Why is workplace diversity so important?

Why is workplace diversity so important?

Companies with diversified workforce experience many advantages over those who don’t have diversified employees.

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Inclusion

Inclusion in the workplace is a collaborative, supportive, and respectful environment that increases the participation and contribution of all employees.

Diversity

Workplace diversity is understanding, accepting, and valuing differences between people including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, disabilities, and sexual orientations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion is a company’s mission, strategies, and practices to support a diverse workplace and leverage the effects of diversity to achieve a competitive business advantage.

Better performance

When you create a work environment where employees see a representation of a variety of cultures, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, they’re more likely to feel comfortable being themselves.

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What is the difference between equality and diversity?

What is equality in the workplace? Equality aims to ensure that all individuals have equal opportunities to succeed, and it prevents individuals from being discriminated against or treated differently due to certain personality or physical characteristics. Diversity, on the other hand, is about appreciating differences between individuals, and in context with the workplace ensuring that each of these varying attributes and characteristics are valued.

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We make sure every individual feels empowered, supported, respected and valued.

We make sure every individual feels empowered, supported, respected and valued.

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Implementing diversity in the workplace is a huge commitment, and there’s no handbook you can just “borrow” from another organization.

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You can design the most thoughtful and detail-oriented diversity program. But if there’s nobody to carry them out, then it serves no purpose.

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Diversity doesn’t happen in silos – it requires the cooperation of everyone at the organization in order to be successful.

What is the importance of diversity in the workplace?

Within a diverse workplace, employees can better understand each other’s differences. This will often help to reduce conflicts between even the most different team members; and will often unite people with a common purpose rather than divide them.

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Boosting employee engagement

Employees are far more likely to perform well in an environment where diversity and inclusion are top priority. The whole point of diversity & inclusion that it is about everyone, not just underrepresented groups – so encouraging everyone to be confident in their ability will only help to boost morale and employee engagement across the entire team.

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Increased confidence

When employees‘ recognise that differences are embraced and celebrated in an organisation, they are likely to also be more confident in their own unique qualities. Encouraging diversity can help to boost confidence and performance from individual team members, who may be more easily able to express their ideas, become closer to their colleagues and enjoy and take pride in their work.