Offers Business Solutions
1. Increase Efficiency by helping increase productivity, identify workflow needs and develop solutions that benefit businesses.
2. Build Strong Teams in providing diversity and inclusion which help businesses enhance the work places.
3.Simplify Success by making it easier to have a diverse and inclusive company.
What is an inclusive workforce?
What is an Inclusive Workforce?
The Inclusive workforce is a working environment that values individuals and harnesses each individual's abilities, which enables a company to embrace different backgrounds and perspectives. Building an inclusive workplace is a significant facet of the modern workforce. An inclusive workforce includes minority groups and under-served populations, providing them an opportunity to be represented in the workforce. Employers strive for diversity because an inclusive workforce drives innovation. Race, ethnicity, and sex are common factors in diversity initiatives, but it is also important to consider sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and disability when striving toward inclusion. As employers strive toward full inclusion in the workplace, they should incorporate a comprehensive definition of diversity that applies to all hiring practices.
Benefits of an inclusive workforce include:
- Increases talent selection
- Increases customer base
- Drives innovation
- Fosters creativity
- Increases contributions
- Builds community
- Provides value
- Guides business strategies
Each of these has been shown to increase staff morale, unlocks innovation, and drives the market growth. Companies that embrace diversity have been leading to out-innovate and out-perform other companies that have not adopted an inclusive workforce, according to Harvard Business (December 2013 issue).
When leaders embrace differences, all employees benefit from compelling ideas. Inclusion establishes a culture in which all employees can benefit from the following:
- A culture where all employees feel free to contribute ideas,
- Making it safe to propose novel ideas,
- Value-driven feedback from different perspectives.
According to Harvard Business studies, employees in a diverse work culture are 3.5 times more likely to contribute their full innovative potential. Inclusion is the best way to provide value to any organization. An inclusive employer is a business that values a diverse workforce, including people with disabilities.