All Diversity and inclusion articles – Page 6
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NewsBAME execs on FTSE 100 retail boards inch up as overall representation falls
Ethnic diversity on the boards of the UK’s biggest retailers edged up in 2019 as research found “people of colour remain super-glued to the corporate floor”.
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AnalysisMental health: How JLP, WHSmith and Co-op are supporting their staff
Businesses are waking up to their responsibilities to support and protect their employees’ mental health. Retail Week looks at which businesses are setting the bar in mental health support and what others can learn.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: Building your personal brand
The final Be Inspired workshop of the year revealed how aspiring female retailers can hone their personal brand and remain authentic both online and offline.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: from science to socks
With over 150 Be Inspired ambassadors to date, this month Retail Week gets to know London Sock Company chief executive Will Wijnberg
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Future LeadersListen: ‘Discrimination is for dinosaurs’
Retail titan Angela Luger (née Spindler) talks confidence, control and the changing role of a chief executive
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: how to be culturally intelligent
Move over IQ and EQ, CQ is the skill retail leaders need to hone to be inclusive
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OpinionLeader: Never mind the carpets, WHSmith’s Clarke leaves the firmest of foundations
The state of WHSmith’s carpets might prompt mirth on social media, but there’s nothing shabby about the legacy of departing chief executive Steve Clarke.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: Lessons in resilience
In the unpredictable world of retail, chief executives and Be Inspired ambassadors Liz Evans, Suzanne Harlow and Jill Ross explain why resilience is the best tool in your belt.
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NewsBe Inspired: Academy’s Boaten wins Woman of the Year
Alice Boaten, regional manager at Sainsbury’s Argos and member of Be Inspired’s Senior Leadership Academy, was named Woman of the Year at the Barclaycard Everywoman in Retail Awards this month.
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Future LeadersListen: ‘Diversity is a tick-box, inclusivity is a behaviour’
Google marketing director shines a spotlight on intersectionality and imposter syndrome in this third instalment of Retail Week’s podcast
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Future LeadersListen: ‘I own the trademark, so I will fight you’
Episode two of Retail Week’s new podcast Be Inspired Stories hears the story of one woman’s recovery, resilience and reflection.
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AnalysisIn quotes: Retail leaders share their best career advice
Chief executives, entrepreneurs and even a rugby world cup winner gathered at Retail Week’s Be Inspired conference to share career stories and advice.
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Future LeadersListen now: Podcast launch takes Be Inspired global
Walgreens Boots Alliance global chief commercial officer Annie Murphy explains why curiosity and intuition are critical to business success.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: Sky’s Tamara Kaye on tackling business bias
Retail Week sits down with Sky’s head of women in leadership Tamara Kaye to discover how she’s levelling the playing field and what retailers can do to follow suit.
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Report StoreThe True Value of Diversity
How diversity and inclusion drives long-term business growth
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Future LeadersDoes diversity really boost your bottom line?
Diverse boards are busting ‘group-thinking’ and delivering growth by embracing new ideas and approaches, research reveals.
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Future LeadersThe Diversity Super League: The 15 most inclusive employers
Retail Week’s Diversity Super League ranks the top 15 UK companies embracing diversity in a big way, using pay gap data, analysis of internal programmes and more. Find out which organisations made the list.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: entries open for 2019 mentoring programme
Retail Week’s diversity initiative offers a year of mentoring with 20 senior leaders from brands including Coty, Jack Wills and Nisa.
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AnalysisMaggie Alphonsi and Jacqueline Gold at Be Inspired conference
Rugby star and Ann Summers boss are the latest names to be announced as speakers for Retail Week’s annual Be Inspired conference on June 19.
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OpinionTheo Paphitis: Look behind the headlines on gender pay data
As I said in 2018 when the first gender pay gap data was released, we must be aware that statistics are not always black and white and there is a danger in viewing them as such.