Bringing diversity to the workplace.
Are you a senior person who makes decisions for your company? Are you one of the directors or part of the senior management team? Do colleagues look to you for leadership? Bearing in mind that Northern Insight magazine is aimed at business people, we reckon you’ll fit into one of those categories.
Okay, so if you answer yes to any of those questions, here’s a suggestion.
Take a look around and make a careful note of the people you work closely with…other senior managers or directors…the makers and shakers within the business…and see whether you think those people reflect what should be a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Do those senior people reflect the rest of the workforce?
Do they reflect your customers or clients?
If they don’t, you have a problem.
Not only are you and your business failing to do the right thing, you could be missing out on growing your business, increasing profits and ensuring that you have a content workforce.
“Here at Castle Peak we are an executive search business who ensures that the right person is not only right for the job and is capable of doing it, but that they reflect the workforce and the people the company deals with,” said James Carss, founder and MD of Castle Peak. “The majority of our clients are mainly from the third sector in housing, education and health, but we are working more and more frequently with businesses or all shapes and sizes from a whole raft of sectors who are keen to be inclusive. Those commercial organisations recognise that being inclusive from top to bottom is not only the best way to operate and certainly gives them a good image, but that research shows diversity within any business improves employee engagement and the potential for increased profits.”
In other words, it’s a win-win for any business.
Here’s a tip. Go onto the Castle Peak Group website (castlepeak-group.com) and check out an extensive…and revealing… piece of research that was undertaken by the company to study inclusivity in the workplace and what sort of effects it can have, both positive and negative. It’s called ‘Progress Under Pressure.’ You’ll find examples of what inclusivity is as well as being able to read comments from senior people who work for some of the region’s leading housing sector firms. You’ll recognise the names. The housing sector is naturally rooted in the communities it serves and recognises the need to reflect them in its leadership.
Yes, the research concentrates largely on the housing sector…but…those businesses are run using the same sort of principles that every business runs on and, let’s face it, every business has one major aim. Make money.
Being diverse and inclusive is a great place to start.
If you’d like information on how to take your business forward via proper recruitment or would like Castle Peak Group to help with your recruitment plans, contact James Carss directly on 07802 531040 or email info@castlepeakgroup.com
You’ll also read about the research and what Castle Peak Group can do for you by logging on to www.castlepeak-group.com