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Why Diversity In The Workplace Matters

29/3/2018

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​Diversity is an important topic in today’s workplace. Having diversity in your company is important from a social, financial and creative aspect, as having a diverse workforce opens employees experiences, through understanding and acceptance. A diverse workplace can be described as a team with a wide range of distinctive characteristics and experiences, all bringing something to the company.

More Opportunity        
By hiring employees within a diverse age range from many cultures and countries, your business will be open to a bigger choice of ideas and skills. This will give you an increased opportunity for business growth with better solutions to potential problems that may occur. Your company will be more interesting to prospective clients and customers, people will learn more from your team and you will attract attention from top talent around the globe.

Helps Employees Grow
Diversity is good for your business and also your workers, as your employees should be using their work experiences to learn and grow as a professional. Working in a diverse environment benefits staff members through gaining insight from different perspectives. Most candidates will be more inclined to go for your diverse company where they will learn more, than companies that have the same type of employees, all talking the same and thinking the same.
 
Reduce Prejudice
Engagement with individuals from around the world will help reduce employee discrimination. Making sure to celebrate holidays from all backgrounds will be appreciated, resulting in increased productivity. This will also create opportunity for team bonding which is an important aspect to get right within companies.
 
Competitive Edge
Having a diverse workforce will help you keep up with competitors and give you an advantage over those companies who don’t choose diversity. The main advantage being that hiring a wide range of employees allows for customers and clients from different backgrounds to relate to your staff members.

Kit out your Workplace
Don’t think of diversity as just a buzzword, take action and reap the benefits of it. Before hiring employees, you need to take the steps required. Your workplace should be designed to suit workers from all ages and backgrounds, whilst ensuring there is a comfortable atmosphere for each employee to be their most productive selves. By all means get a ping pong table for those after work drinks on a Friday but consider more important changes, such as catering to employees who need ease of movement through the use of accessible doorways for example.
 
Look around your office, what do you see? Do you see staff members who act like you and think like you? Or do you see employees who are from diverse backgrounds, all bringing a unique element to your business? Always aim for a varied team, it increases brand awareness, brings more experience and ideas to your company while building up positive working relationships: a win-win for your business and your employees.

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13/6/2019 05:47:39 am

Read your full post about diversity in the workplace. I want to add that diversity does create a good work culture but companies don’t know that it also creates a culture biased group in the organization. If people are not having a monitoring manager then the situation can get worse

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