This year’s theme, “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,” prompted the usual flurry of company statements acknowledging that organisations have a part to play to move our society towards gender equity.

Besides being the right thing to do, it is also the smart thing; gender equity has been proven to enhance business performance, innovation, and reputation. So, how can you invest in women for better equity?

Our Inclusive Leadership programmes were over-subscribed as 2023 ended and we moved into 2024, it has shown no signs of slowing down. So why are leaders continuing to prioritise this and what does it mean for their businesses?

Performance reviews offer a valuable chance for self-evaluation, feedback, and alignment between employees and their managers. However, challenges like bias, lack of clarity and insufficient manager training can hinder fair evaluations. We share six strategies for fostering inclusivity during your performance reviews.

Impostor syndrome – doubting your own skills and abilities, even feeling a fraud – remains a significant factor that organisations need to address. This is especially true for talent from under-represented communities and when it comes to international assignments, the challenge grows.

Explore some of the ways your organisation can make your international assignments more accessible to, and inclusive of diverse talent.

Once DEI strategies are in place, policies communicated and network groups established, it is managers that hold the key to becoming an inclusive culture.

Read on to learn the key skills every inclusive manager needs to master.

Twenty years ago, a diagnosis of a long-term health condition often signalled the end of an employees working life. But, with the default retirement age removed and more people developing long-term conditions, employers must find ways to support these individuals in the workplace.

In the 20 years the Clear Company has been auditing businesses through a diversity and inclusion lens, it has been rare to find an organisation that manages returners well, regardless of the reason for their absence. In this article we unpack why, so your organisation does not make the same mistakes.