entire organization, shareholders, and the board itself. For organizations that want to outperform their competitors and have a board operating at its…
Today’s Global Talent Trends in Mining Executive Search and Recruitment
By Sandra Burmeister and Kelli Vukelic Early figures and forecasts show that the mining sector is in for one of the most robust years off the back of the soaring demand for commodities and the industry's impressive rebound in the second half of 2021. Even so, the sector is still grappling with a plateful of hot-button issues, including social restructuring, environmental protection, and the…
Diversity and Leadership – Right Topic Wrong Conversation
I have grown quite weary of the politics driving the “Diversity” discussion. Let’s begin with this and see if we can agree on a jumping-off point: Giving special preference to any individual, class, or group to the advantage or disadvantage of another is wrong. Sounds reasonable, yes? Regrettably, many companies are creating operating environments where the opposite is true and conscious bias has…
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