How HR can build a diverse culture

Only 14% of new firms have plans and policies to encourage inclusion and diversity in the workplace, according to a poll by First Round Capital of 700 people involved in senior leadership at a start-up.

As a company grows, it becomes harder to change this – as seen by the dearth of diversity in FTSE 100 UK Boards currently; of which eight per cent are non-white and 25% female, although this figure drops when applied to executive committee roles only. 

Jennifer Brown, Founder, President and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, and author of ‘Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change’, spoke to Brian Honigman, CEO of Honigman Media, in Forbes about why and how leaders can build diverse cultures.

After graduating in Organisational Development and Change Management, it was “abundantly clear that so much was broken in the workplace, based on the stories I’d hear in the classroom day after day about the high levels of disengagement and frustration amongst employees at all levels.”