Bingham: 'Diversity should be at the heart of business'

A leading diversity campaigner has encouraged HRDs and MDs to see diversity as more than a statistic and to integrate it into the business agenda.

Driving diversity at Ford

The 1968 Ford sewing machinists' strike was a driver for the Equal Pay Act. Three of Ford's top HR leaders explain how diversity is front and centre.

Senior executives find dealing with Millennials 'stressful'

A friction between working styles means senior executives find working with Millennials stressful, according to London Business School adjunct professor of organisational behaviour Richard Jolly.

BITC unveils top employers for gender and race

Business in the Community (BITC) has published its annual unranked lists of the top 10 private and public sector employers for gender and racial equality.

Beyond gender diversity: Don’t forget the ‘tinted ceiling’

Focusing on gender diversity is important, however the processes, mindsets, historical context and resulting barriers that hold back women are the same as those that hold back ethnic minorities and...

How HR can accelerate change for executive women

At Egon Zehnder we have decided to set ourselves an audacious goal to help ensure that 25% of the CEOs in the FTSE 100 are female by the year 2025.

Lack of career advice breeds 'low aspirations'

Only half of young people (aged between 14- and 24-years-old) receive any formal career advice, leading to many having low career aspirations, according to research by the Chartered Management...

Twenty-four more women needed to meet 25% female board target

A minimum of twenty-four more women must be appointed to reach the target of 25% female representation on FTSE 100 boards by 2015, according to the latest progress report by the Cranfield School of...

'Grown up' conversations needed around gender pay gap

Frank conversations are needed when addressing gender pay gaps within employers' own businesses, according to PwC head of people Gaenor Bagley

Retention and engagement across generations

Employee retention and engagement remain top of the human capital issues. We are shifting towards a critical talent shortage, so what should be done to ensure the right talent is sourced, retained and...

UK falls eight places in gender equality rankings

Women in the UK have seen their wages fall by an average of £2,700 over the past year – leading to the UK falling to 26th in the world for gender pay equality, according to a report by the World...

Ban the box ‘part of wider diversity agenda’, says Carillion HRD

A decision not to remove those with a criminal record at the application stage is part of a wider effort not to unfairly exclude any type of jobseeker, according to Carillion group HR director Janet...