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Deloitte in the UK has promoted 81 people to partner. Of the new promotions, 27 (33%) are women, increasing the total number of Deloitte’s women partners to 412 (30% of partners). This year’s promotions include 19 new partners from ethnic minority* backgrounds, equating to 23% of the promotions.
Women have been increasingly integrated into the workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, with Qatar leading the integration drive.
Women account for only 19% of executives in China, compared to an average of 25% in leading countries, according to a new joint report China Needs More Women in Executive Leadership by Bain & Company and Spencer Stuart.
BCG’s BLISS Index Draws Upon Survey Data From More Than 27,000 Employees Across 16 Countries to Identify the Feelings of Inclusion That Matter to Retention Decisions and the Workplace Factors That Drive Those Feelings
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, has named Nadjia Yousif to a new role as the firm’s first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO).
During the National HBCU Week Conference convened by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced its collaboration with 20 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) to help them establish Cybersecurity Leadership Centers.
PwC has appointed three female leaders – Kristin Stubbins, Liz O’Brien and Corinne Best – to its top seats within the Assurance practice.
When George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officers in 2020, it triggered difficult conversations about racism, inclusion and bias in a lot of board rooms. These include Accenture, the global professional services firm with nearly 700,000 employees worldwide.
Deloitte has today been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022 list for the seventh year running. The list, which is published in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC), recognises Deloitte as one of the top 50 organisations that continues to keep gender equality a priority.
Mercer, an HR consulting and asset management firm, has appointed Christopher “Chris” Williams as global inclusion and diversity (I&D) leader and Kaia West as I&D leader for US and Canada.
Throughout the pandemic, women have been quitting their jobs at significantly higher rates than men, largely exacerbated by the levels of burnout in women across the workforce. As part of Bain & Company’s recent study, The Fabric of Belonging: How to Weave an Inclusive Culture, the firm surveyed more than 4,500 women—in seven different countries and across all levels of their organizations—to learn about how they think and feel about inclusion in the workplace. The firm found that, on average, only 25% of women feely fully included in the workplace.
For most businesses, corporate social responsibility is a side project. But not so for Nishe, a Dubai-based accounting, tax and consulting firm.
Deloitte Global’s Women in the Boardroom report reveals slow gender progress on boards. However, the pace of change is nevertheless accelerating.
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal has launched a new campaign to promote social mobility in the UK. The move has been endorsed by a number of professional services firms.
Bain & Company announced today that Julie Coffman, a partner based in the firm’s Chicago office, has been named its first-ever Chief Diversity Officer (CDO). Coffman led the formation of and serves as the global head of Bain’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practice
McKinsey and Girls in Tech, a global nonprofit bringing the world together through education and experiences, have expanded their partnership
A Somalian-born Muslim woman making it her mission to help Wisconsin companies change how they address diversity and inclusion.
Major League Baseball has named Michele Meyer-Shipp to oversee all of MLB’s human resources activities, including talent processes and programs, workplace culture and diversity and inclusion.
As businesses worldwide increase their use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the issue of diversity in analytics has become more important. In a new video, global analytics software firm FICO highlighted the need for greater diversity in analytics development teams to fight bias.
The current business environment calls for new ways of working—and leading. Specifically, companies today need leaders who are people-oriented and empathetic, focusing on communication, collaboration, and teamwork.
